About us:
KAYA is a Germany- and Angola-based organisation that came to life in 2023. It was started by purpose-driven professionals with different cultural backgrounds and with several years of experience in nature conservation, clean energy, and rural development. KAYA’s vision is to mitigate climate change by working with nature. In doing so, it also aspires to support the impacted communities and societies in accessing new livelihoods and becoming more resilient. KAYA’s mission is to develop multi-year landscape-scale conservation and restoration projects in terrestrial ecosystems. It will bring the developed projects upon maturity to the nature market for payments for their ecosystem services.
Your mission:
This is a techno-scientific role in the Climate Office at KAYA in which the responsible colleague will lead the conceptualisation and design of forest conservation and reforestation activities within larger landscape projects. They will be accountable for key topics like forest inventory, specie selection, nursery development, tree planting models, and silviculture. Their work will catalyse the implementation and management of the landscape projects. They will report to the Head of Climate and work closely with the Project Development Specialist, the Earth Observation Specialist, and the Community Engagement Specialist. Periodic travel to project sites for monitoring and evaluation will be an integral part of this role.
Your responsibilities:
– Analyse forest landscapes and spatial trends under chosen jurisdictions together with earth observation engineers
– Conduct baseline and project feasibility studies on select landscapes
– Evaluate existing inventory data and management plans in conservation initiatives and propose enhancements or additions where necessary
– Lead the design and monitoring of earthworks and planting in restoration initiatives
– Lead the planning and development of nurseries and production of seedlings
– Perform statistical analysis on field data and model tree growth and yield using peer-reviewed methods and tools
– Steer evaluation, documentation, and development of potential market value chains originating from project areas
– Support Project Development Specialist(s) in developing project documents compliant to certification standards and programs