Education

• Specialist in public policies and management programmes and projects in the field of peace, dialogue, security related to access to land, natural resources management, agro-pastoral and livestock resources.
• Higher education degrees in one of the following areas: sociology, socio-economics, agronomy, land law, gender, etc.

Professional Experience

• 12 years’ in public policies, animal husbandry programmes and projects, in simplified governance of transhumance, pathways/corridors and management of livestock infrastructure, including 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Good knowledge, acquired in sub-Saharanian socioeconomics, public-private partnership with professional and civil society organizations in livestock farming/herders organizations.
• In managing a multidisciplinary team of experts in the position of Head of Mission.
• 5 years’ in issues of dialogue and peace, security and conflict resolution over natural resources, farmers, herders, land and peaceful transhumance, preferably in Eastern Africa.

At least 2 projects:

• in the management of land, conflict and transhumance problems in the agro-pastoral sector, agriculture and livestock farming at regional multi-country level in the IGAD region.
• to formulate and/or evaluate programmes to support peaceful transhumance, conflict resolution on livestock farming and the governance of natural resources in the agro-pastoral sector, pastoralism and gender mainstreaming, preferably in Eastern Africa.
• Language skills: English