Integrated Landscape Management / Geoportal Advisor at SNV Nigeria

SNV is a global development partner, deeply rooted in the countries where we operate. Driven by a vision of a better world where all people live with dignity and have equitable opportunities to thrive sustainably, SNV strengthens capacities and catalyses partnerships that transform agri-food, energy, and water systems. We help strengthen institutions and effective governance, reduce gender inequalities and barriers to social inclusion, and enable adaptation and mitigation to the climate and biodiversity crises. With 60 years of experience and a team of approximately 1,600 people, we support our partners in more than 20 countries in Africa and Asia, tailoring our approaches to different contexts to achieve large-scale impact and create more equitable lives for all.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Integrated Landscape Management / Geoportal Advisor

Location: Abuja
Contract: National contract – initial three‑year assignment with the possibility of extension

Position Overview

• As Lead Integrated Landscape Management / GeoPortal Advisor, you are leading Soil Values inclusive landscape approach across 4 countries in the Sahel.
• By doing so you contribute to the component 2 – INTEGRATE – of Soil Values project. Capitalizing on the landscape assessments and ILM guidance provided SNV, IWMI, IFDC and other knowledge partners across several river basins, you drive a strategic agenda which engages partners and stakeholders towards next-stage landscape transformation on the following topics:
  • Implement ILM planning pilots in one or two watersheds in each country, using the SNV/IWMI inclusive ILM guide developed in 2025 to support participatory landscape planning and the identification of soil health investments.
  • Analyse the situation in the watersheds with input from watershed-level stakeholders and the maps in the Geoportal to understand their challenges, needs and demands, creating the enabling conditions to implement sustainable agroecological and integrated soil fertility practices.
  • Creating the enabling environment for implementing integrated soil fertility management in 40 community watershed or intervention areas and agreeing on a pipeline of investments with regional programs such as FSRP and ACReSAL to ensure that watersheds can implement the ILM plans.
  • Co-develop of an ILM plan with watershed communities with integrated and inclusive land-use plans and policies, after which you will build partnership at landscape level and ensure to present it to FSRP and ACReSAL for co-funding.
• Together with the FSRP and ACReSAL field teams, you facilitate the ILM process to strengthen their capacity to guide and implement potential solutions.
• During the process, you pay special attention to climate-resilient aspects of the solutions and conflict management on natural resources, such as land, water, pastures, and forest.
• You make yourself familiar and further develop facilitation methods described in the Inclusive ILM guide to ensure that women, youth, pastoralists, and other vulnerable groups contribute to the discussions and that the solutions chosen also to address their specific problems.
• You are a trustworthy experienced sparring partner and leader for internal colleagues and external stakeholders.
• As you are an organized, strategic thinker on integrated landscape management and a committed team player you are able to juggle multiple, competing priorities and lead teams both through guiding and coaching.
• You can manage change and are able to gain commitment as you are able to connect to different people with different backgrounds.
• You can make the link between the consortium partners ideas and the needs of our regional and national partners.
• Working in a results-oriented, flexible, cooperative and hands-on manner, you are committed to SNV and your team’s targets.
• As a though leader on landscapes management, you are sensitive to all the different countries we operate in and are able to gain trust with every team(member) across the 4 countries.
• You share our view in committing to diversity, equity and inclusion, and advancing gender and social equity for human well-being in our work.
• You are heading the management of the team of Soil Values Geoportal consisting of GIS experts and software developers, and report directly into the Multi Country Project Manager of SNV. You own the GeoPortal product vision & roadmap by setting outcomes, maintaining the backlog, and running prioritization around clear personas. Enforce stakeholder alignment by translating policy and partner needs into actionable user stories; facilitate decisions; keep a crisp decision log.
• You communicate results and KPIs to the broad stakeholder partners.
• The position is a full-time position and requires extensive international travel.

Duties & Responsibilities
The key responsibilities of the Integrated Landscape Management / GeoPortal Advisor will include the following:

• You carry the end responsibility for the Soil Values Landscapes approach. You are excellent at leading your team in taking ownership from idea to impact, execution and delivery.
• You will convene at the highest level at a regional, national and landscape level, to build partnerships on landscape and systems transformation.
• You drive the impact across the ILM and GeoPortal by steering on innovation, delivery, and partnerships with key partners.
• You work directly with the GeoPortal team members, MEL advisors and country coordinators, a team of multiple nationalities and professional backgrounds.
• You are responsible for the expansion and maintenance of the GeoPortal and contributing to the further strategic development of Soil Values.

Qualifications
To be considered for this role, you are expected to bring:

• University Degree (Master’s Degree) in the field of rural development (Agriculture, Livestock, Pastoralism, Economy, Sociology) or related fields
• Advanced knowledge on Geography, Geoinformatics, GIS, or related fields is a plus
• 10 years of relevant working experience in a leadership role in the private sector, government agency or knowledge organization of which at least 5 years in a senior leadership position
• 10 years of experience in integrated spatial planning, community-based watershed development, climate-smart agriculture, natural resource management, and/or agroecology/regenerative agriculture
• 5 years of working in consortiums, with good communication skills, experience working with public administration and local implementing partners (local authorities, land commission, civil society)
• Deep knowledge, interest and expertise in sustainable landscape development, international and specifically to natural resource management (i.e. soil, forest, water) linked to drylands and savannahs, land conflicts, and the reality of developing & fragile economies
• You have a strong senior network in West Africa as well as in governments and multilateral partners, preferably also in knowledge institutes and civil society
• Results-oriented skills and attitude as well as a commitment to working with local partners and in remote and fragile areas
• Willingness to extensively travel in the region, at least 25% of your time (also in fragile and conflict areas)
• Fluency in English and French both written and spoken is required. Excellent intercultural leadership, teamwork, coaching, communication, networking and organizational skills.

Additionally, we value:

• 3 - 5 years in Product Management/Ownership delivering GIS data or mapping platforms to production.
• Strong understanding of geospatial products or spatial data platforms. Command of data governance licensing, metadata, data quality, role-based access, plus privacy/sovereignty basics.

Additional Information:

• Type of contract: national contract, full time
• Initial contract duration: 3 years with possibility of extension
• Location: Abuja, Nigeria, with regular travel to other countries.
• Expected start date: May 1, 2026.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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