Open Call: IFSA Head of Partners Commission (HoPAC)

Are you interested in developing partnerships and collaborations with many great organisations in the youth & forestry section?

Then apply for our Head of Partners Commission position!!!!

See all our partners here in the IFSA Wheel: 

Interested?

Send in your motivation letter and LC verification letter to opencall@ifsa.net

Job Description

Background

The position as Head of the Partners Commission is filled for the first time in 2020, after the creation of the Partners Commission at the Online IFSS 2020. The Head of the Partners Commission is tasked with overseeing and coordinating all the activities happening within the Commission. They oversee and work very closely with the eight Heads of Sub-Commission (CIFOR, EFI, ITTO, IUFRO, ProSilva, RECOFTC, The Forests Dialogue, and FAO), ensuring the proper planning and execution of the yearly work plans, and assisting them in all capacities to ensure that they adequately fulfill their role.

Duties and responsibilities

  • Act as a contact person of the PAC, including as liaison between the IFSA Board, IFSA members, external partners, and the Heads of Sub-Commission. This includes reporting on a regular basis about the work of the PAC to the IFSA Board, Officials, and LCs. 
  • Oversee and supervise the work of the Heads of Sub-Commission and Commissioners (e.g. assist in workshop preparation, keep track of the preparation of delegations, ensure post-event reports are submitted in a timely manner, etc.)
  • Maintain constant communication with the entire PAC in order to ensure that all members are aware of what others are working on (e.g. through a monthly PAC update newsletter, conference call etc). This includes activities to ensure motivation within the group, and to facilitate collaborations within the PAC.
  • Individually assist the Heads of Sub-Commission in their work, be it through connecting them with the necessary resources (e.g. providing them with advice, communications materials, contacts, guidelines for standardizing the calls for applications, etc.) or stepping in to fulfill specific tasks.
  • Assist Heads of Sub-Commission in creating the calls for applications to events, disseminating these through IFSA channels, selecting delegates, distributing funding (where applicable), adequately preparing delegations, writing the post-event evaluations and reports, etc.
  • Ensure the PAC Google Drive Folder is updated with the delegation reports and other PAC materials, for ease of access by Sub-Commissions

Skills and knowledge

The following skills and knowledge are required for this role:

  • Good knowledge of the external partners and activities of IFSA
  • Good time management qualities
  • Strong English competency in both verbal and written form
  • Leadership and collaboration skills
  • Strong communication skills
  • Good understanding of the international forest institutional landscape 

Estimated workload

  • 5-10 hours per week, can become 10-20 hours per week leading up to a partner event