Climate-sensitive Agriculture and Pastoralism in Northern Kenya (CLAP) is implemented by GIZ and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and co-financed by the European Union. The project aims to strengthen the resilience of communities in Turkana, Marsabit and Baringo counties to economic, environmental and social challenges in the context of climate change, with a focus on climate change adaptation, sustainable natural resource management, and improved livelihoods through value chain development.

The Policy & Market Systems Advisor holds responsibility for supporting and steering policy processes and stakeholder engagement at subnational level, with a particular focus on integrating private sector perspectives and market dynamics into policy dialogue and planning.

Key roles and Responsibilities

• Analysing and advising on subnational policy processes relevant to the project's thematic areas,
  identifying entry points for reform and providing evidence-based recommendations to county governments and other relevant actors

• Designing and facilitating structured public–private dialogue (PPD) mechanisms that bring together government, private sector and civil society stakeholders, and translating
  dialogue outcomes into actionable policy and investment steps

• Engaging private sector actors across priority value chains, aligning business incentives with subnational planning processes, and identifying opportunities for inclusive and climate-resilient value chain development
  

• Applying market systems thinking to programme implementation, mapping systemic constraints and opportunities in key value chains, and advising on enabling conditions for sustainable private sector engagement
  

• Supporting the development and implementation of strategies that strengthen the competitiveness of smallholders and SMEs within selected value chains and improve their integration into regional and national markets
  

• Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders at county and national level, including government agencies, private sector associations, producer organizations and
  development partners

• Contributing to knowledge management by documenting policy processes, stakeholder engagement approaches and market systems insights, and sharing lessons across the project, agriculture cluster and GIZ
  

• Supporting project management in operational planning, coordination and the preparation of relevant project documents as required
  

Qualifications & Specialist Knowledge

• Analysing and advising on subnational policy processes relevant to the project's thematic areas,
  identifying entry points for reform and providing evidence-based recommendations to county governments and other relevant actors

• Designing and facilitating structured public–private dialogue (PPD) mechanisms that bring together government, private sector and civil society stakeholders, and translating dialogue outcomes into actionable policy and investment steps
  

• Engaging private sector actors across priority value chains, aligning business incentives with subnational planning processes, and identifying opportunities for inclusive and climate-resilient value chain development
  

• Applying market systems thinking to programme implementation, mapping systemic constraints and opportunities in key value chains, and advising on enabling conditions for sustainable private sector engagement
  

• Supporting the development and implementation of strategies that strengthen the competitiveness of smallholders and SMEs within selected value chains and improve their
  integration into regional and national markets

• Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders at county and national level, including government agencies, private sector associations, producer organizations and
  development partners

• Contributing to knowledge management by documenting policy processes, stakeholder engagement approaches and market systems insights, and sharing lessons across the project, agriculture cluster
  and GIZ

• Supporting project management in operational planning, coordination and the preparation of relevant project documents as required