As a Community Engagement Officer, you will be the voice and ear of the project within the communities we serve. Your role is to build trust, foster participation, and ensure that local farmers and leaders feel seen, heard, and actively involved at every stage of the project.You’ll be responsible for facilitating inclusive dialogue, supporting Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) processes, and ensuring that every stakeholder—from women’s groups to elders to youth—understands the project’s purpose and their role in it. You’ll also handle grievances and feedback from the field, ensuring that we listen with empathy and respond with action.This is a role for someone who understands that climate solutions are built not only on trees and carbon—but on relationships, trust, and shared vision.<h3>In this role, you will:</h3><ul> <li> Lead community sensitization meetings, ensuring clear and respectful communication about project goals, benefits, and responsibilities </li> <li> Facilitate FPIC processes and ensure communities are fully informed and engaged before key project activities begin </li> <li> Identify and support local champions, including cooperative leaders, women’s groups, and youth representatives </li> <li> Create inclusive feedback channels, helping farmers raise questions, concerns, and suggestions in a safe and constructive environment </li> <li> Collaborate with field officers and agronomists to strengthen farmer relationships and improve service delivery </li> <li> Document grievances and feedback systematically, and follow up on resolutions in collaboration with project managers </li> <li> Ensure social safeguards are respected, especially in relation to gender equity, land tenure, and cultural norms </li> <li> Support community events, group trainings, and mobilization campaigns throughout the project lifecycle </li> </ul>RequirementsWe are looking for a dedicated and practical agronomic professional with a field-first mindset and strong communication skills. You enjoy working in rural contexts and know how to connect with farmers in an approachable and respectful way.You bring:<ul> <li>A diploma or degree in Agronomy, Agriculture, Agroecology, or a related field</li> <li>Hands-on experience supporting smallholder or rural farmers, preferably in developing regions</li> <li>Practical knowledge of soil health, agroecological systems, and regenerative farming practices</li> <li>Strong interpersonal and training skills—able to explain technical concepts clearly and engagingly</li> <li>A proactive, self-motivated work style, with comfort operating in remote field environments</li> <li>Bonus: familiarity with sustainability or carbon certification programs (e.g. Gold Standard, Verra)</li> </ul>You’re someone who learns by doing, communicates with empathy, and sees every farm visit as a chance to make a difference.Benefits<h3>You are:</h3><ul> <li> A natural relationship-builder, empathetic and grounded </li> <li> Deeply respectful of community traditions, dynamics, and power structures </li> <li> Passionate about making climate action inclusive and locally owned </li> <li> A strong communicator—comfortable speaking in public, listening deeply, and translating complex ideas into local languages </li> <li> Reliable, responsive, and motivated by long-term impact, not short-term praise </li> </ul><h3>You bring:</h3><ul> <li> A diploma or degree in community development, social sciences, environmental studies, or a related field </li> <li> At least 2 years of experience working with rural or underserved communities, preferably in Kenya </li> <li> Proven experience facilitating community meetings and engaging diverse stakeholder groups </li> <li> Fluency in English and at least one local language spoken around Mount Kenya (e.g. Kikuyu, Meru, Kiswahili) </li> <li> Comfort working in remote areas, traveling frequently by motorbike or foot </li> <li> Familiarity with tools for recording community feedback and incident tracking (digital or paper-based) </li> <li> Bonus: experience with grievance redress systems, FPIC protocols, or social safeguard frameworks</li> </ul>

Our goal is to help nature flourish and prosper. DGB Group is a project developer of high-quality, large-scale carbon and biodiversity projects accredited by third parties. DGB is focused on nature conservation and helping biodiversity flourish by assisting governments and corporations in achieving net zero. ​With a boots-on-the-ground approach, DGB is a purpose-driven for-profit organisation focused on bringing excellence to the development and operation of carbon projects while producing high-quality carbon offset credits. As the world&rsquo;s first publicly traded purpose company focused on ecosystem restoration, DGB is harnessing market forces and the access to capital needed to accelerate Earth's reforestation rapidly. DGB is an energetic, global company listed on the Amsterdam Euronext stock exchange with ticker code AEX:DGB.

Community Engagement Officer - Agroforestry Carbon Projects (Mount Kenya Region)

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