Global Portfolio Manager, Partnerships for Forests (P4F) (Maternity Cover)

Location: Hybrid role based in hirify.global’s London or Bristol office, with three days in the office and two days remote. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK; visa sponsorship is not available.

Company

hirify.global is a global consulting and implementation company delivering sustainable development and climate, environment, infrastructure, health, energy, and digital transformation programmes in partnership with governments, businesses, investors, and communities.

What you will do

• Lead the identification, development, approval, and delivery of grant projects aligned with programme, regional, and results frameworks.
• Develop and manage a cross-cutting portfolio across Latin America, Africa, and South-east Asia, driving innovation, replication, and scale.
• Build partnerships with civil society, public-sector, private-sector, donor, and investor stakeholders to source high-impact opportunities and mobilise finance.
• Oversee proposals, contracts, milestones, budgets, timelines, value for money, additionality, and measurable impact while resolving delivery challenges.
• Lead and develop Project Officers, including line management, mentoring, performance management, and professional development.
• Represent the programme externally, coordinate learning and MEL activities, contribute to client reporting, and share knowledge and lessons learned.

Requirements

• Experience in international development, climate, nature, forestry, sustainable land use, or a related sector.
• Experience with sustainable supply chains and commodities such as coffee, cocoa, palm oil, rubber, timber, soy, NTFPs, and carbon/PES markets.
• Knowledge of international forest policy, conservation finance, sustainable land-use financing, and nature-based solutions in tropical regions.
• Strong project and portfolio management, strategic analysis, stakeholder engagement, communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leading, mentoring, and developing staff, including previous line management and performance management responsibilities.
• Fluent English with exceptional written, verbal, and report-writing skills; ability to travel nationally and internationally; right to work in the UK required.

Nice to have

• Experience delivering FCDO-funded or other large international development programmes.
• Relevant qualifications in environmental studies, economics, public policy, international development, or international relations.
• Experience with development financial institutions and banks.
• Fluency in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and/or Bahasa Indonesia.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time 11-month maternity cover contract, working 40 hours per week with benefits.
• The contract may be extended by up to two months depending on the return-to-work agreement.
• Hybrid working model with flexible arrangements to support work-life balance.
• Work on a UK-funded programme focused on forest protection, sustainable land use, inclusive value chains, and systemic market change.
• Commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, safeguarding, and reasonable accommodations during recruitment.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and the position may close once a suitable candidate is found.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Successful candidates complete safeguarding-focused interviews and rigorous due diligence.