Overview
The Specialist, Bioeconomy Initiative will support the delivery of the Bioeconomy Initiative by coordinating workstreams, managing stakeholder engagement, developing content, and ensuring effective execution of programme activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate and expand the Forum's global Bioeconomy Community, including Working Group activities as well as collaborative workstreams.
- Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders across business, government, academia, international organizations, and civil society.
- Facilitate stakeholder consultations to develop and test narratives that build trust in emerging biotechnologies.
- Develop communications materials, briefing notes, presentations, agenda blogs, social media content, and partner engagement resources.
- Conduct policy and landscape research and facilitate expert consultations to inform the Bioeconomy Policy Maturity Index and related policy tools.
- Support development of policy blueprints, analytical frameworks and evidence demonstrating the societal, environmental, and economic value of bioeconomy interventions.
- Contribute to flagship reports, research briefs and thought leadership that translate complex bioeconomy issues into practical insights for senior decision-makers.
- Support development of regional deep dives on commercial biomanufacturing and bio-enabled value chains.
- Coordinate multistakeholder workshops, consultations, and regional dialogues across multiple geographies.
- Identify promising regional initiatives and translate lessons from pilots and convenings into practical guidance, adoption resources and case studies.
- Coordinate and deliver regional workshops, policy dialogues, multistakeholder consultations and partner convenings across multiple geographies.
- Monitor progress, prepare updates for partners and funders and ensure high-quality execution of programme activities.
- Support coordination of bioeconomy activities around major Forum meetings and institutional events.
Required Experience
2–4 years of relevant experience in biotechnology, bioeconomy, biomanufacturing, innovation policy, sustainability, consulting, international organizations, or a related field. Familiarity with commercialization pathways for biotechnology and bio-based innovation. Understanding of policy development, regulation, standards, or innovation ecosystems. Experience working across business, government, academia and civil society in multistakeholder environments.
Qualifications
Academic background in life sciences, bioengineering, biotechnology, bioeconomy, public policy, economics, business, or a related discipline.