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The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is one of the world's leading research partners in finding solutions for hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. Our award-winning research for development (R4D) addresses the development needs of tropical countries. We work with partners to enhance crop quality and productivity, reduce producer and consu...
Position Description
• Plan and coordinate project activities in-country in conjunction with the Principal Investigator and host institution, and across countries with the two other country coordinators.
• Coordinate and be responsible for financial and technical reporting of in-country activities.
• Lead project activities related to his/her discipline in the country and contribute to cross-country activities and knowledge-sharing systems. Project activities include: multi-locational diagnostic agronomy experiments; populating agronomy data bases; yield-gap and soil constraints analysis at different scales; methods and models to link geo-spatial data across scales; development and testing of decision-support systems, tools and APIs with stakeholders.
• Promote and support cross institutional and inter-disciplinary teams with specific emphasis on the integration of bio-physical and socio-economic information at various scales/levels.
• Facilitate partnerships and build capacity of partners to co-develop, populate, and use project databases, tools, models and APIs.
• Contribute to building capacity of national institutions through the identification and co-supervision or mentoring of project supported post-graduate students programs.
• Collaborate with CGIAR and other research institutes to support/ enhance project outputs and develop synergies with other projects to maximize impact.
• Communicate research results to various audiences and in various forms, papers for publication and presentations of results of this research.
Minimum Qualification & Experience
Core Competencies:
• Minimum 5 years' experience in your chosen field/discipline.
• Ability to conceptualize complex problems into analytical and operational frameworks
• Understanding of gender and social inclusion issues and experience with ways of addressing these in research for development programs in order to promote equality of opportunity and outcomes.
• Clear understanding of the technical and institutional challenges for sustainable intensification in SSA and the role of improved scientific knowledge management for decision support to development interventions.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, experience working and interacting effectively with a variety of stakeholders ( farmers, extension workers and other service providers, public and private sector entities, national programs), and demonstrated ability to collaborate well across disciplines and with key collaborative institutions and agencies.
• Strong publication record in peer reviewed journals.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Knowledge of farming systems in the respective countries. Duty station: Nigeria (Kano)
Applications must include covering letter which should address how the candidate’s background/experience relates to the specific duties of the position applied for, curriculum vitae, names and addresses of three professional referees (which must include either the Head of the applicant’s current or previous organization or applicant’s direct Supervisor/Superior at his/her present or former place of work). The application should be addressed to the Head, Human Resources Service.
Please complete our online application form using this link: Please complete our online application form using this link: http://www.iita.org/careers
Closing Date: The position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found for this important position. IITA is an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from women candidates. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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