The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (www.ciat.cgiar.org) is hiring for a qualified person to lead the development of national and sub-national baseline studies on climate-smart agriculture (CSA), also known as CSA Profiles, in close collaboration with teams of experts, donors, national government partners, and other in-country stakeholders. The position is internationally recruited and will be full-time and based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Applicants are encouraged to send a one-page cover letter illustrating their suitability for the above position against the listed qualifications, competencies, skills together with a two-page curriculum vitae, including names and addresses of the referees knowledgeable about the candidate´s professional qualifications and work experience. Applicants are invited to visit http://ciat.cgiar.org/ciat-job
a) Clearly indicating Climate-Smart Agriculture Profiles Coordinator as the position title; and
b) Save your Application Letter and CV as one document in pdf format.
The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (www.ciat.cgiar.org) is hiring for a qualified person to lead the development of national and sub-national baseline studies on climate-smart agriculture (CSA), also known as CSA Profiles, in close collaboration with teams of experts, donors, national government partners, and other in-country stakeholders. The position is internationally recruited and will be full-time and based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure on-going CSA Profile projects are carried out successfully within the planned timeline and available resources.
- Coordinate teams of consultants, editors, and designers engaged in the elaboration of the CSA Profiles, including managing and supervising activities related to project planning, stakeholder engagement, data collection, analysis, infographics elaboration and layout of final documents.
- Periodically follow-up with team members on their respective activities, to ensure timely delivery of outputs (via Skype, phone calls, emails).
- Maintain communication of project progress and outputs with funder(s) and in-country partners, to ensure usability and ownership of the research products.
- Give the final approval of CSA Profiles documents, infographics and Supplementary Material by making sure that the outline and content is aligned to the CSA Profile guidelines and templates and incorporates peer review comments.
- Build strong links with other CIAT and CIAT-DAPA research teams to enhance the potential for the use of CSA Profiles in a variety of research efforts.
- Contribute to and lead the expansion of CIAT's CSA Profiles portfolio by exploring new potential countries to carry out the research and by seeking sources of funding to support the development of the new Profiles.
Technical Competencies
- MSc/MA or PhD in international development, international relations, or other social science field, with a focus and/or proven interest in agriculture, rural development, and food security topics. Candidates with agricultural sciences background may also be considered, provided that they prove an understanding of social and institutional processes around agriculture sector development.
- Experience (at least 2 years) and interest in project management, including project design, formulation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Proven understanding of the Climate-Smart Agriculture concept and its applications (work experience in this area is preferred, but not mandatory).
- Experience in designing and managing budgets
- Experience in managing and leading teams.
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Power Point and Excel.
- Very good command of English language.
- Good communication skills (verbal, written) French and Spanish will be an added advantage.
- Interest in and proven editing and proof-reading skills.
Applications
Applicants are encouraged to send a one-page cover letter illustrating their suitability for the above position against the listed qualifications, competencies, skills together with a two-page curriculum vitae, including names and addresses of the referees knowledgeable about the candidate´s professional qualifications and work experience. Applicants are invited to visit http://ciat.cgiar.org/ciat-job
a) Clearly indicating Climate-Smart Agriculture Profiles Coordinator as the position title; and
b) Save your Application Letter and CV as one document in pdf format.