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The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Jobs 2024
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
ASSISTANT SCIENTIST
IITA-TZ-2024 – IRRI-009 -NRS- BAGAMOYO
The
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on behalf of the
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) invites applications for
the position of Assistant Scientist.
Background: The International
Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is a nonprofit independent research and
training organization. IRRI is a member of the Consultative Group of
International Agricultural research (CGIAR) Consortium.
The
Assistant Scientist under the Inclusive Markets and Value Chain (IMVC)
Unit will be part of the unit’s market intelligence covering Sub-Saharan
Africa. The successful applicant will assist and support in designing
and conducting research studies related to market intelligence, consumer
and farmer behaviour, and product concept design and testing. Furthermore,
the incumbent will support the team in implementing mixed method
approaches to generate and validate market and behavioural intelligence
to inform the design of product profiles while engaging with multiple
stakeholders across CGIAR’s Genetic Innovation Stakeholder Network.
Additionally, the incumbent will assist the IMVC and the Transformative
Policies and Investments Unit in implementing monitoring and evaluation
activities across different projects.
The candidate will also
assist in the improvement and development of research tools, data
collection, analysis and interpretation of results, scientific
publication in international peer-reviewed journals and overall
dissemination efforts through reports, policy briefs, and presentations
in national/international workshops and conferences
Duty Station: The position will be based in Bagamoyo.
Responsibilities
1.1. Purpose
- Support
in identifying stakeholders’ current and future drivers of demand for
crops, seeds and traits, and variation of demand according to gender,
age and social groups, farmer types, agro-industry production
requirements as well as consumer preferences - Contribute to
describing prioritized product market segments through reviewing and
synthesizing sets of maps, articles and reports that describe
prioritized market segments, to enable market intelligence for the
design of gender-intentional product profiles - Support in
characterizing varietal demand to enable market intelligence for the
design of seed system strategies. This will be through reviewing
regional and crop-specific bulletins, reports and articles on demand and
supply for seed, among other methodologies - Assist with the implementation of mixed-method social-science research
- Assist with the implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities
- Assist in consolidating, evaluating, verifying and analyzing data related to research studies.
1.2 Engagement
-
Contribute to collaborative engagement on methods and tool design to
ensure comparability of results across crops and regions, not only in
Africa but also globally - Contribute to the strengthening the
technical capacity of One CGIAR and its partners to use advanced tools
and methods that convert global and regional challenges into regional
impact opportunities for Genetic Innovation - Support in initiating institutional change process by building regional, transdisciplinary CGIAR-NARES-SME teams
- Organize regular meetings with partners and stakeholders to discuss, streamline and implement activities
- Support
in the development and communication of guidelines to internal and
external stakeholders to bolster a collaborative implementation of
project and programme activities
1.3 Delivery
- Identify resource persons and ensure the logistics are appropriate for defined purposes and engagement tasks
- Support
in the verification of suggested methodologies and activities as well
as draft training materials using both primary and secondary data
sources - Establish and maintain strong communication with NARES and CGIAR partners
- Implement
activities geared towards a common framework by the identification and
description of product market segments, gender-disaggregated assessment
of needs and preferences for traits as well as prioritization of product
market segments across regions and crops for scalability - Provide inputs into activities geared to inform prioritization via foresight market intelligence analyses
- Support project and programme activities for monitoring and evaluation
- Perform any other relevant duties as assigned by supervisor from time to time
Qualifications and experience
-
MSc in social sciences preferred disciplines include psychology,
sociology, anthropology, development studies, agricultural extension,
environmental geography, or any other discipline that provides suitable
advanced knowledge in social science with at least 3 years’ experience.
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Skills and knowledge
1.1 Mandatory
- Has proven technical proficiency in using qualitative and quantitative social science methods
- Has strong oral and written communication skills
- Has strong analytical skill
- Has good presentation skills
- Has excellent computer skills
- Is able to work independently with very minimal supervision
1.2 Preferred
-
Experience in qualitative research methods, experience in identifying,
setting up, and maintaining multi-stakeholder partnerships, Experience
with qualitative impact assessment.
Work Condition and environment
May require occasional travels to other countries where IRRI operates.
General information:
The
duration of the contract for all the four positions is two years
renewable subject to performance and availability of funds. These are
nationally recruited position and IITA offers a competitive remuneration
package.
The application pack should include an application
letter, copies of certificates, and a curriculum vitae which contains a
telephone number, email address, and contact details of two referees.
Applications should be sent by email to IITA-Tanzania@cgiar.org and addressed to:
The Country Representative, IITA-Tanzania,
Plot No. 25, Mwenge – Coca-Cola Road,
Mikocheni Industrial Area,
Dares Salaam, Tanzania
Applicants
are requested to include the reference number for the position(as
indicated on the heading of the announcement) in the subject of their
application letter, as well as in the subject of their email. Please
note that any applications without the reference number indicated will
be automatically disqualified.
Closing date for applications: Thursday 25th July 2024. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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