Country Coordinator Jobs IITA Nigeria (Kano) Sept. 2014
• Coordinate and be responsible for financial and technical
reporting of in-country activities.
IITA is an international non-profit agricultural
research-for-development (R4D) organization established in 1967, governed by a
Board of Trustees, and a member of the CGIAR Consortium. Our R4D approach is
anchored on the development needs of the tropics. We work with partners to
enhance crop quality and productivity, reduce producer and consumer risks, and
generate wealth from agriculture. We have more than 100 internationally
recruited scientists from about 35 countries and 900 nationally recruited staff
based in various stations across Africa. Please visit http://www.iita.org/ for more information on
IITA. We are seeking dynamic, innovative and self-motivated scientists for the
position of Country Coordinator in Nigeria for a four year project, co-led by
CIMMYT and IITA, entitled ‘Transformation of agronomic research and delivery
services for smallholder farmers in maize-based systems of Sub-Saharan
Africa…’. We are looking for individuals who are able to grasp and tackle the
complexity of sustainable intensification in maize-based systems with strong
analytical skills and the capacity to innovatively use modern systems and
IT-based tools. This position could be filled by candidates with one or more of
the following skills: agronomy, soil science, geo-spatial systems and analysis,
agronomic and geo-spatial database development, development of knowledge tools
and APIs. This is an internationally recruited staff position but we are
primarily looking for candidates from Nigeria that have the requisite skills
for the position; however, we will consider other candidates from the region if
no suitable national candidates are available and others are therefore
encouraged to apply. The selected candidates will work as a member of CIMMYT’s
Global Conservation Agriculture Program, and will contribute to a
multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional team applying systems approaches for
agricultural research
COUNTRY COORDINATOR
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.
• 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
The candidate should have a PhD in in one of the following
fields: agronomy, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, earth
sciences, agro ecology.
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)
TO APPLY
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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