ILRI seeks to recruit a Country Coordinator, Ethiopia to
lead the implementation of N2Africa activities in Ethiopia. The incumbent will
assemble all project partners towards the development of mutually agreed upon
work plans, monitor their implementation, ensure technical and financial
reporting is completed in line with project requirements, and facilitate
partnerships with the science and development community towards
delivery of
N2Africa products at scale. Because of the ‘federal’ organization of the second
phase of the project, Country Coordinators need to be creative in ensuring that
the project works effectively within their country whilst maintaining standard
protocols to allow cross-comparison across countries. The successful candidate
will report to a senior scientist at ILRI’s Addis Ababa campus.
The Putting Nitrogen Fixation to Work for Smallholder
Farmers in Africa Project is led by Wageningen University, the Netherlands. The
project will deploy state-of-the-art legume and rhizobial inoculant
technologies to assist African smallholder farmers to enhance inputs of free
atmospheric nitrogen by biological nitrogen fixation, thereby improving legume
productivity, human nutrition and farm income, while enhancing soil health. In
its second phase, the project will put a major emphasis on (i) institutionalizing
N2Africa technologies, approaches, and expertise and (ii) fostering
sustainability of the various components addressed by N2Africa, including seed,
inoculant, and fertilizer supply chains, access to profitable legume markets,
and knowledge transfer. The project will primarily work in Ghana, Nigeria,
Tanzania, Uganda, and Ethiopia (with a limited range of activities in DR Congo,
Rwanda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Mozambique.
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works
to enhance the roles livestock play in pathways out of poverty in developing
countries. ILRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research
partnership of 15 centres working with many partners for a food-secure future.
ILRI has two main campuses in East Africa and other hubs in East, West and
southern Africa and South, Southeast and East Asia.
The Centre’s headquarters are located in Nairobi, Kenya, and
research is conducted in 31 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We are
supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR) and receive funding from over 50 different donors.
CGIAR is a global agricultural research partnership for a
food-secure future. Its science is carried out by 15 research centres that are
members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner
organizations.
Responsibilities:
- Lead
the implementation of all project activities in Ethiopia
- Constitute
in-country teams with the required expertise for specific action plans
- Facilitate
partnerships with dissemination and market partners
- Lead
technical and financial reporting to the project leadership
- Oversee
the science of N2Africa within the country
- Represent
N2Africa within the country to various stakeholder groups
- Engage
with the M&E specialist to ensure that M&E tools are administered
in a timely manner
- Engage
with the Senior Business Development Officer to explore opportunities for
partnerships for developing input and output market for the target legumes
- Participate
in and/or organize technical meetings, conference calls and consultations
of experts from stakeholder and partner organizations as required in
liaison with the Project Coordinator as required.
- Facilitate
the institutionalization of N2Africa into a national system
- Co –
supervise MSc and PhD projects.
Requirements:
- PhD in
agronomy, soil microbiology, or a related field and have demonstrated
expertise (at least 5 years) in research for/or development within African
smallholder farming systems.
- Proven
expertise with facilitating networks of partners across the research to
development continuum.
- Excellent
knowledge of legume agronomy and the role legumes play in relation to
rural livelihoods.
- Excellent
knowledge of the essential components and bottlenecks in legume input
supply and output market value chains.
- Ability
to manage own workload without close supervision and work independently,
making decisions and solving problems on routine and complex issues.
- Ability
to work effectively in a dynamic team environment, in a flexible office
environment with periods of high pressure activity.
- Team
player with personality traits that enable him/her to motivate and
communicate with all levels of professional and support staff.
- Reputation
of integrity, creativity and the ability to exercise good judgment.
- Strong
interpersonal skills and an ability to establish rapport and credibility
with people at all organizational levels, forming strong relationships,
both internally and externally.
- Committed
to transparency and continuous improvement in a cooperative atmosphere of
constructive evaluation and learning.
- Willingness
to travel extensively.
- Excellent
spoken and written English.
Position level: 4C level 1 scientist. Base
salary starting at USD 45,000 per annum dependent on qualifications and
experience.
Post location: The position will be based at
ILRI’s Principal Campus in Addis Ababa.
Duration: 3 years with the possibility of
renewal contingent upon individual performance and
funding.
Terms of appointment: ILRI offers a competitive
international and salary and benefits package which includes 15% Pension,
Medical insurance, Life insurance and allowances for: Education, Housing,
Relocation, Home leave, Annual holiday entitlement of 30 days + public
holidays.
*Benefits and salary are tax free subject to compliance with
tax regulations of country of citizenship.
Applications: Applicants should provide a cover
letter and curriculum vitae; names and addresses(including telephone and email)
of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional
qualifications and work experience to be included in the curriculum vitae. The
position title and reference number: REF: CC/N2AP/12/13 should
be clearly indicated in the subject line of the cover letter. All applications
to be submitted online on our recruitment portal: http://ilri.simplicant.com/ on
or before 20thJanuary 2014.
