The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks
to recruit a Senior Social Scientist to lead gender and livestock research and
a team of scientists within the Livelihoods, Gender, Impact and Innovations
Program under the Integrated Sciences unit.
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. www.ilri.org.
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. www.cgiar.org.
Responsibilities:
- Lead
ILRI’s research on gender and livestock across the thematic areas of value
chains, markets, and the environment to improve the impacts of ILRI’s work
on livelihoods. Specifically;
- Supervise
scientists and staff working in gender research, and provide guidance to
integrating gender in ILRI programs and projects;
- Coordinate
staff capacity development in gender and gender analysis;
- Build
collaborations with relevant institutions and organizations
internationally and nationally to conduct research on gender and
disseminate evidence for influencing policy and practice;
- Support
research and development projects led by ILRI and other partners including
NGOs to integrate best practice in gender and to generate evidence for
scaling out;
- Develop
proposals to raise resources to support gender research.
- Provide
leadership to the gender theme of the CGIAR research program on livestock
and fish;
- Contribute
to ILRI inputs on gender research in the CGIAR research programs;
- Develop
and lead an evolving research agenda on gender and livestock in Africa and
Asia.
Requirements:
- A
Ph.D. in Social Science (Rural Sociology, Gender and Development,
Agricultural Economics, Social Anthropology, etc) or related field with
application to agriculture or rural development, and a minimum of 5-10
years of experience post-PhD;
- A
proven research record on gender and agriculture extending to study
design, quantitative and qualitative analytic methods and peer-reviewed
output;
- Experience
with mainstreaming and integrating gender in agriculture research and
development projects and programs;
- Supervisory
and management experience of staff, projects and programs;
- Familiarity
with aspects of livestock production, and/or marketing systems in
developing countries;
- Demonstrated
ability to develop and manage multiple partnerships, and to develop
successful funding proposals;
- Strong
English language skills, both written and spoken (proficiency in French or
Spanish is strong advantage);
- Willingness
to travel frequently to rural areas in developing countries.
Post location: The position is based at ILRI’s
Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.
Position level:The position is Scientist/Research
Level 3 dependent on qualifications and experience.
Duration:3 years with the possibility of renewal,
contingent upon individual performance and continued funding.
Benefits: 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 are tax free subject to compliance with tax
regulations of country of citizenship.
Applications:Applicants should provide a cover letter
and curriculum vitae: a list of publications and names and addresses (including
telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the
candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience should be included
in the curriculum vitae. The position title and reference number: SSSG/LGII/04/2014 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.
Screening of applications will start on 15 May 2014 and
continue until the position is filled.
To find out more about ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org
To find out more about working at ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org/ilricrowd/
Suitably qualified women and citizens of developing
countries, with experience of working internationally, are particularly
encouraged to apply.
