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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Senior Scientific Officer – Natural Resource Management

IITA-TZ-2021 – R4D-002 -NRS/ICRISAT-Dodoma

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA on behalf of the
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi – Arid Tropics ICRISAT
invites applications for the position of Senior Scientific Officer – Natural
Resource Management.

Background ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts
agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a
wide array of partners throughout the world. ICRISAT and its partners help
empower those living in the semi-arid tropics, especially smallholder farmers,
to overcome poverty, hunger, malnutrition, and a degraded environment through
more efficient and profitable agriculture. ICRISAT is headquartered in
Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and several country
offices in sub-Saharan Africa. For more details, see www.icrisat.org. AICCRA
is a 3-year World Bank-funded project with ICRISAT leading the Senegal node
and participating in project activities in Zambia and Kenya. ICRISAT envisions
increasing access for agriculture research and extension service providers in
Africa to knowledge, technologies, and decision-making tools relevant to
enhancing the resilience of agriculture and food systems in the face of
climate change. The project aims to implement the sub-regional component of
AICCRA through building multi-actor partnerships of existing scientific and
educational networks and centers to achieve outcomes by engaging with
individual partners at the country level. Specifically, this project will
enhance the capacity of national regional public institutions and private
firms e.g., input providers, ICT companies, media to develop delivery models
for climate services and CSA knowledge, approaches, and tools to support
effective intra-regional and south-south adoption in various value chains.

Duty Station The position will be based in Dodoma with regular travel
regionally or to Dar es Salaam

Essential Criteria

-->MSC degree in agriculture or related field with at least 8 to 10 years experience in national and international organizations.
-->Proven expertise in implementing field programs related to research in development.
-->Strong analytical and communication skills
-->Fluency in English and Swahili, written and oral
-->Demonstrated ability of handling multi-tasked project activities
-->Willingness and physical ability to handle frequent travel to remote field sites
-->Prepare clear, accurate and concise reports, records and other materials
-->Ability to operate a computer using word processing, database and spreadsheet software
-->Ability to collect, evaluate and interpret varied information and data

Responsibilities

-->Provide skilled technical inputs into the planning, implementation and monitoring of demand driven agronomic and agroecological practices at on-farm study sites.
-->Handle and assist the project manager in timely delivery and monitoring of field implementation and complying with reporting deadlines with partner institutes.
-->Assist in organizing, facilitating meetings especially with local communities and handle the necessary logistics of training, seminars and workshops and visits of the supervisory team.
-->Manage relationships with partners ensuring that field interventions are co-designed with stakeholders and interactions with communities and project partners are fair and transparent.
-->Manage fund requests and disbursements of project activities, funds/grants and provide all necessary supporting documents for accounting and reporting purposes.
-->Provide administrative and logistical support to project manager as well as any other project internal and external team member in the project implementation course.

General information

The duration of contract for the position is one year with possible extension.
This is a nationally recruited position and IITA offers a competitive
remuneration package.



Send your Application to










Email IITA-Tanzania@cgiar.org

Applications including curriculum vitae, copies of certificates, telephone
number, email address, and names and addresses of two referees should be sent
to the Country Representative, IITA-Tanzania, Plot No. 25, Mwenge – Coca-Cola
Road, Mikocheni Industrial Area P.O. Box 34441, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania or by
email to **IITA-Tanzania@cgiar.org**

Applicants are requested to please indicate the reference number for the
position as indicated on the heading of the announcement in your application
as well as on the subject of your email if sending by email. If sending by
post or hand delivery, please indicate the reference number on your
application as well as on the left-hand side of your envelope. Please note
that any applications without the reference number indicated will be
automatically disqualified.

**The deadline for submitting the application is 17 February, 2021** .
**Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.**



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