ILRI Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Kampala - Uganda

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a post-doctoral research fellow to lead work on participatory technology development and assessment that will be practically impactful as well as theoretically informed. The research covers Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya.

ILRI works to improve food and nutritional security and reduce poverty in developing countries through research for efficient, safe and sustainable use of livestock. It is the only one of 15 CGIAR research centres dedicated entirely to animal agriculture research for the developing world.

Co-hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia, it has regional or country offices and projects in East, South and Southeast Asia as well as Central, East, Southern and West Africa.

ILRI Post-Doctoral Fellowships Post-Doctoral Fellow, Participatory livestock technology development and assessment in Kampala - Uganda

Responsibilities:

Lead research that canvasses various livestock systems for promising endogenous adaptation practice and dynamics

Design, implement, monitor and analyse participatory field experiments, in coordination with biophysical researchers on the team

Contribute to scaling out and scaling up of most promising practices

Contribute to the development of practical protocols for analysing trade-offs between social and biophysical outcomes. These protocols should be designed for use by stakeholders.

Communicate findings to stakeholders (ministry staff, livestock extension officers, donors)

Write scientific papers and prepare conference presentations and other communication products on the key results.

Coordinate PCSL project activities in Uganda, including supervision of PhD and MSc students.

Requirements:

PhD in social sciences (geography, anthropology, innovation studies, rural sociology, etc.), but working knowledge of agricultural, livestock and/or environmental sciences. Knowledge of climate change adaptation and/or mitigation would be a considerable advantage

Strong practical and

theoretical skills, focusing on participatory processes and co-production of knowledge in agriculture.

Experience in research for development in Africa, especially East Africa, would be a significant advantage

The ability to effectively communicate in a multicultural context, present findings to diverse audiences, and support facilitation of multi-stakeholder workshops

The ability to collaborate with scientists and technicians from other disciplines (biogeochemistry, agricultural sciences, environmental sciences, veterinary medicine etc.) in an interdisciplinary and multicultural team

Application Procedure

Applicants should send a cover letter and CV expressing their interest in the position, what they can bring to the role and the names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience to the Director, People and Organizational Development through our recruitment portal on or before 25 August 2018.

The position title and reference number: PD/PLT/07/2018 should be clearly marked on the subject line of the online application.

We thank all applicants for their interest in working for ILRI. Due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

For more information and job application details, see; ILRI Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Kampala - Uganda

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