ILRI Team Leader - Gender - Jobs in Kenya and Ethiopia
ILRI Team Leader - Gender - Jobs in Kenya and Ethiopia
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Team Leader, Gender scientist with a passion for establishing and leading innovative work in world class livestock gender research in the developing world, to lead a growing team of gender researchers.
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. www.ilri.org
Responsibilities
Livestock is one of the most gender sensitive agricultural sectors in developing countries, with 70% of the labour being provided by women, but with often little control over the assets and income derived from livestock activities. Women are also key to ensuring that the potential of animal source foods to contribute to nutritional security is realized.
Lead ILRI’s research on gender and livestock both as an independent area of research and across the organization’s research areas
Be the ILRI focal point for the CGIAR Gender platform
Supervise scientists and staff working in gender research, and provide guidance to integrating gender in ILRI programs and projects
Coordinate ILRI 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 strategic and integrated gender research
The position is supported by a team of gender scientists and research assistants
The Team Leader will be a member of the Institute Research and Management Committee
Requirements
Ph.D. in Social Science (Rural Sociology, Gender and Development, Social Anthropology, etc) or related field with application to agriculture or rural development
At least 8 years of relevant experience post-PhD
A proven ability to provide innovative thinking within gender and agriculture, a willingness to work with biophysical scientists and proven ability to apply methods and approaches to achieve effective integration of gender within ILRI’s livestock mandate;
A proven research record on gender and agriculture extending to study design, quantitative and qualitative analytic methods and peer-reviewed output
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
Excellent interpersonal skills and experience with working in multidisciplinary and multicultural environments in relevant geographies;
Strong English language skills, both written and spoken (proficiency in French is strong advantage)
Willingness to travel frequently
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; ILRI Team Leader - Gender - Jobs in Kenya and Ethiopia
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