Back (RFP300506) Senior Research Associate- Agriculture Value Chain Transformation- Arusha, Tanzania

SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE- AGRICULTURE VALUE CHAIN TRANSFORMATION

The Alliance of Bioversity International (www.bioversityinternational.org) and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) (www.ciat.cgiar.org) delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people's lives. Alliance solutions address the global crisis of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation.

The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT is part of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Alliance is seeking to recruit a qualified and competent Senior Research Associate  based  in Arusha Office. The Senior Research Associate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, accompanying and the roll-out of different stakeholder engagements, sustainable farming and related research activities.
Min Duties and Responsibilities:

1. With experience and/or knowledge of climate adaptation and regenerative agriculture options will guide the project team in championing interventions that will increase productivity and enhance climate change resilience and landscape sustainability in a gender equitable and inclusive manner.
   
2. Support the adaptive capacity of the SMES and the landscape partners among them smallholder farmers in light of the evolving climate risks through improving productivity, enhancing soil and landscape health.
   
3. Support SMES design market strategies for adopting climate adaptation inputs and practices, including crop diversification, climate smart and conservation/regenerative agriculture through the project established multi-stakeholder Innovation Platforms.
   
4. Build and co-ordinate ongoing public and private sector support to climate-resilient smallholder production, value chain co-ordination and market access.
   
5. Guide all landscape resilience interventions including capacity building of SMEs, farmers and relevant institutions, development of value chains and promotion of climate smart innovations in close collaboration with existing Government and other partners.
   
6. Support program planning and co-ordinate implementation working with other project team members
   
7. Represent CIAT in dialogues relating to Growing Together Tanzania
   
8. Support SMEs develop value chain-based CSA packages, deploy and monitor their implementation in the project selected regions.
   
9. Support development of capacity strengthening of the SMEs and smallholder farmers on scaling up climate resilient/regenerative agricultural production and diversification through increased access to climate resilient inputs, practices, and markets.
   
10. Upgrading data collection sharing platforms and protocols for knowledge management on climate resilient agricultural systems
    
11. Participate in sector convening dialogues on sustainable production, CSA, Regenerative Agriculture to share knowledge and best practice from the project
    
12. Liaise closely with the procurement specialist, gender specialist, agronomists, seed experts, markets experts to ensure smooth implementation of all project activities.
    
13. Produce quarterly reports on project performance and deliver
    
    

    Requirements

    An Advanced /Master's degree in Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Climate Change, Environmental Sciences or other closely related field.
    Experience:
    

    • At least 5 years of implementing agricultural value chain transformation and climate smart agriculture projects.
      
    • Experience with climate change adaptation in the agriculture sector.
      
    • Experience working with diverse partners among them private sector (such as offtakers/traders, processors etc), government institutions, NGOs and local farming communities;
      
    • Excellent communication, interpersonal and analytical skills;
      
    • Demonstrated understanding of issues related to gender and Climate Change Adaptation, sustainable agriculture
      
    • Experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams
      
    • Experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis and report writing is an added advantage
      
    • Good understanding of national and state government priorities, policies and planning process in climate change in Tanzania
      
    • Project life cycle experiences will be considered an asset.
      
      

      Benefits Terms of Employment
      

      This position is a nationally recruited position based in Arusha, Tanzania.