International Trials Manager – EiA Ghana at IITA

October 7th, 2022 at 09:14 am

International Trials Manager – EiA Ghana at IITA

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profi t institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation.

Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.

Job Description

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) seeks to recruit a International Trials Manager under the Excellence in Agronomy Initiative (EiA) – Ghana.

The Position

The International Trials Manager – EiA Ghana has the responsibility of leading in the establish a robust network to facilitate the smooth implementation, monitoring and dissemination of team activities to accelerate delivery of product profiles for EiA in the WCA Region.

Duty Station: Tamale, Ghana with some travel to project implementation sites

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

The international Trials Manager – EiA Ghana will perform the following duties, among others:

• Firstly, Contribute to the overall coordination of the WCA Regional Team Members through providing research updates, upcoming events to allow for team interactions and planning at the national and regional level.
• Secondly, Offer guidance and team contributions towards scientific excellence in the Region through peer reviewed publications and present at conferences.
• Thirdly, Support working groups of the EiA Initiative in the WCA Region
• Moreover, Leverage, link, learn and build on past and ongoing projects that feed into regional efforts via strategic engagement with the NARs
• Additionally, Contribute to capacity building of research associates; supervise activities of graduate students who are involved in the EiA Initiative on areas such as research design and data analysis in a research for development context.
• Then, Support team efforts towards preparing agronomy technical materials for extension services and development partners.
• Also, Organize regular team meetings and providing summarized feedback minutes to the concerned parties in the WCA Region.
• Afterwards, Work with the Project Team to translate data into information materials for policy and scaling guidance (e.g., policy briefs, reports, presentations).
• Finally, Perform any other task as assigned by the Regional Team leader for WCA.

Required Skills or Experience

The candidate should have a finalized PhD in Agriculture/Environmental Sciences or related fields in agriculture.

Core Competencies

• Applied knowledge and experience in agricultural sciences.
• At least five years of professional experience in agronomy research with a proven analytical, quantitative and qualitative research skills (Affinity with field experience in agronomy is an advantage).
• Ability to deal with workload; capacity to work under challenging (field) conditions.
• Proven track-record of scientific publications in high quality scientific journals.
• Proactive, innovative and independent problem solver and excellent team player with good interpersonal skills and demonstrated experience in effective interactions and negotiations in a multi-cultural environment.
• Experience in implementation, monitoring and reporting of research for development projects.
• Ability to work independently, in a team; with excellent communication skills, able to interact and engage meaningfully with a multi-cultural and interdisciplinary team of scientists and development partners in the project countries.
• Good understanding of climate-informed advisories concept, partnerships, networking and information dissemination.
• Very good organizational aptitudes and good negotiation experience/skills and with knowledge about the national institutional and policy environments.
• Knowledge of French is an advantage​

General information: This is Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position. Initial appointment is for Two years with the possibility of renewal, contingent upon individual performance and the availability of funding.

How to apply for International Trials Manager – EiA Ghana at IITA

Applicants should send a cover letter which should address how the candidate’s background/experience relates to the specific duties of the position applied for and CV (4 pages maximum) with the names and addresses (telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience, as well as other relevant documents and testimonials.

Applications should be submitted by EMAIL ONLY to: iita-ghanahr@cgiar.org. 

The Station Administrator,
IITA-Ghana,

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 17, 2022.

NOTE: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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