Introduction.
Wageningen University and Research (WUR) and SNV Ethiopia will jointly implement the BRIDGE project (Building Rural Income through Inclusive Dairy Growth in Ethiopia, 2018-2023), which aims at strengthening the dairy value chain in four clusters in Ethiopia. The impact of the project is to contribute to an “improved performance in the dairy sector in Ethiopia”, for 120.000 farming households, with four main outcomes:
1) improved milk production,
2) improved milk collection, processing and marketing,
3) improved consumption of nutritious foods, and
4) Improved enabling environment.
The project will be implemented by a consortium of: SNV Netherlands Development Organisation and Wageningen University & Research. SNV will be responsible for overall coordination and financial management as well as being the first accountable for implementation work at community development level in all the outcomes. WUR is first accountable for the work related to research & innovation as well as backstopping on M&E.
WUR wishes to employ a research and innovation coordinator to lead the research and innovation activities of BRIDGE. The research activities will be implemented with local Universities as well as Regional Agricultural Research Institutes in four regions: SNNP, Oromia, Amhara and Tigray.
Purpose of the position.
The research and innovation coordinator is responsible for developing, coordinating and administering all research activities of BRIDGE, in collaboration with the WUR staff, based in Wageningen, the Netherlands. Work scope includes liaising with the implementing agency SNV, building up a research programme with universities and RARIs in four regions, and developing strong research-extension linkages that ensure effective integration of research findings in extension activities of BRIDGE and stakeholders in the private sector of the dairy value chain. Duty station will be SNV Office in Addis Ababa.
Duties and responsibilities.
Start date of the position is 01 January, 2019.
Requirements, education, training and competencies.
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