POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - EXTERNAL
Research Associate
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
REF: RA/06/17
The position: The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks to hire a Research Associate to work with the Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) country research focal point and research team. The incumbent will support research, stakeholder communications and policy engagement activities under a broad portfolio of the A4NH research program in the country.
General: IFPRI is one of the international agricultural research institutes organized under the CGIAR Consortium. The mandate of IFPRI is to identify and analyze alternative national and international strategies and policies for meeting world food needs in ways that conserve the natural resource base, with emphasis on low income and on the poorer groups in the countries. With a vision for a world free of hunger and malnutrition, IFPRI’s mission is to provide sustainable solutions for ending hunger and reducing poverty.
Job Purpose:
The purpose of this job will include giving support to stakeholder communications and engagement, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, literature reviews and support to preparation of reports, meeting notes/minutes, journal manuscripts, and presentations. Successful candidates will work with the A4NH research team in Ethiopia as well as other partners who straddle academic fields in nutrition, health and economics etc. and work in strong collaborative project teams. Opportunities exist for co- authored publications, conference presentations and travel within Ethiopia and internationally.
Main duties & responsibilities:
Experience:
Skills:
Preferred Qualifications:
Prior experience working with research, government and development institutions in Ethiopia.
Experience working with international and national researchers will be an advantage.
Experience with and/or exposure to qualitative research methods.
Knowledge of agriculture, nutrition or health programmes in Ethiopia.
Duty Station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with frequent travel within Ethiopia including to rural areas
Job level: 2D.
Monthly Base Salary: Birr 21,367 (Negotiable depending on experience, skill and salary history of the candidate)
Terms of appointment: This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position and the appointment is a fixed term for two years. The ILRI remuneration package for nationally recruited staff in Ethiopia includes very competitive salary and benefits such as life and medical insurance, offshore pension plan, etc.
The ILRI campus is set in a secure, attractive campus in Addis Ababa. Dining and sports facilities are located on site