The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Post-Doctoral Scientist to support research on understanding health risks from urban markets and designing interventions to upgrade informal markets.
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
By 2050, more than two thirds of the world will live in urban areas. Food systems need to urgently transform to ensure they deliver healthy and nutritious diets to the growing urbanizing centers. The CGIAR has launched a new research initiative that will look at how to support cities to transform their urban food systems to meet the nutrition, health and wealth needs of urban citizens in the Global South. The Resilient Cities initiative will work in capitals of 6 countries across South America, Africa and Asia to find science-based solutions to pressing urban food systems questions.
This post doctoral position will support the initiative’s work on understanding health risks from urban markets and designing interventions to upgrade informal markets. It is expected the post doctoral scientist will engage in data analysis and interpretation to provide information to support the design of future intervention programs for improved human health, as well as support the design of epidemiological studies in a range of countries.
Key Responsibilities
- Play a lead role in research in the Resilient Cities through Sustainable Urban and Peri-urban Agri-food Systems project under the supervision of the PI. Activities include:
- Design and implementation of field surveys to be conducted in Ethiopia and in other countries
- Data analysis and interpretation
- Supervision and coordination of field teams involved in projects under the resilient cities initiative
- Write up of research outputs (including scientific reports, peer-reviewed publications, briefs)
- Supervision of junior staff, including research assistants and research fellows
- Support capacity building of junior researchers and fellows
- Contribute to other food safety, food systems and One Health projects as needed
Requirements
- PhD in agriculture, veterinary medicine, nutrition, public health, epidemiology, or relevant discipline
- Two to four years of completing PhD
- Data management
- Experience in writing reports and research publications
- Data analysis using a range of statistical software (e.g. STATA, R)
- Experience working in low- and middle-income countries
- Evidence of strong quantitative analytical skills
- Solid track record of publication of scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals. Evidence of publication of other type of research outputs would be an advantage (e.g. reports, blogs, op-eds)
- Excellent command of English. Knowledge of another language would be an advantage
Post location: The position will be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Terms of Appointment
This is position is at job level HG 16 and it is open to both national and international applicants. The position is a two (2) year contract, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding. ILRI offers a competitive salary and benefits package which includes; medical and other insurances.
Applications: Applicants should send a cover letter and CV expressing their interest in the position, what they can bring to the role and the names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience to the Director, People and Organizational Development through our recruitment portal by clicking on the “Apply Now” tab above before 4 August 2022. The position title and reference number: AHH/533 /2022 should be clearly marked on the subject line of the online application.
We thank all applicants for their interest in working for ILRI. Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
ILRI does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing or training). ILRI also does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts
