Vacancies
Vacancy: Climate Change Scientist at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Applications Close 15 May 2013
Climate variability and change will exert ever more pressure on agricultural land, potentially restricting the ability of farmers in developing countries, in particular smallholders, to sustain their livelihoods. At the same time there are opportunities related to a changing climate that need to be identified and explored.
Modelling is central to the understanding of interactions and processes involved in climate impact assessment, adaptation and mitigation, and can support improved decision making. For ICRAF to successfully address these issues on climate change, ICRAF’s Climate Change Unit is looking to fill the position of a Climate Change Scientist to be based at its Headquarters in Nairobi.
Vacancy: Researcher on Climate Change based in India
Deadline: 31 March 2013. If you possess a PhD or equivalent academic qualifications in a field related to global change or agricultural development, and have at least three years of research experience, ideally in an interdisciplinary environment, you could be the person that the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is looking for. The position holder will report to the Regional Program Leader of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and will be based at the New Delhi Office of IWMI in India. Read more »
Vacancy: Scientist, climate change adaptation
Application for the position are no longer be accepted
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to enhance the roles livestock play in pathways out of poverty in developing countries. ILRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research partnership of 15 centres working with many partners for a food-secure future. ILRI has two main campuses in East Africa and other hubs in East, West and Southern Africa and South, Southeast and East Asia.
CGIAR is a global agricultural research partnership for a food-secure future. Its science is carried out by 15 research centres that are members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations.
The Position: ILRI seeks to recruit an adaptation scientist to contribute to its research on climate change adaptation in livestock systems in Africa. The position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya or Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and the jobholder will contribute to deliverables for the CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Read more »
Consultant Required: Prioritizing Technological and Policy Options for Climate-Smart Agriculture at Different Scales
Closing date for applications: February 15, 2013, or until a suitable candidate is found.
Project background and rationale
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is seeking a consultant to be based at the New Delhi office of the International Water Management Institute, possibly an individual who has recently completed a relevant PhD, to develop/adapt and evaluate such tools, and demonstrate their application at different scales in South Asia. The specific objectives of this research are as shown below.
Vacancy: Regional Program Leader for Southeast Asia
Deadline: 30 October, 2012. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is looking for a Regional Program Leader for its new region Southeast Asia. CCAFS has initially focused its work on three regions: South Asia, East Africa, and West Africa. These regions were chosen to represent areas that are becoming both drier and wetter and because they will generate results that can be applied and adapted in other regions worldwide as the program evolves.
In 2012, CCAFS is expanding to two new regions: Southeast Asia and Latin America. We are seeking applications from a qualified candidate who will play a crucial role in partnership development and management in Southeast Asia. He/she will mainly be responsible for ensuring coherence among CCAFS themes from field to regional level and will play a key role in achieving outcomes and impacts at national and regional levels. He/she will also be responsible for facilitating the appropriate linkages to other CCAFS activities in the regions. Read more »
Vacancy: Internship at the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture
Deadline: Ongoing recruitment. The Decision and Policy Analysis Area (DAPA) of the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) is seeking English speaking recent graduates for 6-12 month internships. CIAT is an international research center, one of the fifteen global centers of the Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR). Located in Cali, Colombia and working on international projects in Africa, Asia and Central and Latin America, the DAPA Research Area evaluates the effects of climate change, evaluates technology and knowledge gaps, critically analyses environmental and agricultural policy in Latin America, and considers barriers to market access for small, rural producers in developing countries.
The interns will gain experience in international research for development, and will be actively encouraged to use the internship as a stepping stone to further education at the masters or PhD level. Read more »
Vacancy: Science Officer for Theme Linking Knowledge with Action
Deadline: 28 September, 2012, or until the position has been filled. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) conducts research in 23 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. ICRAF is hosting the research leader of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Theme 4.1: Linking Knowledge with Action. Activities within CCAFS’s Linking Knowledge with Action research theme involves identifying key communication, engagement/partnership and capacity strengthening strategies, tools and approaches that enhance the likelihood that the wide range of knowledge generated by this complex programme leads to actions that help sustainably increase food security. It develops guidelines and tools and refines approaches that enhance researcher-stakeholder interaction and the uptake of scientific outputs of CCAFS and others. Read more »
Vacancy: Communications Intern – Food Climate Research Network (FCRN)
Deadline: 7 September, 2012. The Food Climate Research Network is looking for a communications intern to help raise the profile of the organisation, improve its usefulness and accessibility to users, and help develop collaborations and interactions among a growing network of researchers and policy makers working in the field of food and climate. The internship is offered on a fixed term ending on 31st December 2012 with the intern based working from home. It is envisaged that the internship would be part-time for at least 1 day per week, with the opportunity for more work as the project develops. Read more »
Vacancy: Latin America Regional Program Leader
Deadline: 15 September, 2012. The International Center for Tropical Agriculture – CIAT, is one of the 15 not-for-profit Centers funded by various countries, private foundations, international and regional organizations that make up the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The CGIAR Research Program 7 (CRP7), Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), is a strategic ten-year partnership emerging from new collaboration between the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) aimed at overcoming the additional threats posed by a changing climate to achieving food security, enhancing livelihoods and improving environmental management in the developing world. CCAFS brings together strategic research in agricultural science, development research, climate science, and Earth System science, to identify and address the most important interactions, synergies and tradeoffs between climate change, agriculture and food security. CCAFS is structured around four closely inter-linked global research themes: Adaptation to Progressive Climate Change; Adaptation through Managing Climate Risk; Pro-poor Climate Change Mitigation; and Integration for Decision Making. Read more »
Vacancy: Communications Specialist, East Africa
Deadline: 13 August, 2012. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is a collaborative endeavor between the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP), research communities, and their respective partners. CCAFS seeks to overcome the additional threats posed by a changing climate to achieving food security, enhancing livelihoods and improving environmental management in the developing world. The program is structured around four closely inter-linked global research themes: Adaptation to Progressive Climate Change; Adaptation through Managing Climate Risk; Pro-poor Climate Change Mitigation; and Integration for Decision Making. The global theme activities are implemented through regions. East Africa is one of the CCAFS implementing regions. The program leadership of this region is based at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, and research activities are conducted in 4 countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) and at six bench mark locations in the region. The East Africa regional program is seeking a Communication Specialist. Read more »
CCAFS Coordinating Unit - University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Rolighedsvej 21, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark, phone +45 35331046; Email ccafs [at] cgiar [dot] org, EAN 5790000279012
Lead Center - International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)