Scientist I
1 month ago
**The Organization**
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives. Alliance solutions address the global crises of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation.
With novel partnerships, the Alliance generates evidence and mainstreams innovations to transform food systems and landscapes so that they sustain the planet, drive prosperity, and nourish people in a climate crisis.
The Alliance is part of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future.
**About the position**
This position will be based in Hanoi, Vietnam.
**Key responsibilities**
- Lead and/or contribute actively to the delivery of research outputs in the FECB Asia team including research products (i.e., working papers, scientific articles, reports, etc.);
- Co-design research activities and manage them in concert with the global FECB program strategy and priorities, ensure research coordination and quality and timely delivery of results;
- Support the FECB team leader in Asia in stakeholder engagement in Vietnam (public and private) ensuring high quality research is shared in a timely and understandable manner with key decision-makers on topics relevant to food environment and consumer behavior;
- Manage local research partners engagement and contracts in Vietnam;
- Facilitate or organize cross team research collaboration in the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and, where relevant, engage in collaboration with targeted OneCG initiatives active in Asia;
- Supervise and provide guidance to research staff, other team members, and partners on research strategies, projects and deliverables;
- Contribute to fund raising activities.
**Required qualification and experience**
- PhD degree holder in Nutrition, Community Development, Economics, Urban and Regional Planning, Geography, Political Science or similar field with strong record in policy engagement and food systems analysis;
- Proven capacity in research design, implementation, data collection and analysis, data visualization and scientific writing particularly in the use of mixed quantitative and qualitative methods;
- Documented ability to use advanced quantitative analytical tools including advanced statistics, R, Python and/or similar analytic tools for qualitative data sets a plus;
- At least five (5) years of experience in a similar research leadership position;
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain cooperative relationships with team members, governments, and other stakeholders to achieve common results and goals in a timely fashion;
- Ability and interest to support skill development of junior staff and colleagues;
- Capacity to provide advisory support to the broader Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Asia team on food systems, food environments, consumer behavior and related policies;
- Excellent written, editing and spoken English and Vietnamese.
**Personal attributes**
- Strong ability to lead, prioritize and organize workload; take initiative and work under pressure;
- Excellent communication and ability to communicate to a variety of audiences;
- Excellent interpersonal skills, and ability to work effectively in a highly dynamic, interdisciplinary, and multi-cultural team.
**Terms of employment**
**Applications**
- Job Details
**Organisation Name**:
- CIAT**Location**:
- Hanoi**Application Deadline**:
- Sun, 2023-02-26
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