Summary
Date Posted: Friday, July 01, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Associate Research Fellow

Field Data Science / Research
The Associate Research Fellow will conduct research aligned with Work Package 1 of the One CGIAR ClimBeR Initiative research portfolio with a focus on agricultural risk management for climate adaptation, particularly on bundled insurance products. The goal of the portfolio is to accelerate the adoption and impacts of innovations that can help improve food system resilience, climate adaptation, incomes, nutrition, social inclusion and gender equity. The researcher will primarily help develop and execute an agricultural risk management strategy, prioritizing insurable climatic risks in ClimBeR focus countries. The development of credit and insurance products for climate variability builds on information from risk exposure and vulnerability analysis, needs and demand assessments as well as feasibility studies. Much of this work includes intensive field implementation and primary data collection.

Essential Duties
• Collaborate on research related to agricultural risk strategy, bundled insurance and other innovations to help improve climate resilience, climate adaptation, incomes, nutrition and gender equity for rural households.
• Execute innovative, policy-relevant economics research using data on rural households in developing countries to work to reduce poverty and/or malnutrition and improve adaptation to climate change.
• Publish papers in top, peer-reviewed journals and One CGIAR outlets (books, policy briefs etc.)
• Support efforts to strengthen the capacity of partner organizations and networks to conduct scholarly research and communicate evidence-based policy recommendations

Required Qualifications
• PhD in Economics, Development Economics, Agricultural Economics or closely related fields
• Excellent econometric/statistical skills
• Demonstrated knowledge of state-of-the-art techniques used in microeconomic and panel data analysis
• Demonstrated knowledge of, experience, and active interest in rural financial products such as credit and insurance in developing countries
• Demonstrated ability to use economic theory in innovative and policy relevant ways
• Demonstrated capacity to produce high-quality research for publication in top, peer- reviewed journals
• Strong team player, self-motivated and ability to work with people from different social and cultural backgrounds
• Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English
• Willingness to travel for projects and/or team meetings

Preferred Qualifications:
• Field experience in collecting quantitative project and household data in developing countries
• Experience in and familiarity with ClimBeR focus countries

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Job application procedure
Interested and qualified? Go to International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on phf.tbe.taleo.net to apply



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