Vacancy title:
Research Assistant: Land Restoration and Agroforestry Scaling
Jobs at:
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, August 01 2024
Summary
Date Posted: Friday, July 26 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
The World Agroforestry Centre, is an international institute headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, and founded in 1978. The Centre specializes in the sustainable management, protection and regulation of tropical rainforest and natural reserves.
Overview
The position aims to enable effective implementation of integrated restoration livelihood and carbon projects in Kenya. The job holder will support in undertaking action research, setting up demonstration, managing rural resource centers; training lead farmers on agroforestry and land management related topics; and supporting monitoring and evaluation activities in the area of operation (County in Kenya).
Duties and responsibilities
Extension Support:
• Provide technical trainings, field demonstrations/trials and other support to IPs and lead farmers on agroforestry and other land management practices
• Set up and or manage rural resource centers for supply of quality seedlings, demonstrations and information
• Provide technical trainings and other support to IPs and lead farmers on soil & water conservation and climate smart production practices and techniques.
Research support:
• Facilitate and support action research and co-learning activities (with IPs, lead farmers and other stakeholders)
• Collect, analyse and summarize research data, and assist / prepare, manuals, guidelines, training and workshop reports
• Contribute to writing of technical reports, scientific articles and case studies.
Monitoring, evaluation and learning:
• Support PMEL processes working, build the capacity of the implementing partners and lead farmers in tree tracking
• Support implementation of baseline, uptake surveys and impact assessment data collection and complementary qualitative follow-up assessments.
Programme management.
• Support production of project implementation plans and progress reports
• Support organization of workshops and field visits.
Requirements
• Diploma/BSc in Agriculture, Forestry, or any Natural Resources Management related discipline
• Three (3) years in similar position
• Ability to use computerized data collection tools
• Basic knowledge of MS Office: Excel, Word, PPT
• Good writing skills
• Experience in agricultural research and development is an advantage
• Driving license (motorbike).
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36
Level of Education: Associate Degree
Job application procedure
Interested and qualified? Go to World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) on recruit.cifor-icraf.org to apply
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