We are looking for a qualified person to coordinate and lead the development of national and sub-national baseline studies on agricultural risk and climate-smart agriculture (CSA), also known as Agricultural Risk Profiles and CSA Profiles. These Profiles are developed in close collaboration with teams of experts, donors, national government partners, private sector and other in-country stakeholders. The position will also provide thought leadership on new directions for the profiles to evolve, particularly related to agricultural risk management, financial services for agriculture (e.g. credit and insurance), and climate finance. The position will be full-time and based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Ensure on-going Agricultural Risk and CSA Profile projects are carried out successfully within the planned timeline and available resources.
Coordinate teams of consultants, editors, and designers engaged in the elaboration of the Profiles, including managing and supervising activities related to project planning, stakeholder engagement, data collection, analysis, infographics elaboration and layout of final documents.
Maintain communication of project progress and outputs with funder(s) and in-country partners, to ensure usability and ownership of the research products. International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) Recruiting Agriculture Risk Profiles Coordinator
Give the final approval of Profiles documents, infographics and Supplementary Material by making sure that the outline and content is aligned to the CSA Profile guidelines and templates and incorporates peer review comments.
Build strong links with CIAT research teams to enhance the potential for the use of Profiles in a variety of research efforts.
Contribute to and lead the expansion of CIAT’s CSA Profiles portfolio by exploring new potential opportunities to develop new profiling products than can be developed, and by seeking new partnerships and sources of funding to support the development of the new Profiles, particularly related to agricultural risk management, financial services for agriculture (e.g. credit and insurance), and climate finance.
