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Beans provide a highly nutritious food, containing protein, fiber, complex carbohydrates, vitamins, and micronutrients; about 400 million people in the tropics eat beans as part of their daily diet. Beans also provide income for millions of people, particularly in Africa and Latin America. Farmers struggle to satisfy consumer demand, producing around 12 million tons of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) every year worldwide.

With our partners, CIAT develops improved beans that show resilience under harsh growing conditions, which are worsening as a result of climate change impacts. Decades of CIAT research on bean have led to massive uptake of improved varieties, with significant impacts on food security in major bean-producing countries. CIAT preserves the world’s largest and most diverse collection of beans. Most of the germplasm originates in the Neotropics where beans where domesticated thousands of years ago. Mexico, Peru, Colombia, and Guatemala are particularly well represented. The collection also contains important diversity from Europe and Africa and, to a lesser extent, Asia.

With the aim of successfully keep tackling these challenges and ensure relevance of CIAT’s research on common beans, the Center is looking for a strategic, highly motivated, and experienced Bean Program Leader & PABRA Director. The position will be located at CIAT’s regional office in Nairobi, Kenya.

Responsibilities:

• Provide management, leadership, and strategic direction to all CIAT research for development initiatives within the Bean Program and supervise all aspects of global research implementation with special focus in Sub-Saharan Africa.

• Responsible for coordinating all research efforts of the bean program with CIAT’s headquarters scientific team.

• Identify opportunities for resource mobilization, proposal development and collaborative research, which respond to regional demand and facilitate follow-through on these opportunities.

• Link with public and private sector research collaborators at the national, regional and global level.

• Engage and maintain active relationship with key partners in the region, to influence CIAT-PABRA’s participation, and the Strengthening of PABRA partnerships.

• Alignment and contribution of PABRA to CIAT Africa Business Plan

• Encourage development of co-authored publications by CIAT-PABRA partners

• Represent CIAT at meetings of all levels, providing updated information or presentations on project activities.

• Orient and evaluate the Staff after setting individual and teamwork plans, and develop human talent of the Bean Program.

• Plan and manage the budget in full accordance with the donors’ and CIAT policies.

Requirements and Qualifications

• PhD or MSc with 15 years experience in agricultural science, rural development, food security and sustainable agriculture, crop science or related fields,

• International experience of 10+ years managing scientific programs. Management experience in bean programs and/or agricultural research and development in Africa would be considered a plus.

• The program/projects managed will have included the management of resource mobilizations, identification of new partnership opportunities and proposal development.

• Proven ability to lead and develop multidisciplinary teams, communicate a common vision among diverse partners, and effectively work with diverse stakeholders, including senior government officials.

• A demonstrated ability to elaborate high quality publications meeting international standards.

• Full English language communication skills, both written and oral.

• Spanish and/or French language skills would be considered a plus.

How to apply:

Applicants are invited to send a cover letter illustrating their suitability for the above position against the listed qualifications, competencies, skills together with a detailed curriculum vitae, including names and addresses of three referees knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience. All correspondence should be addressed to the CIAT Human Resources Office to Tomás Solís ([email protected]) and should clearly indicate “Application: Bean Program Leader & PABRA Director”.

For detailed information please click the following link: Position details

Closing date for applications: Until a suitable candidate is identified.

We invite you to learn more about us at: http://www.ciat.cgiar.org

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The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) was formally established in 1967 and began its research in 1969 backed by the Colombian government and Rockefeller, Ford, and Kellogg Foundations. CIAT develops technologies, methods, and knowledge that better enable farmers, mainly smallholders, to enhance eco-efficiency in agriculture. This means we make production more competitive and profitable as well as sustainable and resilient through economically and ecologically sound use of natural resources and purchased inputs.

CIAT has global responsibility for the improvement of two staple foods, cassava and common bean, together with tropical forages for livestock.

In Latin America and the Caribbean, we conduct research on rice as well. Representing diverse food groups and a key component of the world’s agricultural biodiversity, those crops are vital for global food and nutrition security Alongside its research on agrobiodiversity, CIAT works in two other areas – soils and decision and policy analysis – which cut across all tropical crops and production environments. CIAT has its headquarters near Cali, Colombia, with regional offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and Hanoi, Vietnam. Center scientists work in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as 29 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and 5 in Southeast Asia. Their collaborative efforts in these regions have generated important research achievements with substantial development impact. CIAT is a member of the CGIAR Consortium and Lead Center of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS). The Center contributes importantly to other CGIAR Research Programs as well. CGIAR is a global agricultural research partnership for a food secure future. Its science is carried out by the 15 research centers who are members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations.

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0 USD Nairobi CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Beans provide a highly nutritious food, containing protein, fiber, complex carbohydrates, vitamins, and micronutrients; about 400 million people in the tropics eat beans as part of their daily diet. Beans also provide income for millions of people, particularly in Africa and Latin America. Farmers struggle to satisfy consumer demand, producing around 12 million tons of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) every year worldwide.

With our partners, CIAT develops improved beans that show resilience under harsh growing conditions, which are worsening as a result of climate change impacts. Decades of CIAT research on bean have led to massive uptake of improved varieties, with significant impacts on food security in major bean-producing countries. CIAT preserves the world’s largest and most diverse collection of beans. Most of the germplasm originates in the Neotropics where beans where domesticated thousands of years ago. Mexico, Peru, Colombia, and Guatemala are particularly well represented. The collection also contains important diversity from Europe and Africa and, to a lesser extent, Asia.

With the aim of successfully keep tackling these challenges and ensure relevance of CIAT’s research on common beans, the Center is looking for a strategic, highly motivated, and experienced Bean Program Leader & PABRA Director. The position will be located at CIAT’s regional office in Nairobi, Kenya.

Responsibilities:

• Provide management, leadership, and strategic direction to all CIAT research for development initiatives within the Bean Program and supervise all aspects of global research implementation with special focus in Sub-Saharan Africa.

• Responsible for coordinating all research efforts of the bean program with CIAT’s headquarters scientific team.

• Identify opportunities for resource mobilization, proposal development and collaborative research, which respond to regional demand and facilitate follow-through on these opportunities.

• Link with public and private sector research collaborators at the national, regional and global level.

• Engage and maintain active relationship with key partners in the region, to influence CIAT-PABRA’s participation, and the Strengthening of PABRA partnerships.

• Alignment and contribution of PABRA to CIAT Africa Business Plan

• Encourage development of co-authored publications by CIAT-PABRA partners

• Represent CIAT at meetings of all levels, providing updated information or presentations on project activities.

• Orient and evaluate the Staff after setting individual and teamwork plans, and develop human talent of the Bean Program.

• Plan and manage the budget in full accordance with the donors’ and CIAT policies.

Requirements and Qualifications

• PhD or MSc with 15 years experience in agricultural science, rural development, food security and sustainable agriculture, crop science or related fields,

• International experience of 10+ years managing scientific programs. Management experience in bean programs and/or agricultural research and development in Africa would be considered a plus.

• The program/projects managed will have included the management of resource mobilizations, identification of new partnership opportunities and proposal development.

• Proven ability to lead and develop multidisciplinary teams, communicate a common vision among diverse partners, and effectively work with diverse stakeholders, including senior government officials.

• A demonstrated ability to elaborate high quality publications meeting international standards.

• Full English language communication skills, both written and oral.

• Spanish and/or French language skills would be considered a plus.

How to apply:

Applicants are invited to send a cover letter illustrating their suitability for the above position against the listed qualifications, competencies, skills together with a detailed curriculum vitae, including names and addresses of three referees knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience. All correspondence should be addressed to the CIAT Human Resources Office to Tomás Solís ([email protected]) and should clearly indicate “Application: Bean Program Leader & PABRA Director”.

For detailed information please click the following link: Position details

Closing date for applications: Until a suitable candidate is identified.

We invite you to learn more about us at: http://www.ciat.cgiar.org

2019-08-01

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