International Centre for Tropical
Agriculture (CIAT) Recruiting a Technical Assistant for
IITA TAAT Project
IITA’s R4D is anchored on the
development needs of Sub-Saharan Africa and develops agricultural solutions
with partners to tackle hunger and poverty by reducing producer and consumer risks,
enhancing crop quality and productivity, and generating wealth from
agriculture.
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) Recruiting a Bean Value Chain Technology Transfer Officer for CIAT TAAT Project
International Institute of Tropical
Agriculture (IITA) is an international non-profit research-for-development
(R4D) organization created in 1967, governed by a Board of Trustees, and
supported primarily by the Consultative Group of International Agricultural
Research (CGIAR).
The Position: CIAT, on behalf of IITA, is seeking to recruit a Technical
Assistant for the TAAT Project with the responsibility of assisting the TAAT
Technical
Adviser in all areas of operations in Nairobi office.
Adviser in all areas of operations in Nairobi office.
The position is based at IITA Central
Africa Hub Coordination Office located in Nairobi, Kenya and reports to the
TAAT Technical Adviser.
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) Recruiting a Bean Value Chain Technology Transfer Officer for CIAT TAAT Project
The International Center for Tropical
Agriculture (CIAT) – a member of the CGIAR Consortium (www.cgiar.org) –
develops technologies, innovative methods, and
new knowledge that better enable farmers, especially smallholders, to make agriculture competitive and profitable as well as sustainable and resilient.
new knowledge that better enable farmers, especially smallholders, to make agriculture competitive and profitable as well as sustainable and resilient.
CIAT conducts research for
development in tropical regions of Latin America, Africa, and Asia
(www.ciat.cgiar.org).
CIAT’s Pan-African Bean Research
Alliance (PABRA) is Africa’s largest network of bean experts spanning 30
countries. Members of the network are responsible
for breeding, evaluating, disseminating and safeguarding Africa’s largest collection of beans.
for breeding, evaluating, disseminating and safeguarding Africa’s largest collection of beans.
Project
Information: The Technologies for African
Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) is a program initiated by the African
Development Bank (AfDB) as part of its Feed Africa Initiative.
The main objective of the program is
to improve the business of agriculture across Africa by raising agricultural
productivity, mitigating risks and promoting diversification and processing in
18 agricultural value chains within 8 Priority Intervention Areas.
Position
Summary: This position shall be part of the
Bean Commodity Technology Delivery Compact (CTDC) which ¡s part of the Regional
Technology Delivery Infrastructure (RTDI) of TAAT to be based in Nairobi,
Kenya.
The TAAT Bean Value Chain Technology
Transfer Officer (TTO) has the responsibility of enhancing the capacities of
seed and input suppliers and actors to sustainably, provide quality seed of
improved high Iron bean (HIB) varieties and complementary inputs/technologies
to small-scale farmers across the countries implementing TAAT Bean Value Chain
Project.
He/she will also be required to
provide leadership and guidance ¡n bean seed systems and technology transfer in
conjunction with Bean Value Chain Coordinator and other CIAT staff.
How to Apply:
Applicants are invited to visit http://ciat.cgiar.org/ciat-jobs to
get full details of the position and to submit their applications, clearly
indicating position applied
for as Ref: AO-1995 Bean Value Chain Technology Transfer Expert.
for as Ref: AO-1995 Bean Value Chain Technology Transfer Expert.
Applications should be saved as one
document using the candidate’s lastname, firstname for ease of sorting.
Applications closing date: 4th May
2018.
Please note that email applications
will not be considered.
Only short listed candidates will be
contacted.