Post-Doctoral Fellow- Social Scientist on Triggers for Anticipatory Action at International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Key Responsibilities

• Understand the historical process of identifying triggers and evaluating the socioeconomic and institutional parameters that could be embedded with weather-related triggers
• Conduct needs assessment to identify gaps for application of triggers, expressed by practitioners across the cycle of anticipatory action,
• Explore the linkages (top-down/bottom-up) between the trigger design, targeted actions and the planning processes, among others
• Facilitate dialogue among selected practitioners to select pre-agreed drought triggers based on forecasted impacts of drought and its applicability
• Write up of research outputs (incl. scientific reports, peer-reviewed publications, briefs)
• Supervise research assistants and research fellows.
• Provide scientific leadership to junior researchers and fellows
• Contribute to the development of proposals and resource mobilization efforts

Requirements

• PhD in development economics, sociology, anthropology or related field 
• Strong skills in qualitative research and community engagement
• Practical knowledge of dryland communities and food security actions
• Excellent spoken and written English
• Proven track record of scientific writing as first and/or corresponding author
• Ability to effectively manage, visualize and analyze climatic and socio-economic datasets
• Ability to work in multidisciplinary and teams and cultural contexts 

Closing: 31 December 2022