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  • Posted: Aug 19, 2022
    Deadline: Sep 1, 2022
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    The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to improve food security and reduce poverty in developing countries through research for better and more sustainable use of livestock. ILRI is a CGIAR research centre - part of a global research partnership for a food-secure future.
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    Research Associate II - Participatory Action Research and Farmer Led Scaling for Climate Change Technologies in Practice

    Key Responsibilities

    • Contribute to site selection, baseline, and inventory of climate-smart technologies available in study area
    • Identify key actors for climate-smart technology packages in study area
    • Plan, organize and facilitate workshops for local partnership, and provide summary reports of the discussions
    • Conduct and support data collection activities (household survey, semi-structure interviews, FGDs and workshops
    • Contribute to development and testing of a citizen science data collection tool
    • Facilitate citizen science data collection with adaptation pioneers
    • Contribute to assessment of social implications of technologies, validation, and scaling readiness
    • Support formation of adaptation pioneers’ knowledge groups and networks development
    • Facilitate participatory field days and farmer demonstration days
    • Support development of user-oriented research findings, manuals, training materials, videos (translation from English will be required)
    • Build capacities of pioneers/pioneer groups and knowledge networks
    • Continuous reporting, maintenance of project data filing system, attendance of (online) meetings and high responsiveness to supervisor requests on data delivery
    • Transcription and translation of interviews
    • Data preparation and analysis
    • Frequent travel to farm sites, with considerable distance from main road
    • Any other relevant duty assigned by the supervisor

    Requirements

    • Bachelors with at least 3 years work experience and 1 year research experience in social sciences, development studies, extension, or equivalent experience
    • Background in social research, participation, climate change and adaption, extension, interdisciplinary understanding of both social and basic bio-physical sciences
    • Solid training in qualitative and understanding of quantitative approaches
    • Strong experience with conducting participatory research and stakeholder engagement in rural context
    • Experience in data analysis and interpretation for both basic qualitative and quantitative analysis.
    • Limited experience with quantitative survey design
    • Extensive experience with use of NVIVO, limited experience with R or STATA for quantitative data analysis
    • Strong aptitude at interpreting, synthesizing, and communicating the results of data analysis to various types of audience
    • General experience in social research, climate change and adaptation, farmer-led scaling
    • Good communication and networking skills
    • Based in Rift Valley with sound work experience in Nandi and Bomet Counties
    • Fluency in English and Swahili, and preferably also Kalenjin

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