Scientific Officer-Data Manager and Analyst at World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)

Overview

• ICRISAT wishes to recruit a Scientific Officer under its Technology Adoption and Impact (TAI) Analysis Cluster of the Enabling Systems Transformation (EST) Global Research Program. The position holder will support data collection, management, processing and analysis for various projects that are implemented by the Enabling Systems Transformation (EST) Global Research Program to support ICRISAT’s technology development and research for impact through profile product development, impact assessment and learning, and analysis of the enabling (political, policy, and socioeconomic) environment.

Duties and responsibilities

• Collect, clean and organize household survey data for various projects
• Analysis of adoption and ex-post impacts of improved technologies on productivity, food security and poverty;
•  Analysis of productivity, technology adoption and efficiency;
•  Learning and support to develop market opportunities that increase adoption of research outputs;
• Assist in project administration.
• Coordinate and lead project field activities.
• Any other duties as may be instructed by the Supervisor.

Education, knowledge and experience

•  A Master’s degree in Economics or a related field.
•  Experience in management and analysis of large household survey data.
•  Knowledge and savvy of data analysis software, especially Stata.
•  Very strong analytical skills and applied statistical experience.
•  Good scientific wring experience.

Personal attributes and competencies

•  Strong analytical skills and applied statistical experience.
•  Good scientific writing experience.
•  Fluency in English and Swahili, both verbal and written.
•  Good communication, presentation and report writing skills.