Jobs at International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

The duty station will be in Nairobi, Kenya.

Summary of responsibilities:

• Support in developing research designs for a variety of projects.
• Designing data collection instruments/protocols and training of consultants, field supervisors, and enumerators.
• Data cleaning and management.
• Statistical and econometric analysis of households, agro – dealers, and traders surveys.
• Support with design and analysis of qualitative surveys including (KIIs, FGDs).
• Writing and editing of research reports, policy notes, academic papers, and other documents.
• Liaising with partners and consultants ensure quality of all the data collected under such partnerships.
• Responding to urgent requests for rapid analytics by the PIs, project teams, donors, and other stakeholders.
• Training and mentorship of other research assistants in the program.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree or PhD in agricultural economics, development economics, statistics, or a related field.
• Ten years of work experience involving research data management, analysis, and writing, and demonstrated excellence in research.
• Demonstrated capacity to analyze and utilize policy-relevant information from a broad range of sources on agricultural production and marketing.
• Experience using statistical packages mainly Stata and others such as SPSS and R.
• Familiarity with theoretical and technical issues related to agriculture, economic development, poverty, food security, and/or nutrition in Kenya and the rest of East Africa.

Personal attributes and competencies:

• Strong analytical skills and ability to process both quantitative as well as qualitative information.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including gender sensitivity.
• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams as well as to develop strong and effective working relationships with partners.
• Ability to travel and undertake fieldwork in rural conditions.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages and electronic communication tools.
• Good written and oral communication skills in English.
• Proficiency to use standard software at an advanced level.
• Minor programming using macros, mail merge, designing customized reports, developing audio visual presentations.
• Provides services or information, the quality and timeliness of which are important to enable the delivery of other functions, units, or individuals.
• Attention to details ensures errors can be corrected with moderate costs and/or delays.
• Ability to prioritize and allocate work to others and supervises 1 to 10 Staff members.
• Manages own work and small projects related to own work; adapts plans and priorities to meet service and/or operational challenges.

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CIMMYT is looking for a Bio Informatic and Software Developer. The Bio informative and Software Developer will Provide bioinformatics analysis support to various crop breeding activities (in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Burkina, Nigeria, Ghana, Mali and Senegal) and developing of a new software application or customize existing applications.

The duty station will be in Nairobi, Kenya.

Summary of responsibilities:

• Data Analysis
  • Analyze agricultural research experiments (low, mid, and high-volume
    sequencing/genotyping data).
  • Processing of large files and perform various bioinformatics analysis
• Software development.
  • Collaborate with software developers in the development and modification of commercial bioinformatics software.
  • Develop software or applications for scientific or technical use.
  • Developing Python and Angular / React (or other) web framework-based GUI web-apps.
  • Manage Linux based servers and understand virtualizations and dockers.
• Local and International Support
  • Collaborate with technical specialists to resolve design or development problems.
  • Contribute to organizing and delivering OneCGIAR training programs in bioinformatics data analysis, data management, digitalization and using interlinked tools.
  • Support the integration of roles and projects into the new OneCGIAR global units.

Requirements:

• Masters in life Science. PhD qualification in the same field will be an added advantage.
• Thorough understanding of the field of work or specialized equipment.
• Basic knowledge of administrative and/or operating protocols and procedures of research support function.
• Up to 5 years work experience.
• Conceptual knowledge and understanding of NGS data analysis, and pipeline development for variant calling & developing reference assemblies.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues and external contacts on routine work-related matters.
• Competence in using shell scripts, Snakemake, Nextflow and/or WSL.
• Experience in Core JAVA, using APIs and developing API driven applications.
• Proficiency in Python, Perl and R

Personal attributes and competencies:

• Fluency in spoken and written English
• Ability to analyze complex data, carry out and explain computations or to resolve complex problems.
• Identifying options based on research and consideration of their consequences.
• Deep understanding of NGS data analysis, and pipeline development for variant calling & developing reference assemblies.
• Proficiency in using Linux and maintaining Linux based servers and clusters.
• Experience in web frameworks, such as Angular or React.
• Knowledge of relational data management systems and demonstrated ability to extract data and navigate systems.
• Experience in working within international organizations or multicultural organizations desired.
• Critical and Creative Thinking, Teamwork, Communication and Client Orientation skills.