Research Fellow I

3 weeks ago

Washington, United States IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute) Full time

**Job Summary**:
**Essential Duties**:
This position requires a mix of research, project management, capacity strengthening, communications, fundraising, staff supervision, and other activities.

Specific duties include but are not limited to the following:

- Conduct collaborative research on inclusive and nutrition-sensitive climate change adaptation and mitigation, resilience, nature-positive agricultural production, and small-scale irrigation using mixed methods. Areas of research should have particular relevance to smallholder production systems and support food system transformation.
- Publish research in peer-reviewed journals, and other outlets such as discussion paper series, books, blogs and other popular outlets.
- Develop and manage research programs and/or projects, including developing workplans, developing and monitoring of the program/project budget, recruiting collaborators and partners, coordinating activities and monitoring progress towards deliverables, reporting on progress to the donor, conducting capacity-strengthening activities, engaging with policymakers and partners, and sharing research findings.
- Contribute to One CGIAR research initiatives, platforms, and megaprograms.
- Communicate research to a broad spectrum of stakeholders (researchers, academicians, policy makers, local partners, etc.).
- Represent IFPRI at meetings, debates, panel discussions, media interviews etc.
- Participate in the preparation of research funding proposals and in the cultivation of relationships with potential funders
- Supervise the work of research support staff and interns.

**Required Qualifications**:

- PhD in Agricultural or Social Science or closely related field and 3 years of post-PhD research experience.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct interdisciplinary and mixed-methods research on research areas identified above.
- Demonstrated ability to perform critical analyses of own & others’ research.
- Excellent publication record in peer-reviewed journals, books, and other outlets.
- External recognition within peer professional network due to publications and other leaderships activities.
- Demonstrated experience in effective interactions in a multicultural setting with other researchers and with policymakers, donors, and civil society, facilitating impact of research & capacity strengthening.
- The ability to effectively contribute to IFPRI’s overall institutional value through demonstrated participation and support for organization-wide programs and activities.
- Willingness to travel extensively as required
- Excellent written and spoken English communication skills with demonstrated excellence in written and oral presentations.
- Proven experience in developing, managing, and reporting on program/project budgets.
- Demonstrated computer literacy (PC, Microsoft Applications)
- Experience in identifying funding prospects and developing project proposals.
- Demonstrated leadership skills and strong experience building and managing teams.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Proficiency in a second language of the U.N. system.
- Ability and experience in managing internal and external relationships with project teams, donors, policymakers, and collaborators.
- Experience in collecting quantitative and qualitative data in low
- and middle-income countries.
- Knowledge of software for quantitative and qualitative data analysis (e.g. STATA and NVIVO).

**Physical Demand and Work Environment**:

- Employee will sit in an upright position for a long period of time.
- Employee will lift between 0-10 pounds.
- Employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing computer terminal; extensive reading.

**The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is an equal employment opportunity employer - F/M/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

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