VACANCY: Senior Marketing Specialist
About this position
We are looking for someone who can contribute to the World Agroforestry Centre’s work in understanding the potential of markets and market-based interventions to reduce rural poverty in the developing world. The person should have experience in conducting strategic research in value chain analysis, enterprise development, or standards and other market governance tools.
The job specifically includes the following duties and responsibilities:
· Conduct market research focusing on:
o Value chain analysis including post-harvest handling, for agroforestry tree products
o Consumer demand studies
o Standards and other market governance tools, and/or
o Enterprise development
o Rural livelihoods, vulnerability, and risk-reducing mechanisms, and
o Impacts of development interventions.
The research should be of global value leading to generation of new knowledge, methods, policies and capacity
· Supervise graduate students
- Initiate and manage partnerships with different national and international stakeholders (government agencies, private companies, donor agencies, NGOs, among others)
- Interact with other senior staff to ensure useful incorporation of market-oriented activities into other aspects of the Centre’s work
- Project development and implementation and fundraising.
Qualifications and experience
- PhD in agricultural economics, a related social science, business management, or a related discipline
· Strong publications record, including peer-reviewed journal articles
- Research experience in developing countries
· Experience with analysis of smallholder production-to-marketing systems
- Skills in quantitative and qualitative data analysis
- Strong track record in managing collaborative relationships with a range of partners, including the private sector, in the agricultural or natural resource management sectors
- Demonstrated fundraising and proposal writing abilities
- Familiarity with international agricultural and environmental research issues
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, fluency in English and, ideally, French and/or Spanish
- Ability to work in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams
- Willingness to travel frequently internationally.
Terms of offer
We offer a collegial, diverse and gender-sensitive working environment, and we strongly encourage applications from qualified women. This position is remunerated on international terms. The appointment will be for an initial period of three (3) years, subject to a nine (9) month probation period.
How to apply
Prepare:
· A cover letter illustrating your suitability for the position, and your salary expectations.
· A detailed and up-to-date curriculum vitae.
· The names and addresses of three referees, including telephone numbers and email addresses, and fax details, if available.
Address these to:
The Human Resources Unit, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), PO Box 30677, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya OR send via email to: icrafhru@cgiar.org. Indicate “Application for a Senior Marketing Specialist” on the application letter. Applications will be considered until 24 November 2011 or until a suitable candidate is identified and selected. Please note that only short-listed applicants meeting the above requirements will be contacted.
To learn more about us, visit our website: www.worldagroforestry.org
The World Agroforestry Centre is an independent research institution which generates science-based knowledge about the complex role trees play in agricultural landscapes and rural livelihoods. As part of the Centre’s work to bring tree-based solutions to bear on poverty and environmental problems, researchers – working in close collaboration with partners – are developing new technologies, tools and policy recommendations for increased food security and ecosystem health.
The Centre’s headquarters are located in Nairobi, Kenya, and research is conducted in 23 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We are supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and receive funding from over 50 different donors.
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