Summary
Date Posted: Friday, February 07 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The Organization
The Alliance of Bioversity International delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives. Alliance solutions address the global crises of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation.

The Alliance works with local, national and multinational partners across Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa, and with the public and private sectors. The Alliance is part of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services.

About the position
The Senior Research Associate will participate in various research activities, including assessing, co-designing and implementing food systems/food environment interventions, and in documenting their outcomes and possible impacts. The position main scope is Uganda but will contribute to research activities in other countries in Africa where the FECB has active projects (i.e Kenya and Ethiopia)

Responsibilities
• Conduct field research activities, including overseeing research implementation and data collection, and monitoring progress.
• Coordinate with external partners for data collection and other project activities, ensuring that research team needs are met.
• Deliver synthetic periodic reports describing the process and the outputs and publications of the research, to support the execution of research projects.
• Lead or contribute to data analysis, and production of research outputs and project deliverables.
• Lead or contribute to development and presentation of research dissemination products such as blogs, presentations, manuals, guides, etc.
• Support in identifying and linking with key national and sub-national stakeholders and universities to facilitate the positioning of the FECB research strategy in Uganda.

Requirements
• Master’s degree in nutrition, social sciences, agricultural economics, international development, or business development.
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience, in a research organization or an NGO and experience conducting quantitative and qualitative action research.
• Quantitative and qualitative research and participatory methods and expertise with consumer or value chain research
• Knowledge and understanding of food systems concepts and food systems stakeholders and actors at both national and sub-national levels
• Familiarity with behaviour change communication for increased demand of diverse nutritious foods.
• Understanding of business development or business innovation for improved availability and affordability of diverse nutritious foods.



Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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