Senior Research Associate at CIAT Tanzania May 2025

Senior Research Associate- Agriculture Value Chain Transformation at CIAT Tanzania

Job Type: Full-time
Job Description
SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE- AGRICULTURE VALUE CHAIN TRANSFORMATION
The
Alliance of Bioversity International (www.bioversityinternational.org)
and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
(www.ciat.cgiar.org) delivers research-based solutions that harness
agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to
improve people’s lives. Alliance solutions address the global crisis of
malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental
degradation.

The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT is part of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future.

POSITION SUMMARY
The
Alliance is seeking to recruit a qualified and competent Senior
Research Associate based in Arusha Office. The Senior Research
Associate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, accompanying
and the roll-out of different stakeholder engagements, sustainable
farming and related research activities.

Min Duties and Responsibilities:

• With
  experience and/or knowledge of climate adaptation and regenerative
  agriculture options will guide the project team in championing
  interventions that will increase productivity and enhance climate change
  resilience and landscape sustainability in a gender equitable and
  inclusive manner.
• Support the adaptive capacity of the SMES and
  the landscape partners among them smallholder farmers in light of the
  evolving climate risks through improving productivity, enhancing soil
  and landscape health.
• Support SMES design market strategies for
  adopting climate adaptation inputs and practices, including crop
  diversification, climate smart and conservation/regenerative agriculture
  through the project established multi-stakeholder Innovation Platforms.
• Build
  and co-ordinate ongoing public and private sector support to
  climate-resilient smallholder production, value chain co-ordination and
  market access.
• Guide all landscape resilience interventions
  including capacity building of SMEs, farmers and relevant institutions,
  development of value chains and promotion of climate smart innovations
  in close collaboration with existing Government and other partners.
• Support program planning and co-ordinate implementation working with other project team members
• Represent CIAT in dialogues relating to Growing Together Tanzania
• Support SMEs develop value chain-based CSA packages, deploy and monitor their implementation in the project selected regions.
• Support
  development of capacity strengthening of the SMEs and smallholder
  farmers on scaling up climate resilient/regenerative agricultural
  production and diversification through increased access to climate
  resilient inputs, practices, and markets.
• Upgrading data collection sharing platforms and protocols for knowledge management on climate resilient agricultural systems
• Participate
  in sector convening dialogues on sustainable production, CSA,
  Regenerative Agriculture to share knowledge and best practice from the
  project
• Liaise closely with the procurement specialist, gender
  specialist, agronomists, seed experts, markets experts to ensure smooth
  implementation of all project activities.
• Produce quarterly reports on project performance and deliver

Requirements

• An
  Advanced /Master’s degree in Agriculture, Agricultural Economics,
  Climate Change, Environmental Sciences or other closely related field.
• Experience: At least 5 years of implementing agricultural value chain transformation and climate smart agriculture projects.
• Experience with climate change adaptation in the agriculture sector.
• Experience
  working with diverse partners among them private sector (such as
  offtakers/traders, processors etc), government institutions, NGOs and
  local farming communities;
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and analytical skills;
• Demonstrated understanding of issues related to gender and Climate Change Adaptation, sustainable agriculture
• Experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams
• Experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis and report writing is an added advantage
• Good understanding of national and state government priorities, policies and planning process in climate change in Tanzania
• Project life cycle experiences will be considered an asset.

Benefits
Terms of Employment

This
position is a nationally recruited position based in Arusha, Tanzania.
The initial contract will be for One (1) year subject to a probation
period of three (3) months and is renewable depending on performance and
availability of resources.

This position is graded at BG07,
with a minimum basic salary of 3,929,704.00 Tanzania Shillings level in a
scale of BG01 to BG14 (BG14 being the highest level according to the
Alliance job classification framework policy). We offer a competitive
salary and excellent benefits including but not limited to insurance,
retirement plan, staff training and development, paid time off and
flexible working arrangements.

The Alliance Bioversity-CIAT is
committed to fair, safe, and inclusive workplaces. We believe that
diversity powers our innovation, contributes to our excellence, and is
critical for our mission. Recruiting and mentoring staff to create an
inclusive organization that reflects our global character is a priority.
We encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions,
sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability statuses, sexual
orientations, marital status, and gender identities.

APPLICATIONS
Applicants
are invited to visit https://alliancebioversityciat.org/careers to get
full details of the position and to submit their applications.
Applications MUST include reference number REF: (RFP300506) Senior
Research Associate- Agriculture Value Chain Transformation- Arusha,
Tanzania as the position applied for.

The Alliance does not
charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application,
interview meeting, processing, or training). The Alliance also does not
concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts. Cover
letter and CV should be saved as one document using the candidate’s last
name, or first name for ease of sorting. The Alliance collects and
process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection
laws.