CIAT Agriculture Risk Profiles Coordinator in Nairobi Kenya

CIAT Agriculture Risk Profiles Coordinator in Nairobi Kenya

The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (www.ciat.cgiar.org) works to reduce hunger and poverty, and improve human nutrition in the tropics through research aimed at increasing the eco-efficiency of agriculture.

CIAT is a member of the CGIAR Consortium (www.cgiar.org), a global research partnership working with many partners for a food secure future.

It is also the global lead for the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture
and Food Security (CCAFS).

The Center’s research focuses on increasing productivity of key crops (cassava,
common bean, rice, and tropical forages); reversing soil and land degradation; and using information to foster better decisions about issues such as climate change and environmental management.

Headquartered near Cali,
Colombia, CIAT has regional offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and Hanoi, Vietnam, with staff posted in other developing countries as well.

This position will be under the Decision and Policy Analysis (DAPA) group, which is a growing research area of CIAT that works towards CIAT’s mission of Increase prosperity and improve human nutrition in the tropics through research-based solutions in agriculture and the environment.

See https://ciat.cgiar.org/dapa for more
details on DAPA. This position will work closely with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security to implement work on CSA and climate risk profiling.

It will also work under the new CIAT strategic initiative on Agricultural Risk Management.

With support from the World Bank and other partners, CIAT’s DAPA has been developing Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Climate Risk Profiles for multiple countries around the world (Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean) over the past five years, with the aim to advance knowledge and mainstream CSA and climate risk information into science and policy.

The Profiles assesses key risks to agriculture, risk management interventions, and policies/programsrelated to CSA in each country, specifically identifying enabling environments
and barriers for mainstreaming adoption of CSA, as well as ongoing and potential CSA activities and avenues for financing uptake of practices in each country.

See CIAT´s webpage for more details. The demand for Country Profiles has increased significantly in the past year, with donors, governments, and financial service institutions.

Position Summary

We are looking for a qualified person to coordinate and lead the development of national and sub-national baseline studies on agricultural risk and climate-smart agriculture (CSA), also known as Agricultural Risk Profiles
and CSA Profiles.

These Profiles are developed in close collaboration with teams of experts, donors, national government partners, private sector and other in-country stakeholders.

The position will also provide thought
leadership on new directions for the profiles to evolve, particularly related to agricultural risk management, financial services for agriculture (e.g. credit and insurance), and climate finance.

The position will be full-time and
based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Main Responsibilities: