ICIPE Gender Specialist Jobs in Kenya

icipe—International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology—is a world-class research centre with a mission to alleviate poverty by ensuring food security, improving health, protecting the environment and building the capacity of researchers and communities across the developing world through the application of insect sciences.

Employing more than 500 national and international staff, icipe is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya with outposts in Ethiopia and on the shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya.

The succesful candidate will lead the Centre’s gender strategy development and implementation. Working with other members of our Social Science Unit, and in collaboration with icipe’s biophysical research teams and
our national and international partners, the candidate will undertake research on gender issues in relation to the Centre’s research portfolio and contribute to strengthening the institutional capacity for incorporating social
equity.

The succesful candidate will also be encouraged and supported to develop their own portfolio of reserach activities.

Responsibilities

Generate knowledge relating to the drivers of adoption with respect to gender issues for icipe technologies, and ensure the lessons learned are incorporated into project and Centre level strategies, with the aim of
contributing and fostering a learning environment and to further the impact of the Centre.

Improve the understanding of intra-household decision-making processes and their impacts on the genderspecific
welfare of individuals in rural communities.

Analysis of gender-differentiated technology adoption pathways and their impacts on health, poverty and food security for targeting icipe technology and policy interventions.

Develop institutional innovations for enhancing gender-equitable access to, and use of, promising technologies, inputs and output markets for income growth, food security and health.

Strengthen the awareness of issues relating to gender within icipe and beyond through contributing to the Centre strategy, project design, and training and development in gender issues to Centre staff.

Contribute to priority setting, strategy and project definition, to ensure issues relating to gender are embedded in all Centre activities.

Publish and communicate research findings through internationally recognised forums and contribute to

the dissemination of research findings to stakeholders.

Requirements/Qualifications

PhD with a minimum of 2 years postdoctoral experience in a relevant area of social/economic sciences,
including gender analysis.

Experience in undertaking gender analyses, preferably in the context of agricultural development or human health.

Demonstrate strong quantitative analytical skills and experience using qualitative methods for gender and development research.

Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, including strategic thinking and ability to present coherent and convincing analyses to different audiences.

Strong publication record in relevant areas at the associate scientist or scientist level, or demonstrated high potential to publish at the postdoctoral fellow level.

Ability to travel and undertake fieldwork in rural contexts.

Relevant work experience in developing countries, preferably Africa.

Other desirable attributes

Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams, as well as to develop strong and effective working relationships with partners.

Self-motivated with a desire to make a difference to the health and food security of Africans.

Reporting

This position reports to the Head of the Social Science and Impact Assessment Unit.

The selected candidate should be available to start as soon as possible.

How to apply

Applications will be accepted up to 19th May 2018. Interested applicants should submit: (a) a confidential cover letter, (b) detailed CV with names and addresses of 3 referees (including e-mail addresses, fax numbers),
and (c) a statement illustrating suitability against the listed qualifications/competencies?abilities and skills.

For more information and job application details, see; ICIPE Gender Specialist Jobs in Kenya

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