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ILRI Scientist Animal Nutrition Jobs Opportunities in Kenya

Responsibilities

Conduct agronomic, livestock productivity and greenhouse gas (GHG) measurements for different livestock systems in Sub-Saharan Africa to allow the quantification of system specific GHG fluxes within a livestock system and subsequently to develop mitigation options

Manage and maintain laboratory and field facilities, specifically the respiration chambers for measuring GHG emissions from ruminants, including training and supervision of staff and evaluation of data

Conduct laboratory scale, mesocosm parameterisation experiments to allow direct comparison of GHG emission potentials from manures and soils for different environmental conditions

Write scientific papers and prepare conference/workshop presentations describing results and their implications for productivity, GHG and nutrient management; and contribute to other communication products (research briefs, policy briefs etc.)

Develop innovative concepts and ideas for further research (including proposal writing) to address spatial and temporal variability of fluxes, and upscaling of mitigation options

Coordinate research projects that are carried out within the Mazingira Centre at ILRI

Provide ideas and initiate future research projects including grant writing/research mobilization

Supervision of PhD and MSc students

Qualifications

PhD in Animal Nutrition, Animal Physiology or other relevant biophysical science discipline

At least 5 years post-doctoral experience

The ability to effectively communicate

in a multicultural context, present findings to diverse audiences, and support facilitation of multi-stakeholder workshops

The ability to collaborate with scientists and technicians from other disciplines (biogeochemistry, agricultural sciences, environmental sciences, veterinary medicine etc.) in an interdisciplinary and multicultural team

In depth knowledge on smallholder livestock production systems in developing and developed countries

Experience with data processing and statistical software such as R, SPSS, Matlab or python

The ability to supervise and train research assistants, students and provide necessary data quality control and assurance

To contribute to research mobilization efforts

Excellent written and spoken English.

How to apply

Interested and qualified candidates should apply online by 16th November, 2017

For more information and job application details, see; ILRI Scientist Animal Nutrition Jobs Opportunities in Kenya

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