Senior Associate Scientist I - Agronomy

Job id : 115746 Apply by: 09 Apr 2019 Relevant Sectors Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural, Urban Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research Social, Gender, Education, Youth, Child

• Independently develop, manage, and oversee implementation of strategies in accordance with agreed objectives, outputs, and time lines as reflected in approved impact pathway documents;
• To manage activities to conduct participatory science and technology evaluations and research across various CSISA sites in India, Nepal and Bangladesh;
• Plan and manage the implementation of research/research support service activities of the projects including data collection for development and validation of management technologies that help to augment expression of tolerance in farmers’ fields;
• Manage and guide the implementation of research support activities to ensure timely data collection, management, analysis and dissemination of result and information;
• Finalize draft reports for submission to supervisor and stakeholders and technical literature to disseminate results;
• Publish and actively contribute to articles in peer-reviewed journals/digests that highlight findings from research and experiment activities showcasing the Institute’s scientific leadership;
• Review, monitor and manage expenditures/disbursements of the activities assigned to and manage and monitor expenditures of partners and liaise with IRRI financial office to ensure adequate financial reporting;

• Develop and maintain partnerships with various stakeholders including NARES partners, CSISA project staff in India (CIMMYT, IFPRI and IRRI), and CSISA management to implement activities to meet the agreed CSISA project outputs and time lines;
• Steer and provide strategic direction to NARES partners and to coordinate the activities for increasing the capacity of these partners in line with CSISA’s objectives;
• Participate in Institute wide activities and represent IRRI at various meetings or events;

• Promote the dissemination of CSISA findings through workshops and popular communication channels;
• Consolidate/synthesize and finalize reports for submission to donors / partners and other stakeholders;
• Lead the preparation and presentation of research findings related to the project in various formats and forums;
• Prepare technical literature and publish in scientific journals and/or web-based publications, the research findings and results;
• Lead/contribute in writing of journal articles on sustainable intensification in rice, direct seeded rice, mechanical transplanted rice, various crop establishment methods and best bet agronomy in rice-based systems;
• Support for conceptualize and building a dynamic agro-advisory system in Odisha and Bihar in collaboration with partners;
• Manage and develop team members to ensure professional growth;
• Support for active showcasing of work by Institute's scientific leadership through different platforms of communication

• Has extensive proven technical proficiency in conducting research experiments/surveys
• Has extensive Research management experience
• Has strong collaboration skills and has experience in creating long-term partnerships
• Has excellent leadership skills
• Has excellent analytical skills
• Has excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Has strong international publications in high impact journals
• Has experience in working with a larger team
• Experience of research and extension both at national and international level
• Strong experience in testing and validating technologies

• Has worked in an international organization
• Has experience writing project proposals
• Exposure of working in India, Bangladesh and Nepal; experience of working with NARES partners in South Asia

• House-Rent Allowance: IRRI provides a house rent allowance of 40% of base pay per month.
• Transport Allowance: A monthly transport allowance is provided to NRS as below: NRS L7: INR 5,000
• Dearness Allowance: One Hundred and Thirteen percent (113%) of employee’s base pay.
• Leave Travel Allowance (LTA): One-month base pay per annum, on availing minimum 2 days of vacation leave
• Education Allowance: INR 1000/- per child per month (limited 2 children)