A-Senior Officer

Key skills

Project monitoring

Additional/Preferred Skills

working exp with SHg

Preferred Qualifications

B SC AGri with MBA

                                                      Senior Officer

ICRISAT seeks application from Indian nationals, for the position of ‘Senior Officer - ICRISAT Development Centre’’to support activities of Global Research Program on Resilient Farm and Food Systems. There is a requirement of position where the incumbents will be based atOdisha, India.

ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi- arid or dryland tropics has over 2 billion people and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these disadvantaged populations to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agricultural production systems.

ICRISAT is headquartered at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India, with two regional hubs and eight country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. Its mission is to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. ICRISAT conducts research on its mandate crops of chickpea, pigeonpea, groundnut, sorghum, pearl millet and finger millet in the arid and semi-arid tropics. The Institute focuses its work on the drylands and in protecting the environment. Tropical dryland areas are usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, thereby trapping dryland communities in poverty and hunger and making them dependent on external aid. Please visit – www.icrisat.org

Responsibilities

·Strong networking skills with Government Agencies, NGOs, and research agencies, safeguarding the interests of beneficiaries & stakeholders.

·Liaise between ICRISAT and different donors, government/non-government organizations, institutes in collaboration and funds mobilization.

·Constant interactions with the partners and stakeholders comprising researchers, line departments in facilitating the implementation of the project (s) outcomes.

·Lead and guide the field team in the process of grounding the innovative project interventions across six OLM-ICRISAT project districts.

·Provide administrative support to the project team in maintaining the records, documentation and submitting to donor organizations.

·Assist scientists in the preparation of technical reports and other related jobs from time to time.

·In addition to the above, any other responsibilities as entrusted by the supervisor.

Requirements:

·B.Sc. Agriculture with Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) or equivalent with 15 to 20 years of work experience.

·Essential experience in on-farm agriculture related work, like conducting on-farm demonstration, capacity building, or any other.

·Desirable experience in hand holding women SHGs/communities.

General:

This is a contractual position for a period of 12 months.

How to apply:

Applicants should apply on or before 01 April 2023, with their latest Resume, and the names and contact information of three references that are knowledgeable about their professional qualifications and work experience. All applications will be acknowledged; however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

                                                             ICRISAT is an equal opportunity emp