Advertiser's description (via IFPRI):
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks a qualified candidate to serve as a Senior Research Fellow (SRF I or SRF II) for a two-year, renewable appointment for its Nutrition, Diets and Health Unit. This position is based at IFPRI headquarters located in Washington, D.C but would involve travel to any of the countries in which IFPRI carries out its research. The SRF I/II would manage complex, multi-partner surveys and evaluations, mentor junior research staff, lead the development of new research activities, including developing proposals for the evaluation of multisectoral programs and food systems approaches to improving diet, nutrition and health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. In addition, the SRF I/II would lead research activities related to the CGIAR Research Initiative on Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy Diets (FRESH) which would include leading the co-development of programmatic activities (with program implementation partners) to increase intake of fruit and vegetables.
Essential Duties:
- Specific duties include but are not limited to:
- Conducting research related to diets, nutrition, health, and well-being in low-and middle-income countries and the impact of multisectoral programs and/or food systems approaches on these types of outcomes.
- Developing and managing large/complex research projects and/or programs including developing workplans, coordinating research activities, monitoring and reporting on progress and sharing research findings with diverse audiences.
- Design and supervise large-scale data collection activities such as household surveys, food environment surveys, dietary assessment surveys and nutritional status assessments.
- Supervising the work of various research support staff and providing professional mentoring to others.
- As part of multisectoral program and/or food systems evaluation activities, work closely with program implementation partners and other key stakeholders, to identify and oversee the design of programmatic activities to address constraints to sustainable, healthy diets.
- Recruiting and managing national collaborators.
- Developing and monitoring of the project or program budget.
- Publishing research in peer-reviewed publications.
- Providing strong research leadership in developing new ideas into proposals.
- Preparing donor and other project/program reports.
- Liaising with donor & senior government and other types of stakeholders on projects
- Communicating research to a broad spectrum of stakeholders (researchers, academicians, policy makers, local partners.
Please check the original listing for more information and vacancy status (no listed closing date).
