Project Research Support Officer – Temporary Position at International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Key Responsibilities

• Collating of technical outputs from LCSR researchers from different participating centres and populating of forms for reporting into PRMS (Partnership, Capacity Building, Knowledge Products).
• Support evidence synthesis for documentation of progress towards end of initiative outcomes
• Support data collection, date entry, data analysis and data management. This includes further analysis of the data retrieved to support project publications.
• Support in drafting scientific journals and papers. Specifically, draft sections of technical reports, journals and working papers.
• Coordinate documentation of all LCSR initiative knowledge material.
• Perform any other related duties as may be required.

Requirements

Academic and professional qualifications:

• Master of Science degree in either Soil Sciences, Agronomy, Land and Water Management, climate change
• Minimum of three years relevant research experience post Masters degree
• MS Office programs, internet explorer, Cloud storage applications, primary and secondary data collection and extraction.
• Working knowledge of ArcGIS, GENSTAT, R programming language, and Atlas.ti, Kobo toolbox, SPSS.