IFPRI VACANCY POSTING POSITION # 07-105 (R) (LOCALLY RECRUITED POSITION)
TITLE: RESEARCH ANALYST
LOCATION : WASHINGTON, D.C.
DIVISION:
ENVIRONMENT, PRODUCTION & TECHNOLOGY (EPTD)
GRADE: 14C
REPORTS TO: STANLEY WOOD SCIENTIST /PROGRAM HEAD, EPTD
POSTING DATE: FEBRUAURY 12, 2007
CLOSING DATE: MARCH 12, 2007 or until filled
JOB SUMMARY
IFPRI’s new strategic research theme on Global
Change, hosted by the Environment and Production
Technology Division (EPTD), seeks a skilled,
conscientious and innovative GIS professional to
support strategic, policy-focused research across
a range of geographic scales from sub-national
through to global. Current regional foci are
Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, but the
underlying perspectives on challenges and
opportunities for poverty and hunger alleviation
in developing countries are global. This position
is based at IFPRI headquarters in Washington DC,
but it is likely to involve occasional travel to
countries in which IFPRI conducts or disseminates its research activities.
The success of the Global Change research program
will depend, in part, on its ability to develop
and maintain large, integrated sets of spatial
and tabular data linked to a range of biophysical
(e.g. hydrological, crop growth, land degradation
and land use) and economic models. Thematically,
data and analyses will encompass spatial
dimensions of climate and climate change, soils,
agricultural production systems, ecosystem
services, economic activity, market access, and
multiple dimensions of human well-being. The
ability to bridge gaps between different scales,
methods, and disciplinary perspectives is central
to the work of the Global Change program.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
The successful candidate will perform the following duties:
· Document, catalogue, and manage a very
large and growing collection of national,
regional and global spatial data sets.
· Take the lead in articulating and
implementing the spatial (primarily raster-based)
analysis tasks required to generate the
GIS-related technical outputs required to support the team’s research.
· Develop tools within the ArcGIS
environment to systematize routine GIS procedures
required by the team including standardized query
and retrieval options to generate datasets for
biophysical and economic models. This will likely
require a capacity to write database,
object-oriented or procedural language code to
manipulate large datasets for such specialized analytical functions.
· Prepare maps for research articles and reports
· Together with IT (including WWW)
specialists in IFPRI and the CGIAR contribute to
the design and implementation of a capacity to
share spatial data, analytical tools and
analytical results through both the intranet and the internet.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
· Master’s level degree in a relevant
discipline (e.g., geography, agricultural or
environmental science, engineering or economics).
· Have majored in the study and
application of GIS (preferably including remote
sensing), spatial analysis methods, and have
considerable, proven expertise in the management
and use of geographic information systems (GIS)
using raster data, and in the
quantitative/statistical analysis of large
spatial datasets, preferably in the context of
agricultural or environmental science.
· Proficient and experienced in the use
of an appropriate database, object-oriented, or
procedural programming language supporting both
the manipulation of large data bases (usually
raster GIS files), and the utilization of spatial
analytical programming tools such as GIS macro
languages, MapObjects or ArcObjects.
· Ability to work in and contribute
fully to an inter-disciplinary team is essential.
· Result oriented, well-organized, and
will already have a number of research outputs to their credit.
· Ability to communicate well, including
the ability to generate quality written outputs describing technical work.
· Knowledge of the application of
agricultural production or natural resource
process models (e.g., crop simulation, soil
degradation, crop-livestock systems), preferably
in a spatial and economic context, would be a distinct advantage.
IFPRI is one of the international agricultural
research institutes organized under the umbrella
of the Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The mandate of
IFPRI is to identify and analyze alternative
national and international strategies and
policies for meeting world food needs in ways
that conserve the natural resource base, with
emphasis on low income and on the poorer groups in the countries.
IFPRI offers a multicultural, collegial research
environment with competitive salary and excellent
benefits. IFPRI is an international and equal
opportunity organization and believes that
diversity of its staff contributes to excellence.
We encourage women and developing country professionals to apply.
TO APPLY:
Internal Candidates: Please send cover letter &
resume – via email – to Alma López.
External Candidates: Log on to www.ifpri.org
. Click on “Careers” and “Research” to link you
to Position # 07-105 – EPTD Research
Analyst. Please complete on-line application,
including a complete curriculum vitae and a
detailed letter of interest. Also complete section providing 3 references.
For more information on IFPRI, please visit our website at www.ifpri.org. EOE
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