Vacancy: Economist at ICRAF Kenya

World Agroforestry Centre are looking for a Kenyan national who has experience in conducting strategic research in at least one of the following areas: value chain analysis, enterprise development, quality assurance systems, and/or innovative extension approaches. The job specifically includes the following duties and responsibilities:

Due date: 25 March 2011

ICRAF seeks Senior Natural Resources Management Scientist

ICRAF seeks  Senior Natural Resources Management Scientist. This position is on International terms and will be for an initial period of three (3) years, renewable subject to nine (9) months’ probation period, assessment of performance, continued relevance of the position and availability of resources.

VACANCY: Assistant Professor Conjunctive Water Management and Conflicts

The prospective candidate will develop teaching inputs in MSc and BSc level courses as indicated in the further particulars for the post, and supervise PhD, MSc and BSc theses and student internships.

The successful applicant will further develop research in this field and develop comparative research with case experiences in (one or more) other continents.

Externally funded projects are to be developed focused on expanding IWE’s research and capacity-building networks in South Asia.

Requirements

VACANCY: Director of PLAAS / Chair of Development Management

The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) is located in the School of Government within the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, and is an internationally recognized centre of excellence. The Director occupies a Chair in Development Management within the School of Government.

Applications are invited for the post of Director/Chair, beginning on 1st January 2010. The Director/Chair will provide overall strategic management of PLAAS, supervise Senior Researchers and senior administrators, raise funds for core functions, work closely with finance staff in managing the Institute’s finances, report to donors and maintain good relations with them, ensure a high public profile for PLAAS, and represent PLAAS on university and non-academic bodies. In addition, the Director/Chair will actively pursue his/her own research and publications agenda, lead PLAAS’ policy engagement activities, teach on the post-graduate teaching programme, and supervise MPhil and Doctoral students. The incumbent will provide strong intellectual leadership for the Institute, and work closely with a recently funded DST/NRF Research Chair in Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies.

The successful candidate will have: