VACANCY: Communications Specialist/Science Writer

If you can take over and develop a programme of scientific communication for an international research and development centre, then you are the person we are looking for. Working with an expert communications team, this position offers an exciting opportunity to collaborate with preeminent scientists in the area of agroforestry to make the impact of their work known throughout the world. The position is based in Nairobi, Kenya, and may require occasional travel to international locations.

You will guide our communications work in the following ways:

• Identify high-interest stories from the work of the World Agroforestry Centre and its collaborators, write stories in a range of styles and disseminate them through suitable channels. 
• Manage the news content of the Centre’s website and contribute to social media activities, especially in actively running the institutional blog. 
• Assist the research programmes and regions to develop and implement communication plans to complement their research activities. 

VACANCY: Interdisciplinary Scientist at ICRAF-CATIE

ICRAF and CATIE have created a new position for an ICRAF scientist to be based at CATIE to forge closer links amongst the two institutions through the development of joint agroforestry research. The position involves the following overall remit and specific tasks.

The overall remit is to lead the development and implementation of a coherent joint agroforestry research programme that realises opportunities from the complementarity of ICRAF and CATIE as institutions. This will be done in liaison with ICRAF Global Research Project leaders, the ICRAF Amazon Co-ordinator, the Research Director at CATIE and other scientists at CATIE and ICRAF, There are three main goals of the position

Duedate: 15^th April 2011

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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.