Jobs Vacancies in Uganda- RESEARCH OFFICER Vacancy available

Job Title: RESEARCH OFFICER

Job: Tasks and Responsibilities:
1. Under overall supervision of Director, BugiZARDI and in close guidance of project implementation partners (ICRAF- AHI and ASARECA-PAAP), facilitate Innovation Platforms (IPs) including mechanisms to catalyze wide adoption of Sustainable Land Management (SLM)

2. Establish a framework for data collection, organization, analysis and management and a strategy for sharing with relevant/target stakeholders and capturing feedback.

3. Organize and contribute to capacity building efforts for the actors in the innovation platforms while effectively leading data collection and management.

4. Backstop the process of gender mainstreaming for SLM in the project sites

5. Facilitate the process of bye-law formulation for enhancing the upscaling of SLM in the project sites

6. Catalyzing collective action for purposes of promoting wide adoption of SLM and facilitating the development of community action plans for addressing the project objectives including selecting appropriate SLM innovations, identifying methods, approaches, strategies and tools for implementing the selected SLM innovations and determining how to measure progress based on the needs and SLM innovations identified

7. Implementing and facilitating review and reflection of the communication strategy.

8. Systematically documenting experience and lessons across sites, Innovation Platforms and presenting results in national, regional and international conferences.

9. Perform other duties to support the Director, KAZARDI towards smooth implementation of site level project activities

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:
Applicants should possess at least a BSc (Hons.) degree in Agricultural Science disciplines or Natural Resource Management with hands on experience in project management in rural settings. He/she should be well versed with participatory research approaches, a team player with specialised skills in communication, participatory monitoring and evaluation as well as writing to a wide range of audience. Demonstrated experience in driving with a valid licence is a requirement.

Duration of the assignment: One year renewable subject to satisfactory performance.

Application procedure:
Interested persons with the above requirements should submit hand-written applications together with a detailed curriculum vitae giving day-time telephone numbers and names and addresses of 3 (three) referees as well as copies of professional certificates and transcripts to the undersigned not later than 5.00 p.m on Monday 27th

September 2010.
The Director
Buginyanya Zonal Agricultural Research and
Development Institute, P.O. Box 1356, Mbale