Postdoctoral Fellow - Partnerships, Scaling & Impact at International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is a not-for-profit institution that generates agricultural innovations to meet Africa’s most pressing challenges of hunger, malnutrition, poverty, and natural resource degradation. Working with various partners across sub-Saharan Africa, we improve livelihoods, enhance food and nutrition security, increase employment, and preserve natural resource integrity. IITA is a member of CGIAR, a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future.

Applications are invited for:

Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow - Partnerships, Scaling & Impact

Location: Ibadan, Oyo

Position Responsibilities

• Support the Partnerships for Delivery and Scaling Directorate in its mandate and contribute to the management of projects, including CsaNSA-Mali; Tadamon 2.0; I-youth 2.0, etc.
• Support the development and strengthening of strategic partnerships with governments, development organizations, private sector actors, and research institutions across Africa.
• Contribute to resource mobilization efforts through the development of high-quality concept notes, grant proposals, and donor engagement materials.
• Lead and support impact assessment studies, including the design of evaluation frameworks, data collection tools, and analytical approaches to assess programme outcomes and impacts.
• Conduct adoption, scaling, and outcome studies to generate evidence on the effectiveness of agricultural innovations and delivery models.
• Provide technical support to the Capacity Development Office in delivering on Capacity Sharing activities for the institute as well as the CGIAR Capacity Sharing Accelerator.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement platforms, workshops, and learning alliances to promote collaboration and knowledge exchange.
• Contribute to scientific publications, policy briefs, and technical reports related to partnerships, impact assessment, and scaling of innovations.
• Support the documentation of lessons learned, best practices, and success stories to inform programme improvement and scaling strategies.
• Assist in coordinating multi-country activities and ensuring alignment of project implementation with institutional goals.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the DDG, Partnerships for Delivery and Scaling, and the head of the Capacity Development Office.

Requirements
Educational Qualifications:

• The candidate should have a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, Economics, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Agribusiness, Agricultural Extension, Development Studies, or any other related field.

Core Competencies:

• Minimum of six (6) years of relevant research and project management experience.
• Strong background in impact assessment, monitoring and evaluation, and applied research methods.
• Experience in designing and conducting quantitative and qualitative studies
• Proven ability to contribute to grant writing and resource mobilization efforts.
• Experience in capacity building, training design, and facilitation is desirable.
• Strong understanding of agricultural development systems, partnerships, and scaling approaches.
• Excellent scientific writing skills with evidence of peer-reviewed publications.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Ability to work effectively in multicultural, multidisciplinary, and multi-institutional teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Willingness to travel frequently.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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