Integrated Soil Fertility Management Program Coordinator Principal Research Fellow at RWANDA AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL RESOURCES DEVELOPEMENT BOARD (RAB): Deadline: Sep 10, 2021

Job description

– Reporting to the Head of Land Husbandry and Irrigation Innovation & Tech. Transfer Department, and Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) Program Coordinator Principal Research Fellow has the following responsibilities:
– Provide leadership and coordination of all program activities including research and innovations on soil health, integrated soil fertility, soil conservation and protection
– Oversee articulation of research agenda in the different components of the program (soil health, integrated soil fertility, and soil conservation and protection)
– Oversee identification of priority areas of interventions in the different components of program (soil health, integrated soil fertility, soil conservation and protection)
– Oversee implementation of all activities of the program in its different components (soil health, integrated soil fertility, soil conservation and protection)
– Develop and implement targets for ISFM research/technology transfer fitting into national and development goals, institutional targets (imihigo, performance contracts) and work plan and budget approved;
– Lead planning and overseeing implementation and promotion and dissemination of new technologies, innovations, knowledge and skills to farmers and other stakeholders in ISFM
– Provide leadership and mentorship of the program scientists and technicians in planning, monitoring and evaluation of ISFM research projects, writing, reviewing and publishing research papers
– Coordinate mobilization of financial resources for research through proposal writing on competitive funding;
– Participating in developing and implementing the institutional work plan and budget execution of the budget approved, and institutional imihigo and performance contracts
– Participate in meetings, seminars, conferences relevant to field of agricultural research and contribute to raise visibility of RAB in local and international forums;
– Ensure effective and efficient management of resources and assets under his responsibilities
– Establish and strengthen networks and collaboration/partnerships at national, regional and international levels in the field of Integrated Soil Fertility Management
– Conduct regular meetings with the Program staff on progress of implementation of activities;
– Oversee development and outreach communication/dissemination materials in the field of ISFM (radio message, leaflets, policy briefs)
– Ensure promotion of technologies and innovations of ISFM through on-farm demonstration plots
– Build capacity of the scientists/technicians and stakeholders and farmers on soil health and nutrition
– Oversee preparation, consolidation, review and submission of weekly, quarterly and annual reports
– Build and maintain effective collaboration and team spirit with other researchers, locally, regionally and internationally
– Ensure a clean Audit in activities carried by the programme
– Working with the Communication Unit to increase awareness and visibility of the Institution through the work done the programme by various communication tools.
– Undertake other duties as assigned by the Head of department and other RAB Senior Managers;