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The Alliance Bioversity & CIAT is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Senior Scientist to lead the implementation of the research program on low emissions development. The successful candidate will provide intellectual leadership within the Alliance and more broadly across the CGIAR, and will be responsible for overseeing projects from conception and design through to implementation, monitoring, and impact measuring.

About the Position

The Alliance is looking for a Senior Scientist who can lead within their own specialty and provide a vision for multidisciplinary teams on a wide range of topics related to low emissions development. This role will involve designing, implementing, and contributing to activities related to transparency and greenhouse gas accounting, deforestation free livelihood options, low emissions best practices, political economy, climate finance, institutional issues related to market and non-market mechanisms, and other topics related to national and international climate change issues.

Main Responsibilities

Providing technical guidance on the design, planning, and execution of climate change and low emissions development related projects.

Lead in the assessment of GHG emissions and mitigation options from key agriculture (crop, livestock, pasture, etc.) value chains.

Design climate finance mechanisms to enhance low emissions of different sectors and de-risk corresponding investments.

Lead in the co-development and implementation of deforestation-free livelihood options that suit developing tropical countries.

Engaging with national and global partners in the development of GHG emission tracking and monitoring tools.

Contributing to the co-development of approaches that support countries in their national SDG, NDC, NBSAP reporting.

Take lead in the development of tools, methods, options, and strategies that enable countries compliance to the EUDR and other regulatory measures.

Identifying and map emission factors and mitigation hotspots for different sectors and suppliers and design a roadmap for net-zero emissions.

Leading scientific discussions with key stakeholders and partners to co-create landscape- to national-scale solutions for different contexts.

Fostering and sustaining relationships with donors, external stakeholders, and internal partners on project issues, providing leadership, monitoring progress, and ensuring stakeholder expectations are managed for project deliverables.

Take lead in the development of data tools and other visualizations for discovering data patterns to address key research questions and hypotheses.

Leading technical discussions with partners on problem understanding, research objectives, and predictive approaches to be used.

Developing, coordinating, and disseminating research products and knowledge assets globally in coordination with the lever team.

Providing technical guidance to project teams under their supervision and advising the research team on outcomes that feed into the wider knowledge base of the Alliance.

Leading and contributing to project proposal writing and bilateral fundraising.

Provide strategic support and guidance on defining entry points for research and development as well as in contributing and reporting to relevant national, regional, and global initiatives.

Mentor junior Alliance staff, PhD students and other partners to exercise their scientific excellence and develop in their careers.

Builds capacity of research teams in data- gathering, analysis and assessment of findings, utilizing new tools, approaches and frameworks.

Leading and contributing to the writing of peer-reviewed papers, technical notes, and project reports.

Requirements

PhD in agroclimatology, climate, ecology, agriculture, forestry, political science, agricultural economics, soil science, or other related areas, with more than 6 years of demonstrated experience in the climate change and modelling area.

Experience and ability in systems thinking, systems analysis and interdisciplinary skills.

Proven capacity in research design, implementation, data collection and analysis, data visualization, and scientific writing, particularly in the use of different modeling and machine learning approaches.

Proven track record as a research leader and manager in development and climate change, climate adaptation and mitigation related projects.

Experience and record in fund raising and who will be prepared to raise funds for strategic projects and Initiatives.

Proven experience and capacity in forging and maintaining partnerships associated with the research and development arena.

Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken, including scientific communication and report writing (additional language proficiency including Spanish is a plus).

Strong ability to lead, prioritize, and organize workload; take initiative and work under pressure.

Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in a highly dynamic, interdisciplinary, and multicultural team.

Proven publication record in peer-reviewed journals.