Senior Program Specialist

Pursue a career with impact

There are those who dream of living in a better world, and there are those who apply to IDRC!

Are you ready to participate in enhancing food security, incomes, and nutrition that benefit small-scale farmers, particularly women?

If you see yourself as a future Senior Program Specialist – Dakar, Senegal, this may be of interest to you.

10 good reasons to apply to the Centre:

• Contribute to our mission: Building a more sustainable and inclusive world
• Work for an organization that values and models diversity, equity and inclusion
• Be part of a multidisciplinary team from diverse cultures
• Work and build bridges between researchers, decision-makers, and policy actors to influence public policy and practice.
• Develop project initiatives geared towards the advancement of agriculture, food systems and climate change research, including their systemic relationships within a global context
• Facilitate and participate in debates and research agendas relating to the sustainability of food systems in a context of climate variability
• Play a leading role in the identification of research components that will contribute to improved uptake of agriculture and food security policies.
• Work for an organization that supports your professional development
• Have the flexibility to work in hybrid mode (3 days out of 10 in the office)
• Enjoy a long list of employee benefits

And more: be part of a pre-qualified pool of candidates, eligible to be considered for future employment opportunities that matches you profile in case you are not selected for the current role.

Only 5 requirements for the chance to be selected:

• A Ph.D. in a relevant discipline associated with agriculture and food security and a record of related research and publication in a developing region of the world.
• Proficiency in English reading, writing and speaking. Proficiency in French reading, writing and speaking.
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in managing research, including technical and financial aspects, monitoring and evaluation of research performance, and reporting and/or experience in leading and conducting research projects involving multiple stakeholders.
• A sound knowledge of gender transformative research and its contribution to food and nutritional security.
• An in-dept understanding of the Canadian context and political priorities regarding international food and nutritional security and climate change.

Do the math, you would probably win!

Together we can accomplish great things, so let us start now !

Last chance to apply: November 30th, 2022, at 11:59 PM EST