Description de l'offre
Call for Applications for the position of SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH STUDENT IITA Cameroon is looking for a current master’s level student with research ambitions solid problem-solving skills, ability to work well in a team environment and excellent oral and written communications skills to work on the CBI project Transformative approaches to livelihood and conservation (TALC): Learning from indigenous women and youth. IITA is a nonprofit institution that generates agriculture 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. A - Duties We are looking for a current Masters student to support the implementation of activities aimed at understanding challenges to the participation of Indigenous women and youth in conservation-livelihood initiatives. The project will explore what works for encouraging their robust participation; and how this shapes the adoption and impact of these interventions. The successful candidate will be a current student in the social sciences, and a strong interest in the links between conservation, community development, mobilising participatory approaches and gender inclusiveness. Responsibilities The student will have the following responsibilities, in close collaboration with other members of the project team: Implementation of project activities in project sites; Provide technical/scientific inputs in field activities, with a focus on Facilitating the co-design and experimentation of inclusive interventions with relevant stakeholders and strengthening capacities of indigenous communities to generate change to improve both their livelihoods and conservation measures. Contribute to the dissemination of project achievements through publications of scientific papers, technical reports, training and extension material, success stories, and other oral and written communications; Assist in the organization of project meetings, workshops, field trips and other project activities in the project sites; Provide inputs (conceptual and …