International Livestock Research Institute jobs for Phd Graduate Fellowship in Outside India. Last Date to apply: 08 Mar 2019
Phd Graduate Fellowship
Job Description
Phd Graduate Fellowship
job vacancies in International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Eligibility : MSc in Agricultural Sciences (preferably
Animal Nutrition with a focus on ruminants), Environmental Sciences, Rangeland
Ecology, or another relevant discipline; Experience in greenhouse gas
measurements at different scales, i.e. respiration chambers or SF6 tracer
technique would be an advantage; Experience in upscaling field data by
modelling or LCA approaches would be an additional asset; Knowledge of
grassland/rangeland-based production systems in developing and/or developed
countries are an advantage; Experience in handling of diverse datasets, data
processing and statistical software such as R, SPSS, Matlab or python; Careful
and correct mode of work, especially about field data collection and data
analysis, demonstrated skills in writing scientific papers; Experience of
living or working in the context of developing countries, especially East
Africa, would be beneficial; Willingness to perform field work in rural
conditions and ability to work independently and solution-oriented; Ability to
cooperate with students and field assistants, farmers and other stakeholder
groups, and partly supervise MSc students; Ability to jointly work in a
multinational team of scientists, technicians and students from other
disciplines (biogeochemistry, agricultural sciences, environmental sciences,
ecology, social sciences etc.);
Terms of appointment
and stipend : ILRI will offer a
competitive stipend to cover living expenses in the project location, medical
insurance and cover research expenses. The fellowship will NOT cover university
fee or tuition costs. The successful candidate will be supervised jointly by an
ILRI scientist and the university/academic supervisor.
Location : ILRI, Kenya, Mazingira Centre and Kapiti Research Station
