LOCATION: WUHAN, CHINA

DIVISION: ENVIRONMENT AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY

GRADE: 18R/19R

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  AUGUST 30, 2022

Job Summary:

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) East and Central Asia Office (Beijing) and Macro Agriculture Research Institute (MARI) of Huazhong Agricultural Universityseeks to recruit a skilled and innovative spatial analysis professional to support strategic, policy-focused research across a range of geographic scales from sub-national through to global. Current regional foci are Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, but global perspectives on challenges and opportunities for poverty and hunger alleviation in developing countries pervade much of the work of this program. The success of the research program will depend, in part, on its ability to develop and maintain large, integrated sets of spatial and tabular data linked to a range of biophysical (e.g., hydrological, crop growth, land degradation and land use) and economic models. Thematically, data and analyses will encompass spatial dimensions of climate and climate change, soils, agricultural production systems, ecosystem services, economic activity, market access, and multiple dimensions of human well-being. The ability to bridge gaps between different scales, methods, and disciplinary perspectives is central to the work of the program.

This is two-year, fixed term appointment, renewable depending on performance and funding. This position is based at Macro Agriculture Research Institute, Huazhong Agricultural University (Wuhan, China), but might involve travel to the countries in which IFPRI carries out its research.

Essential Duties:

The successful candidate will perform the following duties:

· Document, catalogue, and manage a very large and growing collection of national, regional and global spatial data sets.

· Familiarize oneself with remote sensing applications and modelling, in particular on cropland and grasslands.

· Write database, object-oriented or procedural language code to perform specialized analytical functions related to biophysical applications of large datasets.

· Execute the spatial analysis tasks required to achieve GIS related technical outputs.

Required Qualifications:

· Master’s degree in Engineering, Geography, Environmental science, Computer science or related field.

· Proficient in a scientific programming language such as Python, Java, or C++.

· Familiarity with data management, processing, and analysis.

· Experience using major GIS software such as ArcGIS, or experience working with equivalent data in a relevant programming language.

· Experience in managing and manipulating large spatial datasets.

· Fluency in oral and written English.

· Excellent writing and analytical skills.

· Ability to work independently and effectively with colleagues from diverse cultures.

· Good interpersonal skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Sound knowledge of international agricultural policy, food security, and natural resources.

· Previous experience working on international development issues and/or extensive knowledge of relevant development issues within an academic context.

Physical Demand & Work environment:

· Employee will sit in an upright position for a long period of time with little opportunity to move/stretch.

· Employee will lift between 0-10 pounds.

· Employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing computer terminal; extensive reading.

Note: Salary to be negotiated with all benefits required by labor regulations in China.

To apply: Please send resume to mari@hzau.edu.cn /s.zhou@cgiar.org

IFPRI is one of the international agricultural research institutes organized under the umbrella of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).  The mandate of IFPRI is to identify and analyze alternative national and international strategies and policies for meeting world food needs in ways that conserve the natural resource base, with emphasis on low income and on the poorer groups in the countries.

 招聘职位: 科研助理

 招聘单位: 华中农业大学宏观农业研究院/国际食物政策研究所北京办事处

 工作地点: 武汉

 截止日期：2022年8月30日或至招到合适人选

职位简介:

 华中农业大学宏观农业研究院暨国际食物政策研究所 (IFPRI) 北京办事处诚招科研分析员(Research Analyst )1名，以支持从区域尺度到全球尺度的不同地理尺度下以政策为重点的战略性研究。当前的重点研究区域为非洲撒哈拉以南和南亚，但减轻发展中国家所面临贫困与饥饿方面的挑战和机遇的全球视角贯穿了该项目研究的大部分工作。该研究的成功将部分取决于其开发和维护与一系列生物物理（例如水文，作物生长，土地退化和土地利用）和经济模型相关的大型综合空间及表格数据集的能力。数据和分析将涵盖气候和气候变化的空间维度，土壤，农业生产系统，生态系统服务，经济活动，市场准入以及人类福祉等多个维度。该工作需要的核心能力为融合不同尺度、方法和学科观点之间的差异。

 该职位为2年期固定时限、可续约。这个职位工作地点位于武汉市华中农业大学，但可能到IFPRI有研究任务的全球任何国家出差。

 IFPRI总部网站：http://www.ifpri.org/  IFPRI 北京分站：http://cn.ifpri.org/   宏观农业研究院网站：http://mari.hzau.edu.cn

岗位职责:

 包括但不限于:

 a) 对大量且不断增加的各国家、区域和全球空间数据集进行记录、编目和管理

 b) 遥感应用和建模，特别是在农田和草地方面

 c) 编写数据库，面向对象或面向过程的程序语言代码，以实现与生物物理和经济应用相关的大型数据集的专业分析功能

 d) 执行与GIS相关的技术产出所需的空间分析任务

应聘条件:

 a) 具有工程，地理，环境科学，计算机科学或相关领域硕士学位

 b) 精通Python，Java，或C++等科学编程语言

 c) 熟悉数据管理、处理和分析

 d) 能够熟练使用GIS软件（例如ArcGIS），或能够熟练使用相关编程语言处理空间数据

 e) 管理和操作大型空间数据集的经验

 f) 具有良好的中英文读写、听说能力（需提供英语能力证明材料）

 h) 能够独立有效地与来自不同文化背景的同事一起工作

 i) 具有较好的社交能力

符合下列条件者优先:

 a) 深入了解国际农业政策，经济发展和自然资源

 b) 在国际发展问题上有工作经验/或在学术背景下对相关发展问题有广泛了解者优先

 职位待遇：提供社保（5险1金），薪资面议

 申请办法：有意者请将个人简历发送至邮箱mari@hzau.edu.cn或s.zhou@cgiar.org

 国际食物政策研究所（IFPRI）成立于 1975 年，是国际农业磋商组织（CGIAR）成员。IFPRI寻求消除饥饿和贫困的可持续解决方案，旨在确定和分析替代性的国家和国际战略和政策，以满足发展中国家的粮食需求，尤其关注低收入国家和地区以及这些国家和地区的贫困群体。