The Organization
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversity and sustainably transform food systems to improve people's lives. Alliance solutions address the global crises of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation.
With novel partnerships, the Alliance generates evidence and mainstreams innovations to transform food systems and landscapes so that they sustain the planet, drive prosperity, and nourish people in a climate crisis.
The Alliance is part of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future.
https://alliancebioversityciat.org/ www.cgiar.org
The Partnerships & Communications (P&C) team is responsible for ensuring a robust and consistent pipeline of funders, investors, and partners that meaningfully engage with the Alliance's mission. Also, the dissemination, transfer, and leveraging of research solutions are a crucial part of the institutional mandate of the Alliance and one of the most important roles of the P&C Team. The Alliance is now looking towards further expanding and diversifying its resource mobilization platform through the delivery of knowledge products and services. The Alliance recently launched the Accelerate for Impact Platform (A4IP) to enhance the sharing, scaling, and deployment of scienceu2010based innovations and work more systematically with nonu2010traditional partners such as missionu2010aligned domain Incubators and Accelerators, leading R4D laboratories and forwardu2010thinking investors (e.g. Venture Studios, Venture Capitalist, Impact philanthropists). The aim is to integrate scientists and partners in resultu2010oriented teams that will deliver solutions to address challenges in agriculture and food systems while contributing to the achievement of the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. The A4IP seeks to scale transformative technologies by drawing from existing and future research across CGIAR and sharing solutions with in-house scientists to foster areas of synergies. The platform has been identified as a strategic priority area within CGIAR, garnering much support and attention. This is an exciting time to join the Alliance, as the successful candidate will engage in new opportunities shaping the future of the scaling innovation platform under CGIAR.
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Responsibilities
Home-based and under the direct supervision of the Senior Manager, Partnerships & Communications, the Job Trainee will be asked to support with tasks related to project implementation, communication, research analysis and administrative support. Furthermore, the Job Trainee will assist the team with building strategic alliances, fundraising, and growing the portfolio of market-ready science-based solutions and innovations to generate impact at scale.
- Support the planning, implementation, and management of core acceleration activities/innovation challenges and projects under A4IP (e.g., AgriTech4Egypt Innovation Challenge)
- Assist in tracking project timelines, deliverables, and milestones.
- Support content preparation for meetings, workshops, and events in English and Arabic, as required (concept notes, PowerPoint presentations, briefs, reports, talking points, etc.).
- Support by liaising with partners throughout the execution of projects and activities. Engage in discussions with colleagues working in other divisions and/or external stakeholders on topics related to scale science-based innovations.
- Assist with creating engaging and informative content tailored for diverse platforms, including social media, websites, press releases, and scientific journals in English and Arabic, as required.
- Support the team with maintaining consistent and coherent content and tone across all communication channels and products.
- Assist with refining communication efforts by monitoring and analyzing communication metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of our strategies.
- Assist with identifying international events, conferences, and/or youth platforms that are relevant to A4IP's mandate to explore opportunities for collaboration and involvement (i.e., partnerships, and speaking roles).
- Support with conducting research on industry trends, best practices, and relevant topics to enhance project communications.
- Assist with analyzing data for project activities to identify areas for improvement and suggest innovative ideas to enhance project performance and outcomes.
- Support with administration, such as scheduling meetings, managing emails, and organizing project files.
Requirements
Essential Requirements
- Ongoing or recently completed studies in Agriculture, Environmental Sciences, Sustainable
- Development, Business, Entrepreneurship, International Relations, or other relevant subjects
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite packages
- Working knowledge of the English language, both written and spoken
- Good interpersonal, communications and teamwork skills, courtesy and tact, and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with people of different cultural and national backgrounds.
- Good skills in personal organization and priority setting
- Good client orientation and service approach
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Desirable Requirements
- Previous internships.
- Work experience in an international environment.
- Entrepreneurial and innovative mindset, demonstrating through extracurricular activities.
- Proactiveness and creativeness.
- Strong writing, storytelling, and graphic skills.
- Knowledge of another official CGIAR's working languages (French, Arabic).
Benefits Terms of employment
This is a full-time, fully remote job traineeship, and the monthly salary will be established in accordance with the regional/country standards. The contract is for a period of six (6) months, renewable upon review of performance and funds availability.
Applications
Please apply online through the website ( https://alliancebioversityciat.org/careers ) no later than 24 November 2023, attaching a curriculum vitae, motivation letter, both in English, and contact information (e.g. names, email address) of at least three references. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Closing date for applications: 24 November 2023
We invite you to learn more about us at:
http://alliancebioversityciat.org
Please visit our careers page at:
https://alliancebioversityciat.org/careers