Independent Science for Development Council Member

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CGIAR

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1971

🍽️ Food & Beverage

💼 Consulting

🌾 Agriculture

Food & Beverage • Consulting • Agriculture

CGIAR is a global research partnership dedicated to transforming food, land, and water systems to achieve a food-secure future. The organization addresses critical global challenges like climate change, environmental health, and sustainable agriculture through its extensive network of research centers and partnerships. CGIAR focuses on impact areas such as climate adaptation and mitigation, nutrition and food security, environmental health, and social inclusion. With a presence in 89 countries, CGIAR leverages its vast resources and expertise to drive innovation and policy to achieve sustainable development goals.

📋 Description

• Provide rigorous, independent strategic advice to the CGIAR Council and CGIAR System • Provide strategic oversight and impartial assessment of the CGIAR Strategy, research structure and processes, funding requests, and research proposals • Lead foresight work to inform CGIAR’s longer-term research strategy • Conduct horizon scanning and analyze emerging trends and developments for CGIAR’s work • Contribute to priority-setting exercises integrating ex-post and ex-ante analyses • Attend at least two in-person meetings annually and travel internationally to implement activities under the ISDC Terms of Reference • Attend virtual monthly meetings • Write, review, and comment on materials, sometimes with quick turnaround • Volunteer to lead workstreams and rotate leadership and management roles with secretariat support • Work collaboratively, value divergent scientific opinions, and build consensus

🎯 Requirements

• Strong academic record in at least one relevant scientific area: plant breeding and genetics; crop science; agronomy, including agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; water resources and irrigation science; soil science; or animal science, including health and sustainability of animal-based systems • Expertise in plant breeding, genetics and genomics, or animal science and livestock systems particularly encouraged • Background, experience, and/or typical work environment reflecting CGIAR focus regions: South Asia; Southeast Asia & the Pacific; Central & West Asia & North Africa; East & Southern Africa; or West & Central Africa • Experience and/or expertise across scientific, programmatic, innovation, and development domains • Internationally recognized achievements and eminence in the relevant field • Ability to work across disciplines and integrate knowledge from various fields to address complex global challenges • Ability to recognize how science and research deliver development and innovation outcomes aligned with CGIAR’s mandate • Capacity to deliver strategic advice informed by diverse cultural, organizational, educational, training, and geographic backgrounds • Strong leadership and governance skills, with experience guiding organizations and initiatives toward strategic objectives • Good communication skills • English required; proficiency in other languages is a bonus • Ability to work as/in a team and willingness to build consensus • Must comply with IAES conflict-of-interest policy provisions • Must not be a current CGIAR employee or material consultant, have been employed by or served as a material consultant to CGIAR within the prior two years, actively serve on a CGIAR Board or committee, or work directly in a Funder agency represented on the System Council • Applications must include a one-page cover letter, full curriculum vitae, three referees’ names and current contacts, and a declaration of past/current CGIAR involvement and potential conflicts • Nominees must provide confirmation of interest and availability

🏖️ Benefits

• Supported by an honorarium • Up to 25 days per calendar year, as determined by the ISDC Chair