Postdoctorial researcher (m/f/d)

The mission of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) as a nationally and internationally active research institute is to deliver solutions for an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable agriculture – together with society. ZALF is a member of the Leibniz Association and is located in Müncheberg (approx. 35 minutes by regional train from Berlin-Lichtenberg). It also maintains a research station with further locations in Dedelow and Paulinenaue.

Within the frame of the ZALF project "PRO-PLANTEURS Research: Accompanying Research on Strategies for Income Improvement of Farming Families and Sustainable Cocoa Production" in the working group Sustainable Land Use in Developing Countries (SusLAND), we offer a part-time position (75% full-time equivalent) from 1.9.2022 until 31.5.2023 (with possible option of extension) for a

Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d)

Tasks:

• assess selected strategies to reduce the living income gap among cocoa farming households in Côte d'Ivoire with special focus on community impacts
• conduct socio-economic impact analysis based on existing data sets
• support on-going activities incl. stakeholder mapping, policy analysis, situational problem analysis and trade-off analysis
• possibly conduct own data collection for complementation of data
• support project management with administrative tasks including log frame monitoring and reporting
• publication of scientific papers, policy briefs and results presentation

Your qualifications:

• advanced University degree (doctoral degree) in the field of agricultural economics or related fields.
• expertise on sustainable land-use systems (ideally cocoa agroforestry) and inclusive value chains
• good knowledge on socio-economic impact assessment and statistical analysis
• own field research experience
• ideally, experience in sciene – policy dialogue
• excellent knowledge of French and English; ideally also German
• openness to travel and conduct field-research in Côte d’Ivoire

We offer:

• an interdisciplinary and international working environment
• salary will follow the guidelines for public employees according to the German TV-L level up to E 13, including special annual payment
• the working place is in Müncheberg near Berlin, Germany
• mobile work of max. 40% of monthly working time is possible given reconciliation with project requirements

Women are particularly encouraged to apply. Applications from severely disabled persons with equal qualifications are favored. Please send your application preferably by e-mail (one PDF file, max. 5 MB; packed PDF documents, archive files like zip, rar etc. Word documents cannot be processed and therefore cannot be considered!) with the usual documents, in particular CV, proof of qualification and certificates, stating the reference number 71-2022 until 31.7.2022 toBewerbungen(at)zalf.de .

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact katharina.loehr(at)zalf.de . For cost reasons, application documents or extensive publications can only be returned if an adequately stamped envelope is attached.

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