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Content Development Assistant
Plantwise,
CABI – Nairobi, Kenya
The
Content Development Assistant will be part of the team in CABI, Kenya, but will
be working as part of the Plantwise knowledge bank team who are mainly based in
the UK.
Established
over 100 years ago, CABI is a not-for-profit science-based development and
information organization.
Please
see our website www.cabi.org for further details.
Plantwise
is a global initiative, led by CABI, to improve food security and the lives of
the rural poor by reducing crop losses.
Please
see our website www.plantwise.org for further details.
Plantwise
will deliver knowledge in two ways - face-to-face via a network of plant
clinics in the developing world to help the poorest farmers and internationally
via a comprehensive global knowledge bank.
CABI
is offering an exciting opportunity to be involved in the development of this
new initiative.
We
are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and highly organised graduate with a
Masters in Plant Protection or related subject, to fill a position supporting
the Plantwise knowledge bank team.
Activities
will be tailored to the skills and interests of the successful applicant.
Potential
activities include:
working closely with local partners to assist in and promote data collection
methodologies and analysis of clinic data; fostering the creation of local
factsheets; locating sources of relevant plant pest and disease factsheets;
sourcing relevant local content; advocacy of Plantwise and the knowledge bank;
augmenting the images used on the website; collating, analysing and managing
plant clinic data.
For
a copy of the full Candidate Brief please go to www.cabi.org/vacancies
under reference number 02/2013
Applicants
are invited to send a cover letter illustrating how they meet the requirements
of the Candidate Brief and detailed curriculum vitae, with names and full
addresses of 3 referees.
Applications
should be emailed to recruitment@cabi.org
Closing
Date for receipt of applications is 5 p.m. (UK) Friday 15 February 2013
Additional
Information
Salary: Negotiable but
commensurate with skills, abilities and experience
Position
Type: 1
year initial appointment with a possibility of renewal.
