Deadline of this Job: 05 December 2022
Job Summary
The purpose of this role is to provide senior level social and behaviour change expertise to CABI’s development activities within the agricultural space, particularly focusing on the implementation of the PlantwisePlus programme in Africa and Asia.
THE ROLE:
The purpose of this role is to provide senior level social and behaviour change expertise to CABI’s development activities within the agricultural space, particularly focusing on the implementation of the PlantwisePlus programme in Africa and Asia.
The PlantwisePlus programme seeks to facilitate changes at the individual, stakeholder and societal level in order to ensure that larger quantities of higher quality, safer food is grown and benefited from by populations in programme countries which currently include
Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Pakistan and Uganda. In order to address challenges such as gender inequities within agricultural extension, and reduce the risks of pesticides to growers, consumers and the environment, in depth understanding of the structural and behavioural factors which can limit or enable change is required.
This knowledge coupled with the application of social and behaviour change methodologies can help to empower the individuals and communities we work with and lower the structural barriers that may prevent positive change.
CABI has extensive expertise in the biological, social, data and communication sciences and is looking to strengthen its capacity to drive change through social and behaviour change (SBC) approaches, in the recruitment of this position.
Job Summary
The purpose of this role is to provide senior level social and behaviour change expertise to CABI’s development activities within the agricultural space, particularly focusing on the implementation of the PlantwisePlus programme in Africa and Asia.
THE ROLE:
The purpose of this role is to provide senior level social and behaviour change expertise to CABI’s development activities within the agricultural space, particularly focusing on the implementation of the PlantwisePlus programme in Africa and Asia.
The PlantwisePlus programme seeks to facilitate changes at the individual, stakeholder and societal level in order to ensure that larger quantities of higher quality, safer food is grown and benefited from by populations in programme countries which currently include
Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Pakistan and Uganda. In order to address challenges such as gender inequities within agricultural extension, and reduce the risks of pesticides to growers, consumers and the environment, in depth understanding of the structural and behavioural factors which can limit or enable change is required.
This knowledge coupled with the application of social and behaviour change methodologies can help to empower the individuals and communities we work with and lower the structural barriers that may prevent positive change.
CABI has extensive expertise in the biological, social, data and communication sciences and is looking to strengthen its capacity to drive change through social and behaviour change (SBC) approaches, in the recruitment of this position.