K26348- Senior Research Associate - Market Intelligence (Locally Recruited)

CIMMYT is a cutting-edge, non-profit, international organization dedicated to solving tomorrow’s problems today. It is entrusted with fostering improved quantity, quality, and dependability of production systems and basic cereals such as maize, wheat, triticale, sorghum, millets, and associated crops through applied agricultural science, particularly in the Global South, through building strong partnerships. This combination enhances the livelihood trajectories and resilience of millions of resource-poor farmers, while working towards a more productive, inclusive, and resilient agrifood system within planetary boundaries. CIMMYT is a core CGIAR Research Center, a global research partnership for a food-secure future, dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources. 

Key Responsabilities:

1. Portfolio Research Coordination and Workflow Management

• Coordinate assigned market intelligence studies, typically managing day-to-day activities across 2–3 studies at a time, to help ensure delivery against agreed scope, quality standards, budgets and timelines.
• Maintain study workplans, trackers, milestones and deliverable schedules; identify implementation risks or delays and raise issues requiring further direction with relevant staff.
• Coordinate agreed research workflows across questionnaire development, partner engagement and procurement, survey progr