国际马铃薯中心（CIP）招募一名优秀的专业科研人员，从事亚洲马铃薯研发项目。
　　中心简介：国际马铃薯中心（CIP）是一个非盈利性的国际农业发展研究机构，主要研究马铃薯、甘薯与安第斯块根块茎作物。其愿景是通过块根块茎作物改善贫困人口的生活。中心致力于帮助发展中国家块根块茎作物种植与粮食系统内的贫困人口实现粮食安全、改善民生和性别平等。中心与合作伙伴携手展开高质量的科学技术研究、加强能力建设，从而找到以科学为基础的可持续解决方案。国际马铃薯中心的总部设在秘鲁利马，人员和工作覆盖亚洲、非洲和拉丁美洲的30多个国家和地区。中心是国际农业研究磋商组织联合会的一员。国际农业研究磋商组织是一个以实现粮食安全为宗旨的国际性农业研究合作组织，下属15个研究中心，资助方超过50个。
　　职位简介：该职位为国际马铃薯中心“亚洲广适马铃薯”战略规划提供支撑，工作地点在国际马铃薯中心昆明办公室，具体地点为昆明植物研究所国际混农林业中心（ICRAF）大楼。
　　主要职责：
　　本职位主要协助战略规划主管为亚洲马铃薯生产系统制定并完善研究发展战略，以植物病害这一限制因素为重点；协助在中国和亚洲地区制定项目建议书，并与总部法律合同部对项目建议书进行跟踪。
　　主要工作包括为整个战略规划进行信息和数据管理，开展行政工作，并与中心北京办公室就行政和项目等问题进行联络。此外，要能够在以下领域开展工作：

• 针对亚洲地区主要目标国家的基线研究，包括马铃薯数据、潜在产量、潜在马铃薯生产区域、生产时间安排、产量差距等。
• 生物和非生物逆境对产量差和马铃薯生产经济参数的影响（与国际马铃薯中心经济学家共同进行）
• 通过作物/病害/虫害建模，在全球气候变化等背景下对主要的生物和非生物逆境进行风险评估；
• 亚洲地区马铃薯晚疫病抗性等生物逆境抗性的重要性。

　　选拔标准：
　　- 农业、生态或相关领域博士学位，优秀的硕士学位毕业生也可申请；
　　- 优秀的普通话写作和沟通能力，良好的英语沟通能力更佳；
　　- 熟悉应用生物科学领域
　　- 数据管理经验，能够熟练使用MS Office等管理工具。
　　- 使用R进行数据分析的经验；
　　- 生物物理学建模及使用GIS进行分析的经验
　　- 解决问题的能力强，能够按时完成项目任务

　　说明：该职位是国内职位，仅限中国公民和永久居民申请。合同期为一年，一年后可续签。国际马铃薯中心拥有良好的团队合作与支持的工作环境，为员工留有个人成长与职业发展的空间。职位的薪酬与福利待遇与同等机构相当，具体依本人的资历和工作经验而定。
职位申请：有意者请访问国际马铃薯中心网上招聘平台(http://cipotato.org/open-vacancies/)或者将简历和求职信发到cip-cccap@cgiar.org邮箱，进行职位申请，需提供求职意向书、简历及2-3位推荐人的姓名与联系方式（推荐人要了解申请人的专业背景与工作经历）。简历筛选于即日开始，在招聘到合适人选后结束。会通知初选通过者参加后续的招聘流程。









The International Potato Center (CIP) is seeking a highly competent and dynamic scientist to fill the newly created position of Research Assistant (RA) for potato research and development projects in Asia.

The Center: CIP is a not-for-profit international agricultural research-for-development organization with a focus on potato, sweet potato, and Andean roots and tubers. Its vision is of roots and tubers improving the lives of the poor. CIP is dedicated to achieving food security, improved well-being, and gender equity for poor people in root and tuber farming and food systems of the developing world. CIP works with partners to contribute high quality science, technology, and capacity strengthening for sustainable science-based solutions. CIP is headquartered in Lima, Peru, with staff and activities in over 30 locations across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. CIP is a member of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research, a network of 15 research centers mostly located in the developing world and supported by more than 50 donor members.

The position: The Research Assistant will work within the CIP's global Asia potato strategic program “Agile potato for Asia" and will be located in the CIP Kunming, China office in the ICRAF building of the Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB) campus in Kunming.

Duties and Responsibilities:
The primary objective of this position is to assist the program leader in the development and refinement of a Research & Development strategy for potato-based systems Asia, with a special focus on constraints caused by plant diseases. Also, will assist the program leader in the development of project proposals in China and the region, and will coordinate with CIP’s Grants & Contracts office on proposal tracking.

•  Baseline study of primary target countries in region including potato statistics, potential yield, potential potato production zones, production calendars and yield gaps.
• Current role of biotic and abiotic constraints in yield gap and economic parameters of potato production in selected target countries (together with CIP economists).
• Risk assessment of major abiotic and biotic constraints in the context of global change (climate and other) using crop/disease/pest modeling
• Importance in the region of host plant resistance to major potato biotic constraints, starting with potato late blight.

The RA will also contribute in CIP’s professional structure, participating in CIP’s talent management program, and other aspects of the CIP culture.

• PhD in some area of agriculture, ecology or a related field highly desirable; strong candidates with an MSc may also apply
• Excellent Mandarin Chinese written and verbal communication skills are essential. Working proficiency in English is a strong advantage.
• Advanced knowledge of applied biological sciences
• Experience in database management, using MS Office or other tools.
• Good experience of performing statistical analysis with R is also highly desirable.
• Experience in biophysical modeling at different spatial scales, as well as spatially explicit analyses using GIS would be highly desirable.
• Problem solving skills, taking consistent action and focused on meeting project deliverables.