(RFP301426) - Internal Call - Scientist I - Multifunctional Landscape
Palmira, Colombia
The Alliance ofBioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture(CIAT) delivers research-based solutions that harness agricultural biodiversityand sustainably transform food systems to improve people’s lives. Alliance solutionsaddress the global crises of malnutrition, climate change, biodiversity loss,and environmental degradation.
With novelpartnerships, the Alliance generates evidence and mainstreams innovations totransform food systems and landscapes so that they sustain the planet, driveprosperity, and nourish people.
The Alliance ispart of CGIAR, a integral research partnership for a food-secure future.
Aboutthe position
The main objective of the position is toprovide scientific and technical leadership for the design, development,scaling and application of a portfolio of decision-support tools that supportsustainable land-use planning across multifunctional tropical landscapes,including conservation, tree-based restoration,



cacao and coffee agroforestrysystems, timber plantations, silvopastoral systems and native food plantproduction. The position will generate scientific evidence, guide tooldevelopment and implementation, and foster strategic partnerships to supportrestoration and sustainable development initiatives across Latin America andother tropical regions globally.

Theposition will be based at the Alliance's Americas Hub, located on the Palmiracampus in Colombia, and will require periodic travel across Latin America tosupport the implementation of project activities and engagement with keypartners and stakeholders. Non-Colombians relocating willreceive an IRS contract.
Requirements
KeyResponsibilities
- Proposes, plansand executes the back-end development, enhancement, integration and scaling ofthe D4R (Diversity for Restoration), D4A (Diversity for Agroforestry) and C4R(Conservation for Restoration) decision-support platforms, ensuring

📌 6) - Internal Call - Scientist I - Multifunctional Landscape (Palmira)
🏢 Swiss Forum for International Agricultural Research
📍 Palmira