Post-Doctoral Fellow in Climate Adaptation Job UoN

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Job Description:

The Postdoctoral Fellow will take Lead Research, Capacity Building, and Curriculum Development on adaptation pathways and re-greening to advance climate-ready solutions at UoN’s Institute for Climate and Adaptation. The successful candidate will generate significant outcomes for the project, including:

• Creating a centre of expertise and knowledge in adaptation pathways and regreening within the Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation,
• Supporting the embedding of knowledge and skills from this project within the University and broader research community,
• Providing resources and organisation to support the development of a new curriculum (in particular within a nature-based solutions masters course specialisation), and facilitating contributions from research partners to this course,
• Undertaking literature reviews, evidence gap analysis and synthesis of existing knowledge to support the project and specific project sites, and
• Supporting the PhD students that will be part of the project,
• Publishing at least 2 high quality peer review manuscripts and dissemination of research findings by presenting results at conferences, participating in workshops, or exhibiting work at inter- agency collaboration events.

Job Requirements

• PhD degree in either Climate Sciences, Natural Resources Management, Environmental Sciences or similar fields.
• The BSc. and Masters degrees should also be in either Climate Sciences, Natural Resources Management, Environmental Sciences in similar or related fields.
• Be an early career researcher (within 5 years of completion of PhD).
• Experience with using Climate Models and IPCC’s shared Socio-Economic Pathways (SSPs)
• Strong background in transdisciplinary research methods.
• Motivation and ability to work collaboratively in a large transdisciplinary project including multiple disciplines, cultures, languages and environments.
• Willingness to undertake field and stakeholder-based research.
• Demonstrated strong communication skills, both oral and written.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and works well under tight timelines.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and to coordinate and oversee research assistants.

Desirables:

• Experience of using a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) platform in landscape research.
• Experience in scenario development and futures planning.
• Experience generating and manipulating meteorological products and downscaled climate models.

How to Apply

Notes:

• Applicants should email their applications, including a cover letter, a 500-word motivation statement related to the proposed research theme, a two-page curriculum vitae (CV), certified copies of BA/BSc, MA/MSc, and PhD degree certificates, and the contact details of three referees (two academic and one non-academic) with their telephone numbers and email addresses.
• Applications and related documents should be addressed to the Director, Human Resource, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
• Applicants should state their current designations, salaries and other benefits attached to those designations.
• The application letter must bear the reference code indicated in the advertisement.
• Applications should be emailed as one file in PDF to: recruit-pdfrftfp@uonbi.ac.ke
• Late applications will not be considered.

Women are strongly encouraged to apply. CLOSING DATE: SEPTEMBER 9, 2025