The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to enhance the roles livestock play in pathways out of poverty in developing countries. ILRI has two main campuses in East Africa and other hubs in East, West and southern Africa and South, Southeast and East Asia. http://www.ilri.org/

CGIAR is a global agricultural research partnership for a food-secure future. Its science is carried out by 15 research centres that are members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations. http://www.cgiar.org/.

Overall purpose of the job

 The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is a 10-year research initiative of the CGIAR and Future Earth. CCAFS seeks to overcome the threats to agriculture and food security in a changing climate, exploring new ways of helping vulnerable rural communities adjust to global changes in climate.

Under the supervision of the Program Management Officer (PMO), this position exists to provide administrative, program management and logistical support to CCAFS East Africa programme, hosted at ILRI.

 Key responsibilities 

• Support program documentation – maintain a filing system and data bases for project concept notes and proposals, consultancy and institutional contracts, invoices and payment requests among others.
• Assist the PMO in reviewing CCAFS East Africa expenditure listings and following up with finance on disbursement of funds to partners.
• Organize conferences, workshops, science write shops, internal and external meetings, program annual retreat and quarterly meetings, and other events as required.
• Assist in preparing and managing consultancy contracts.
• Support the Communications Officer in maintaining program calendar on CCAFS Intranet and compiling input for CCAFS monthly internal knowledge sharing.
• Provide administrative support to the program team – preparing of TAs and TERs, visa appointments, flight bookings, and maintaining the calendar and travel schedule of the Regional Program Leader.
• Update and maintain a database of key CCAFS East Africa partners, including their mailing, telephone and email addresses.
• Assist in managing procurement, vehicle bookings with transport department, and liaise with other ILRI service units.
• Respond to routine correspondence, handling e-mail and telephone communication, requests and enquiries.
• Supervise office assistant and other temporary administrative staff.

Requirements

• First Degree in a relevant field. Possession of basic accounting skills is an added advantage.
• 3 years’ experience working in an administrative support role with progressive responsibility. Experience working in a research institution an added advantage.
• Considerable experience with all MS Office packages
• Experience in updating databases for monitoring purposes.  
• General office administration skills
• Good communications skills
• Experience working  in a multicultural environment
• A strong team player

 Terms of appointment

This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Nairobi campus and is open to Kenyan nationals only.  The position is on a 2-year contract renewable subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding.

 Job level and salary

This position is job level 2C with an attractive salary and benefits package.  

 Applications

Applicants should send a cover letter and CV combined as one document explaining their interest in the position, what they can bring to the job and the names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience. Applications should be submitted online to the Human Resources Director at our recruitment portal: http://ilri.simplicant.com/job/board on or before 3 July 2013.

 Please apply for only one of the Programme Assistant position at CCAFS that you qualify for. The position title and reference number “Programme Assistant-CCAFS-EA: “PA-EA/CCAFS/06/13” should be clearly marked on the online applications. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

 To find out more about working at ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org/ilricrowd/

To read more about CCAFS, visit http://www.ccafs.org/ 

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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to enhance the roles livestock play in pathways out of poverty in developing countries. ILRI has two main campuses in East Africa and other hubs in East, West and southern Africa and South, Southeast and East Asia. http://www.ilri.org/.

CGIAR is a global agricultural research partnership for a food-secure future. Its science is carried out by 15 research centres that are members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations. http://www.cgiar.org/.

Overall purpose of the job

The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is a 10-year research initiative of the CGIAR and Future Earth. CCAFS seeks to overcome the threats to agriculture and food security in a changing climate, exploring new ways of helping vulnerable rural communities adjust to global changes in climate.

Under the supervision of the Program Management Officer (PMO), this position exists to provide administrative, program management and logistical support to CCAFS, hosted at ILRI.

Key responsibilities 

• Overall responsible for providing logistical support for the Theme 4.2 team and administrative backstopping to the Programme Management Officer;
• Organizing internal and external meetings, conferences, workshops, trainings, office events, farewells and cocktails as required ;
• Making pre-travel arrangements, requesting for flight bookings, preparing and getting approval of TAs;
• Liaising with transport department to obtain vehicles and drivers for field work;
• Support in post travel activities – preparation of TERs for team and getting approval from budget holders;
• Organizing local transport for external meetings, visa appointments etc. in liaison with the transport department;
• Support in establishing and keeping up to date a resource mobilization list of key contacts & a partner key contacts data base and email list;
• Assist in reviewing of specific CCAFS transaction listings;
• Assist in drafting consultancy and contract requests;
• Assist in filing and maintaining a filing system and data base for program documentation, including concept notes and proposals, project agreements, contracts, invoices, financial and technical reports, among others;
• Assist in maintaining the Theme 4.2 literature database in Endnote (and potentially migrating this to Mendeley);
• Reporting and following up on office and furniture issues;
• Support PMO in office management and procurement as required;
• Participate in weekly team meetings and contribute to agenda, minutes and action points;
• Help to ensure smooth team communications within administrative team and with CCAFS science officers and theme/regional leaders;
• Responding to routine correspondence, handling e-mail and telephone communication, requests & enquiries;
• Supervise the office assistant.

 Requirements 

• First Degree in a relevant field. Possession of basic accounting skills is an added advantage;
• 3 years’ experience working in an administrative support role with progressive responsibility; Experience working in a research institution is an added advantage;
• Considerable experience with all MS Office packages;
• Experience in updating databases for monitoring purposes;  
• General office administration skills;
• Good communications skills;
• Experience working in a multicultural environment;
• A strong team player.

Job level and salary

This position is job level 2C with an attractive salary and benefits package.  

Applications

Applicants should send a cover letter and CV combined as one document explaining their interest in the position, what they can bring to the job and the names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience. Applications should be submitted online to the Human Resources Director at our recruitment portal: http://ilri.simplicant.com/job/board on or before 3 July 2013.

 Please apply for only one of the Programme Assistant position at CCAFS that you qualify for. The position title and reference number “Programme Assistant-CCAFS: “PA/CCAFS/06/13” should be clearly marked on the online applications. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

 To find out more about working at ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org/ilricrowd/

To read more about CCAFS, visit http://www.ccafs.org/

ILRI is an equal opportunity employer.

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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to enhance the roles livestock play in pathways out of poverty in developing countries. ILRI has two main campuses in East Africa and other hubs in East, West and southern Africa and South, Southeast and East Asia. http://www.ilri.org/.

ILRI is a member of CGIAR, a global agricultural research partnership working for a food-secure future. Its science is carried out by 15 research centres that are members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations. http://www.cgiar.org/

ILRI also manages the Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) Hub, the centre for excellence in modern plant and animal biology in Africa.  BecA is an initiative developed within the framework of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)/ African Union African Biosciences initiative. It consists of a Hub based on the ILRI campus in Nairobi, Kenya and a network of regional nodes and other affiliated laboratories and organizations throughout the region.  The BecA Hub facilities are world class, including a range of molecular, plant transformation, and genomics laboratories and equipment (e.g. 454 sequencing, Biosafety level 3 laboratory, plant growth facilities).  The Hub hosts and conducts research in crop, microbe and livestock areas where new developments in science offer promise to address previously intractable problems constraining Africa’s development.  Capacity building is a major goal of all activities. The scope covers agriculture and food security and their intersections with human health and nutrition, and the sustainable use of Africa’s natural resources.  Further information is available at http://hub.africabiosciences.org/

Job purpose

ILRI seeks to recruit a dynamic and competent Technical Assistant to provide quality and efficient services to all the BecA-ILRI hub laboratory users.

Responsibilities

• Reconstitute Tissue culture media, Microbiological Plates, Buffers and specialised reagents used by all laboratories ;
• Replenishment of cold room with the required products from central core department used by all laboratories ;
• Assemble simple and complex filtration equipment’s used in the production of sterile Media, buffers and other specialised reagents used in all laboratories;
• Be able to operate simple and complex machines like Washing machines, Autoclaves, ovens, Masterflex pumps used for dispensing Media, pH meter, Osmometer and incubators used for Quality control purposes;
• Clean and maintain all laboratories dusting benches windows and machines as required, respecting Good Laboratory Practices and the Procedures in place;
• Prepare, Autoclave, clean glassware and consumables used in  laboratories;
• Manage biological wastes from the laboratories;
• Management of stock consumables and glassware within the unit;
• Perform any other tasks related to the work done within the unit.

Skills and Competencies

• Diploma in laboratory Technology with at least one year relevant experience;
• Proven Experience in lab techniques;
• Good ability to co-ordinate, prioritize, and organize work;
• Effective planning and multi-tasking skills;
• Media Preparation Skills;
• Computer literacy skills.

 Terms of Appointment

This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Nairobi campus.  The position is on a 2 year contract with the possibility of renewal, contingent upon individual performance and continued funding.

Job level and salary

This position is job Grade 1C, with an attractive salary and benefits package.

How to Apply

Applicants should send a cover letter and CV combined as one document explaining their interest in the position, what they can bring to the job and the names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience. Applications should be submitted online to the Human Resources Director at our recruitment portal: http://ilri.simplicant.com/job/board on or before 3 July 2013. The position title and reference number REF: TA/BECA/06/2013 should be clearly marked on the cover letter. Only online applications will be considered, and only short listed candidates will be contacted.

To find out more about ILRI and the BecA Hub, visit our websites at http://www.ilri.org/ and http://hub.africabiosciences.org/

To find out more about working at ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org/ilricrowd/

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Vacancy Number: SLN/HT/06/2013
Humidtropics
Location: Ibadan, Nigeria
Duration: 3 years contract with the possibility of renewal

Competitive International Salary and Benefits Package
Salary negotiable dependent on skills and experience

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to enhance the roles livestock play in pathways out of poverty in developing countries. ILRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research partnership of 15 centres working with many partners for a food-secure future. ILRI has two main campuses in East Africa and other hubs in East, West and southern Africa and South, Southeast and East Asia. www.ilri.org.

CGIAR is a global agricultural research partnership for a food-secure future. Its science is carried out by 15 research centres that are members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations. www.cgiar.org.

Humidtropics, a CGIAR Research Program (CRP), seeks to transform the lives of the rural poor in tropical Americas, Asia and Africa. Innovative integrated systems research in the humid tropics will help poor farm families, often led by women, boost their agricultural productivity while preserving the land for future generations. ILRI is heavily engaged in the Humidtropics, leading Strategic Research Theme 1 on Systems Analysis and Global Synthesis with strong inputs into other CRP’s. Further information is available at: http://humidtropics.org/

The Position: ILRI seeks to recruit a scientist with expertise on livestock nutrition in mixed-crop livestock systems in the developing world. The position holder will be responsible for conducting research mainly in West Africa within the humid tropics Programme. The successful candidate should have a solid background in livestock nutrition, an understanding of smallholder livestock systems and experience in applying action research methods.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluation of feed resources and diagnosis of feed intervention opportunities in West Africa including through use of participatory diagnostic tools under development at ILRI;
• Developing action research approaches to test promising feed interventions through on-farm trials;
• Analysis of feed marketing and exploring options for enhanced livelihoods through small-scale feed trading;
• Publishing the results of research in high quality peer-reviewed international journals and in other media;
• Working with and building the capacity of students.

Requirements:

• PhD in livestock nutrition or related discipline with at least 5 years of relevant post-doctoral experience (8 years for appointment at Scientist Level 3);
• Experience in conducting livestock nutrition research in the developing world;
• Sound understanding of livestock feeding issues in developing countries;
• A systems perspective especially related to intensification of mixed crop-livestock systems in Africa;
• Demonstrated capability of conducting field-based experimentation in mixed crop-livestock systems;
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills;
• Experience in laboratory analysis of feed materials including NIRS techniques;
• Strong track record of publishing in peer reviewed publications;
• Willingness to travel internationally and to rural areas of Africa;
• Proven skills to work in multidisciplinary teams and to obtain positive results from working in diverse partnerships;
• Experience of using participatory research methods in smallholder systems would be an advantage.

Position level: Scientist Level 2 or 3 depending on skills and experience

Post location: This position is based at ILRI’s office in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Duration: 3 years with the possibility of renewal, contingent upon individual performance and continued funding.

Terms of appointment: ILRI offers a competitive international and salary and benefits package which includes 15% Pension, Medical insurance, Life insurance and allowances for: Education, Housing, Relocation, Home leave, Annual holiday entitlement of 30 days + public holidays.

*Benefits and salary are tax free subject to compliance with tax regulations of country of citizenship.

Applications: Applicants should provide a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications and the names and addresses (including telephone, fax and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience. The position title and reference number: REF: SLN/HT/06/2013 should be clearly indicated in the subject line of the cover letter.

All applications to be submitted online on our recruitment portal: http://ilri.simplicant.com/job/board on or before 14 July 2013.

To find out more about ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org

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ILRI is an equal opportunity employer. Suitably qualified women and developing country citizens are particularly encouraged to apply.

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Base salary starting from USD 75,000 per annum depending on skills and experience,with an attractive international benefits package (tax free*).

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to enhance the roles livestock play in pathways out of poverty in developing countries. ILRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research partnership of 15 centres working with many partners for a food-secure future. ILRI has two main campuses in East Africa and other hubs in East, West and southern Africa and South, Southeast and East Asia. www.ilri.org.

CGIAR is a global agricultural research partnership for a food-secure future. Its science is carried out by 15 research centres that are members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations. www.cgiar.org.

ILRI seeks to recruit a senior scientist to contribution to livestock research by way of agricultural economic analysis. The incumbent will be involved in liaison and development of a shared mission with the technical and scientific colleagues within ILRI and in ILRI’s partner organisations.

Responsibilities:

·         Provide leadership in policy analysis, advocacy and communication;

·         Provide leadership in situational analysis and sectoral studies associated with research on livestock value chains;

·         Represent ILRI within and beyond the CGIAR, on topics associated with policy for generation of pro-poor benefits from livestock-related development;

·         Lead the conceptual development of research projects and be responsible for planning and implementing research aligned to the mandate of the programme;

·         High quality communication of high quality research products;

·         Supervise and guide post-graduate students;

·         Supervise and provide leadership to designated staff;

·         Contribution to, and/or leadership of, multi-disciplinary research supporting policy messages;

·         Resource mobilisation in pursuit of ILRI’s mandate and particularly the associated outputs and outcomes of the PTVC programme.

Requirements:

·         PhD in Agricultural Economics or related field;

·         Minimum of 10 years’ experience in policy-dominated research in agriculture or a related field;

·         Record of sustained successful publication and communication of high level agricultural economics research in significant journals and fora;

·         Experience with design, implementation, and communication of quantitative and qualitative research methods associated with technical and organisational change in livestock or agricultural value chains;

·         Experience with the use and promotion of gender in quantitative and qualitative analysis;

·         A passion for livestock as a means of pro-poor development;

·         Excellent capacity for implementing field work and for productive partnership in the field;

·         Excellent communication skills within and beyond research teams;

·         Record of productive membership of research teams;

·         A vision for ILRI’s future as an eminent research-for-development organisation;

·         Facility in the local languages of ILRI’s countries of emphasis will be an advantage.

Position level:Scientist Level 3.

Post location:The position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Duration:3 years with the possibility of renewal contingent upon individual performance and funding.        

Terms of appointment:ILRI offers a competitive international and salary and benefits package which includes 15% Pension, Medical insurance, Life insurance and allowances for: Education, Housing, Relocation, Home leave, Annual holiday entitlement of 30 days + public holidays.

*Benefits and salary are tax free subject to compliance with tax regulations of country of citizenship.

Applications:Applicants should provide a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications and the names and addresses (including telephone, fax and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience. The position title and reference number: REF: APE/PTVC/06/2013 should be clearly indicated in the subject line of the cover letter.

All applications to be submitted online on our recruitment portal: http://ilri.simplicant.com/job/board on or before 14 July 2013.

To find out more about ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org

To find out more about working at ILRI visit our website athttp://www.ilri.org/ilricrowd/

ILRI is an equal opportunity employer. Suitably qualified women and developing country citizens are particularly encouraged to apply.

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General:  The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, bringing high-quality livestock science, communications and capacity building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development. ILRI is one of 15 centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). ILRI has campuses in Kenya (headquarters) and Ethiopia, with other offices located in other regions of Africa (Mali, Mozambique, and Nigeria) as well as in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka), Southeast Asia (Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam) and East Asia (China). For more information, please visit www.ilri.org

The Livestock and Irrigation Value-Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project is an initiative designed by ILRI, IWMI (the International Water Management Institute) and their Ethiopian partners to enhance income and gender equitable wealth creation for smallholders and other value chain actors through increased and sustained market off-take of high-value livestock and irrigated crop commodities. It will design and implement interventions to improve market orientation of semi-commercial farmers for enhanced competitiveness, sustainability and equity in value chains in four regions of Ethiopia.

The positions: ILRI is recruiting 4 (Four) Regional Administrative Assistants positions based in Amhara, Oromia, Southern Nation, Nationalities and People’s Region (SNNPR) and Tigray, who will be members of the LIVES Project in ILRI-Ethiopia.

MAIN DUTIES:

• Secretarial/administrative duties, including handling phone calls, correspondence, filing system, visitors, arranging appointments, maintaining attendance sheets
• Assists in organizing and providing logistical support for regional, zonal meetings /workshops
• Financial management including handling petty cash; reviewing and forwarding financial reports to LIVES HQ; preparation of travel advances and claims

• Monitoring Regional drivers and overseeing vehicle movements for respective Regions & Zones

Minimum Requirement:

 Education:    Diploma or above in Secretarial Science and Office Management, Accounting, Economics from a recognized university or college

 Experience:   2 (Two) years of relevant experience in secretarial work and office management, accounting, logistics or project assistantship

 Skills:

• Good understanding and experience in general financial and accounting matters;
• Proficient in computer programs
• Good verbal and written command of English and Amharic
• Good Knowledge of local language for the respective regions (speaking, reading & writing) is a requirement
• Ability to interact positively and maintain good relations with staff as well as collaborators

Duty Stations:   Amhara (Bahr Dar), Oromia (Addis Ababa), SNNPR (Hawassa) and Tigray Regions (Mekelle). On your application, please clearly state which region you are applying for, applications that don’t have this information will not be considered.

Grade:             1C Level 2

Minimum Base Salary:  Birr 5,969 (depending on the skills, qualification and salary history of the candidate this is negotiable)

Terms of appointment:  Initial appointment is fixed term for two years with the possibility of renewal, contingent upon individual performance and the availability of funding. The ILRI remuneration package for nationally recruited staff in Ethiopia includes very competitive salary and benefits such as life and medical insurance, offshore pension plan, etc.

The ILRI campus is set in a secure, attractive campus on the outskirts of Addis Ababa.  Dining and sports facilities are located on site.

Applications

Applicants should send a cover letter and CV (3 pages maximum) explaining their interest in the position, relevant documents and testimonials and the names and addresses (telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience to the Human Resources Office, ILRI, P.O.Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Telephone: (251-11)-617-20-00; Fax (251-11) 646 46-45 or 617 20-01 name and reference number of the position for which the application is made A/39/2013 should be clearly marked on the envelopes if mailed or fax applications.  Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Qualified women are particularly encouraged to apply.

To find more about ILRI, visit our Website at http://www.ilri.org/
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Base salary starting from USD 45,000 – 55,000 per annum depending on skills and experience,with an attractive international benefits package (tax free*).

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to enhance the roles livestock play in pathways out of poverty in developing countries. ILRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research partnership of 15 centres working with many partners for a food-secure future. ILRI has two main campuses in East Africa and other hubs in East, West and southern Africa and South, Southeast and East Asia. www.ilri.org.

CGIAR is a global agricultural research partnership for a food-secure future. Its science is carried out by 15 research centres that are members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations. www.cgiar.org.

ILRI seeks to recruit a scientist to contribution to livestock research by way of agricultural economic analysis. The incumbent will be involved in liaison and development of a shared mission with the technical and scientific colleagues within ILRI and in ILRI’s partner organisations.

Responsibilities:

·         Contributing to design and implementation of research activities and projects;

·         Providing leadership in field work;

·         Delivering high quality research products;

·         Representing ILRI in dealing with partners;

·         Contributing to capacity building through training of PhD students and postdocs;

·         Publishing the results of research in high quality peer-reviewed international journals.

 Requirements:

·          PhD, or recognised progress toward a PhD, in Agricultural Economics or related field;

·          Minimum of 7 years’ experience in research in agricultural economics associated with livestock;

·          Field-level experience of intensive and extensive livestock production systems, and a range of livestock product marketing systems, in Africa;

·          Excellent quantitative analytical skills and the capacity to utilise them in multi-disciplinary contexts and raise capacity of colleagues and partners in their application, interpretation and communication;

·          Record of successful publication and communication of high level agricultural economics research in significant journals and fora;

·          Demonstrated capacity to present economic analysis of technical interventions or disruptions in livestock value chains in developing countries;

·          Record of contributions to team effort in large research-for-development projects featuring multi-disciplinary effort and communications;

·         A passion for livestock as a means of pro-poor development;

·         Excellent capacity for implementing field work and for productive partnership in the field;

·         Excellent communication skills within and beyond research teams;

·         Record of productive membership of research teams;

·         A vision for ILRI’s future as an eminent research-for-development organisation;

·         Facility in the local languages of ILRI’s countries of emphasis will be an advantage.

Position level:Scientist Level 1.

Post location:The position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Duration:3 years with the possibility of renewal contingent upon individual performance and funding.        

Terms of appointment:ILRI offers a competitive international and salary and benefits package which includes 15% Pension, Medical insurance, Life insurance and allowances for: Education, Housing, Relocation, Home leave, Annual holiday entitlement of 30 days + public holidays.

*Benefits and salary are tax free subject to compliance with tax regulations of country of citizenship.

Applications:Applicants should provide a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications and the names and addresses (including telephone, fax and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience. The position title and reference number: REF: AE/PTVC/06/2013 should be clearly indicated in the subject line of the cover letter.

All applications to be submitted online on our recruitment portal: http://ilri.simplicant.com/job/board on or before 14 July 2013.

To find out more about ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org

To find out more about working at ILRI visit our website athttp://www.ilri.org/ilricrowd/

ILRI is an equal opportunity employer. Suitably qualified women and developing country citizens are particularly encouraged to apply.

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General:  The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, bringing high-quality livestock science, communications and capacity building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development. ILRI has campuses in Kenya (headquarters) and Ethiopia, with other offices located in Africa (Botswana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda) as well as Asia (China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka).

The position: ILRI is recruiting an ICT Customer Services Officer position based in Addis Ababa, who will be a member of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) unit in Corporate Services Division in ILRI.

Main Duties:

• Provides high level technical support to the “power users” and “non-core application users” on the campus by diagnoses and resolution of ICT problems to the satisfaction of the customer within the time frame set by the priority level and close the call. Provide specialized support for one or more non-core applications that the customers have asked the Department to help support
• Takes over the resolution of problems that have been escalated by the ICT Customer Service technicians when they have been unable to resolve a problem within the assigned timeframe
• Leads ICT projects that are implemented by the ICT Customer Service team, including the roll-out of new applications and equipment
• Provides the main link between ICT Customer Service team and the Infrastructure team to ensure that essential tasks are carried out and do not fall between the two teams
• Provides guidance and mentoring to the ICT Customer Service helpdesk/support technicians
• Monitors the implementation of policies, procedures and standards on the campus and make the necessary corrections where necessary
• Keeps up-to-date with changes and advancements in ICT Customer Services and the type of applications that are supported and make suggestions for improvements to the services provided
• Provides second level support for the administration of OCS and other specialized applications in use at ILRI including adding and removing of users and set permissions requested by the system managers, implements updates to the system and resolves issues on time
• Follows change management processes to document all changes to live servers, ensures regular backups, database replications, disaster recovery plans are developed, implemented, tested and monitored for all locally hosted applications and databases
• Enhances existing applications by providing additional reporting capabilities and add-on features that are required by the end-users to improve their work
• Researches into finding more effective ways of using and configuring applications that can then be rolled out across the campuses or posted to the intranet and communicated to staff for their use

Education:

• First Degree in Computer Science or related field

Experience:     

• A minimum of 3 years related experience

Training: 

• Certification as a Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) or Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) or Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) or Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
• Training in MS SQL database preferably MSDBA

Skills:  

• Strong customer service orientation that establishes a good working relationship with customers, with the attitude of wanting to assist people and pass-on their knowledge and experience to others.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

Duty Station:   Addis Ababa

Grade:   2C level 2.

Minimum Base Salary:   Birr 11,871.00 (Negotiable, depending on experience, skill and salary history of the candidate)

Terms of appointment:  This is Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Addis Ababa campus.  Initial appointment is fixed term for two years with the possibility of renewal, contingent upon individual performance and the availability of funding. The ILRI remuneration package for nationally recruited staff in Ethiopia includes very competitive salary and benefits such as life and medical insurance, offshore pension plan, etc.

Applications

Applicants should send a cover letter and CV (3 pages maximum) explaining their interest in the position, relevant documents and testimonials and the names and addresses (telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience to the Human Resources Office, ILRI, P.O.Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Telephone: (251-11)-617-20-00; Fax (251-11) 646 46-45 or 617 20-01 name and reference number of the position for which the application is made A/016/2013 should be clearly marked on the envelopes if mailed or fax applications.  Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

To find out more about ILRI, visit our websites at http://www.ilri.org

To find out more about working at ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org/ilricrowd/

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Base salary from $55,000 per annum depending on skills and experience, with an attractive international benefits package (tax free*). Total package circa $93,000 per annum.

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to enhance the roles livestock play in pathways out of poverty in developing countries. ILRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a global research partnership of 15 centres working with many partners for a food-secure future. ILRI has two main campuses in East Africa and other hubs in East, West and southern Africa and South, Southeast and East Asia. www.ilri.org.

CGIAR is a global agricultural research partnership for a food-secure future. Its science is carried out by 15 research centres that are members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations. www.cgiar.org.

The Position: ILRI seeks to recruit a Market and Capacity Development Manager to build and execute a market and capacity development strategy to support efforts to bring to scale its Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) agenda.  As a member of the team that designs, developments, implements and evaluates ILRI’s award-winning IBLI program (www.ilri.org/ibli), the assignment involves working with the suite of IBLI partners that range from research leaders, our research-for-development partners, commercial entities, NGOs, government agencies, and target communities to manage the transition from pilot to scale-up.

The successful candidate will bring expertise and a proven track record working on the interface of development, research and business to design and introduce the institutions, policies and support services needed to catalyze IBLI market development and build a critical mass of informed clients. This will be achieved both through personally implementing the relevant activities and through cultivating collaborations with strategic partners to support various identified implementation needs.  The marketing and capacity development strategy will encompass the ability to assess and cater to the capacity development needs for key agents across the IBLI market chain as well as to asses and develop the market systems that are consistent with the needs and context of the target population.

Responsibilities:

• With the support of the program team and key partners, lead the conceptualization and design of a market development and capacity building strategy based on an assessment of the IBLI experience, the deficiencies and opportunities for catalysing the market, the capacity development needs along key nodes in the system and particular characteristics of the target clientele;
• Lead the IBLI markets and capacity development implementation agenda. This will involve innovations in program strategy to bring on board new, creative ideas (and partners) for implementation, contributions to relevant policy and regulatory design, and the development and execution of a strategy for further growth and outreach;
• Develop and manage partnerships that add both programmatic and strategic value to the implementation agenda and help achieve program objectives;
• Design training programs and training materials (lesson plans, manuals, PPTs and Prezis, ToT materials, individual and group face-to-face training activities, scripts for multimedia products, etc.) based on proven adult learning techniques, using appropriate design, content and technologies adapted to the specific needs of agents identified for capacity development;
• Support team members and partners in coordinating and delivering of capacity development programs as needed;
• Develop a monitoring and evaluation framework to track progress and revise strategy accordingly;
• Publish and disseminate knowledge and insights gains in relevant channels and manage the team’s internal and external communication efforts.

Essential Skills and Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in development-related Social Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Communication or related fields;
• At least 5 years exposure in the disciplinary area, e.g., project management / market development / education & training / social science   – with experience working in developing countries;
• Demonstrated ability to develop and rally complex partnerships around a common objective, and managing the deployment and assessment of innovative programs; experience working with public/private partnerships a plus.
• A proven skill-set in the development of learning courses, training and technical assistance materials, needs assessments, and other capacity development products.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills. Facilitation, presentation, and/or publication experience a plus.
• Familiarity with aspects of livestock production, and/or agricultural systems in developing countries a plus.

Post location: This position is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Position level: The position is Scientist/Research level 2 – dependent on skills and experience.

Duration: 3 years with the possibility of renewal, contingent upon individual performance and continued funding.

Terms of appointment: ILRI offers a competitive international remuneration and benefits package which includes: 15% Pension,  Medical insurance for staff and dependents, Life insurance, Education allowance for dependent children, Housing allowance, Relocation Allowance, Annual Home leave, Annual holiday entitlement of 30 days+public holidays.

*Benefits are tax free subject to compliance with tax regulations of country of citizenship.

Applications:

Applicants should address a cover letter and CV with full list of publications to the Human Resources Office explaining their interest in the position, what they can bring to the job and the names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience. All application to be submitted online on our recruitment portal:  http://ilri.simplicant.com/job/board on or before midnight Nairobi time on 30 June 2013.

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General: The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) is an autonomous, non profit making, international scientific organization operating under the aegis of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). More specifically its mission is:

To encourage, support and undertake activities to improve the productivity, profitability, and sustainability of maize and wheat systems in the interest of poor in developing countries.

The position: We are seeking a dynamic, innovative, self-motivated, and service-orientated professional with excellent organizational, data management and people skills to coordinate data flow in a dynamic research team focused on increasing food security and reducing poverty at an international scale. The position will be based at CIMMYT’s office in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), but will interact with all CIMMYT´s experimental stations and regional offices (country and world-wide) on a regular basis

MAIN DUTIES (Terms of Reference)

Reporting to Head Knowledge Management, the successful candidate will act as an interface between individual researchers, project collaborators, software engineers, and clients of CIMMYT knowledge products, and assist CIMMYT scientists and partners in handling and processing large molecular and phenotypic streams for analysis. As members of CIMMYT, successful candidate will work with a dynamic group of knowledge managers, software engineers, crop modelers, crop scientists and economists.

Key duties and responsibilities will include

• Establishing data standards, documentation, data curation processes, time lines for data entry into institutional data bases/repositories, in agreement with project requirements and the CIMMYT knowledge management strategy.
• Coordinating the receipt, storage, manipulation and quality control of agronomic, economic and survey data for CIMMYT staff enabling accurate data tracking and documentation throughout the analysis pipeline.
• Participating in the design, development and population of versatile institutional databases/repositories, interfaces and output tools.
• Introduce new informatics tools to scientist and research assistants and project collaborators provide on-the-job training, and report back user requirements to CIMMYT software engineers.
• Managing and documenting the dissemination of data (raw and analyzed) to co-operators within CIMMYT and with partner organizations.
• Liaise between researchers who want to make use of own and cross institutional databases, knowledge management specialists, biometricians and software engineers at CIMMYT.
• Interpret data summaries to determine accuracy and validity of data.
• Test user-friendly software tools for molecular and trial data capture, storage and analysis.
• Manage and provide feedback to software engineers to help to improve functionality.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENT:

Education:

• Master’s degree in geographical science, agronomy, agricultural statistics or related fields.

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience in developing and/or using bioinformatics tools for the management of large-volume data sets.

Skills:

• Strong analytical skills with attention to details.
• Ability to investigate and analyze with minimum supervision research activities within CIMMYT’s research programs to make them more efficient by using IT resources.
• Ability to work and communicate with knowledge management specialists, biometricians and software engineers at CIMMYT.
• Good interpersonal skills and a strong desire to support the delivery of improved, products, tools and services to team members and collaborators.
• Good communication skills (written and spoken) in English.
• Ability to work well as part of multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.

Duty Station:        Addis Ababa

Grade:                      3A level 2.

Minimum Base Salary: 19,501 Birr per month (Negotiable depending on experience, skill and salary history of the candidate)

Terms of appointment:  This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Addis Ababa campus. Initial appointment is (fixed term) for two years with the possibility of renewal appointment, contingent upon individual performance and the availability of funding. CIMMYT offers a multicultural, collegial research environment with competitive salary and excellent benefits in line with ILRI’s policy applicable for its Nationally Recruited Staff.  CIMMYT is an international and equal opportunity organization and believes that diversity of its staff contributes to excellence.

Applications: Applicants should send a cover letter, resume, relevant documents, testimonials, and the names and addresses (including telephone, fax and email) of three referees knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience to the Human Resources Office, ILRI, P.O. Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Telephone: (251-11)-617-20-00; Fax: (251-11)-617-20-01.  The name and reference number of the position for which the application is made should be clearly marked on the envelopes if mailed, or on the fax applications.  Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Qualified women are particularly encouraged to apply.

To find more about CIMMYT, visit our Website at: http://www.cimmyt.org
CIMMYT is an equal opportunity employer.

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