Ranch Manager at International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Responsibilities

Overall management duties:

• Day to day management of all livestock health and husbandry activities. Including
  • Record keeping – development and maintenance of electronic database (breeding data, production data, sales records) Supervision of routine treatments and vaccinations
  • Supervision of proper animal identification (notching, tattoos, branding, RFID tags)
  • Conducting selection of breeding, culling and sale stock
  • Supervision of routine husbandry practices
  • Supplementary feeding
  • Ensuring effective grazing management, rotational grazing, hay making
• Oversee the management and maintenance of assets (waterholes, boreholes, machinery and equipment, housing)
• Support scientist during implementation of experiments trials
• Work in close collaboration with Kapiti head of security on all security related issues.

Administrative duties:

• Finance: Assist in budget preparation and ensure financial resources are properly utilised through effective monitoring.
• Management of personnel issues including; recruitment, orientation and training of new personnel, allocation of tasks and responsibilities, preparation of appraisal and remuneration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Animal Husbandry or related field
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience of progressive hands on management expertise
• Ability to use independent judgement in management of the ranch operations
• Ability to supervise and including organising, prioritizing and scheduling work
• Ability to supervise maintenance works of all assets
• Ability to develop and maintain record keeping system and procedures
• Ability to develop, plan and implement short and long term goals
• Knowledge of breeding, identification systems, management and sale of livestock essential
• Ability to perform artificial Insemination is desirable

Terms of Appointment

This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at Kapiti Research Station in Machakos. It is open to Kenyan nationals only. The position is on a 3-year contract, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding.

Job Level

This position is job level 3C ILRI offers a competitive salary and benefits package which includes; pension, medical and other insurances for ILRI’s Nationally Recruited Staff.