Research Associate -ABS at International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Key Responsibilities

• Initiate ABS documentation, submission, and collaborate with relevant stakeholders to ensure compliance and rapid acquisition of permits.
• Review the PIC&MAT, Material Transfer Agreements (MTA) and other contracts for respect of terms, updating or renewal, trace and track the benefits according to the agreed PIC&MAT and MTA,
• Work closely with the ILRI biorepository manager to ensure the compliance of samples kept in ILRIs facilities, and update on the compliance status, and follow up subsequence actions,
• Maintain records including ensuring an updated data platform linking the samples to their compliance documentation,
• Advise CTLGH/LiveGene and partners’ community on ABS related issues.
• Conduct literature review of both peer-reviewed and gray literature on ABS.
• Consolidate information on domestic measures addressing benefit-sharing from Digital Sequence Information on Livestock in CTLGH/ILRI partner countries/institutions
• Maintain the actionable road map for mainstreaming ABS for CTLGH projects.
• Obtain and file the international recognized certificates of compliance (IRCC) for all CTLGH and LiveGene projects
• Provide regular updates to supervisors and perform any other related duties as may be required

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in law,
• At least five years’ experience in a similar role
• Strong analytical skills and innovative thinking
• Basic French knowledge would be an advantage
• Good working knowledge of ITC technologies and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)
• Knowledge and experience of the ABS Nagoya protocol and related matters together with experience of ABS matters in the research context.  
• Knowledge in drafting and reviewing legal documents, agreements, meeting and dispute resolutions, and transaction instruments such as contracts would be an added advantage
• Experience working on ABS in the context of agricultural and genomic research would be an added advantage
• Experience in reporting and presenting ABS and biodiversity would be an added advantage

Closing: 6 December,2022