About icipe - African Insect Science for Food and Health
Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, icipe was established in 1970, to address this very paradox of insects and accompanying challenges. The Centre’s mission is to use insect science for sustainable development, to ensure food security and improve the overall health of communities in Africa by add... read moreressing the interlinked problems of poverty, poor health, low agricultural productivity and environmental degradation.
Since its founding, icipe has remained committed to developing and disseminating environmentally safe, affordable, acceptable and accessible tools and strategies to control insect pests and disease vectors. icipe’s mandate further extends to the sustainable conservation and utilisation of Africa’s rich biodiversity.
icipe is the only international institution in Africa working primarily on arthropods. Therefore capacity building of individual researchers and institutions in Africa is an integral part of all the Centre’s research and development activities. icipe also aims to empower women, harness the youth and build capacity to use, transfer and teach the Centre’s technologies.
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icipe - African Insect Science for Food and Health Jobs in Kenya
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Programme Management
Works with program staff to monitor and collate programme outputs and outcomes for preparation of institutional documents such as the Results Based Manage
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The Works Supervisor ensures that their team's goals are met through monitoring the daily performance of employees, organizing workflow for increased efficiency, and
Requirements/Qualifications
Bachelor of Science Degree in information Technology (IT), Computer Science or related field.
2 years Relevant Work Experience.
Good communication skills.
Good
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The position is open to a career driven IT Support Technician who thrives on the variety and challenge that this type of role offers. The incumbent will be tasked with de
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The Information Technology Manager will be responsible for providing innovative insights into digital applications, supporting network databases and systems, updating sys
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The SymbioVector Postdoctoral Fellow will manage research activities within the group and assist in overseeing and designing advanced experiments. He/she will work direct
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The Director of Finance and administration (DFA) provides leadership to the Finance and Administration functions of the Centre, incorporating responsibility for a large m
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The Research Officer will manage research activities within the Animal Health Theme. He/she will assist in overseeing and designing advanced experiments. He/She will work
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Reporting to the Director General (DG), the Director of Research and Partnership (DRP) is one of icipe’s key senior managers and acts as the DG in the latter’
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Carry out maintenance and repair of electrical systems, refrigeration, and Heating, Ventilation, and Air- Conditioning (HVAC) systems, and lab equipment in the institutio
Icipe seeks to recruit a Support Officer I (Procurement Assistant) in the Procurement Unit. The position is tenable in Nairobi at the icipe Duduville campus. This is a two-year contract, renewable sub
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The objective of this consultancy is to coordinate the activities of the Vector Atlas team and their partners for the successful implementation and day-to-day running of
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The Head of Finance (HoF) will have primary responsibility for the day-to-day management of all aspects of finance management at the Centre encompassing – financial
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To review various business processes and documents, to check for controls and compliance with the Centre’s policies including physical asset verification and conduc
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Reporting to the Principal Investigator, the successful applicant will be responsible for coordinating research activities within the Disease Ecology Group at icipe-Thoma
The overall purpose of the job is to lead the Push–Pull Programme teams under the Plant Health Theme. Reporting to the Head of Plant Health Theme, the incumbent is part of a multidisciplinary te
Specific Duties
The successful candidate will be expected to:
Set up bioassay experiments.
Trap volatiles from living organisms.
Analyse volatiles using chemical ecology methods
