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.
How we work
icipe - African Insect Science for Food and Health Jobs in Kenya
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To support with packaging and archiving BioInnovate Africa communications documentations that targets broader audience, through production of information, education, and
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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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This position will support the activities of a malaria project that aims to identify the underlying biological and ecological drivers of persistent malaria transmission i
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The Manager, People and Organisation Development (MPOD) reports to the Director of Finance and Administration (DFA). The MPOD leads in the provision of HR services and ot
This position will deliver innovative research that addresses a wide range of unique and critical issues associated with fish nutrition, fish welfare, diversification of ingredient choices, safe proce
icipe is seeking its next inspirational and visionary Director General (DG) who will build on the Centre’s strong reputation and credibility and further develop its institutional goals in a dyna
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The Systems and Cloud Solutions Architect will develop scalable and cost-effective architectural solutions for on-premises and cloud-managed services to icipe’s 4-H
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To develop a nature-based surveillance system derived from semiochemicals for legume pests to reduce farmer reliance on environmentally damaging insecticide for crop prot
Specific Duties
Acquisition and cataloguing of Information Resource Centre (IRC) (library) resources.
Charging and discharging IRC information resources to users for various inform
This position will deliver innovative research that addresses a wide range of unique and critical issues associated with insect welfare, diversification of insect choices, safe processing into suitabl
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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
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
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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.
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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