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  • Posted: Jan 24, 2018
    Deadline: Feb 11, 2018
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    The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to improve food security and reduce poverty in developing countries through research for better and more sustainable use of livestock. ILRI is a CGIAR research centre - part of a global research partnership for a food-secure future.
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    Communications Officer

    Job description

    The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Communications Officer to provide leadership and coordination for all communication, public and media engagements by the BecA-ILRI Hub, ensuring a significant growth in its international profile.

    The position

    The job holder will develop and implement strategic and tactical communications plans that will amplify the impact of the BecA-ILR Hub’s research, capacity building and research related services, and help position the Hub as a world class research facility enhancing agricultural biosciences research capacity of African scientists for improved food and nutritional safety and security and income.

    The person reports to the Director of the BecA-ILRI Hub and will work closely with and liaise with the ILRI Communications Unit.

    Responsibilities

    • Establish effective systems and processes to support the research programs and scientists in promoting, and contribute to the impact of BecA Hub’s work through a broad range of communication tools and integrated programs to ensure consistency of messaging emanating from the Hub;
    • Progress communications strategies and implement annual action plans targeting key audiences of the Hub including the use of media programs, digital and social media channels, one-on-one engagements;
    • Manage BecA Hub’s presence and visibility at major external events
    • Undertake engagements with donors, policy makers, constituent regional institutions and various stakeholders on behalf of the BecA-ILRI Hub;
    • Develop and maintain relationships with media contacts and drive positive international and regional media coverage of the Hub through proactive media relations using press releases, media events, contributed articles;
    • Contribute to enhanced internal communications by advising on innovative mechanisms, and by developing appropriate messaging and processes to maximize the effectiveness of communication;
    • Oversee the activities related to the production of high quality communications materials, including digital content, annual reports and reviews, newsletters and e-newsletters, etc;

    Requirements

    • A Bachelor’s degree in journalism, advertising, communications or related subject area.
    • Experience in relationship building with diverse stakeholder groups
    • Experience in supporting communications and/or media relations in agricultural/environmental research for development is an added advantage.
    • Ability to think strategically and to develop and execute a strategic communication planning
    • Ability to read, understand and assimilate complex technical information to produce clear, well-written summaries.
    • Ability to present and package scientific information into various formats to suit specialist and non-specialist audiences.
    • Basic knowledge of and skills in desktop publishing, HTML, photography and photo editing.
    • Demonstrated ability to work independently and well within teams.
    • Fluent English language skills, both written and spoken.
    • Excellent communication, organizational and documentation skills.

    Terms of Appointment

    This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Nairobi campus. 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 at job level 3A and open to Kenyan nationals only. ILRI offers a competitive salary and benefits package which includes; pension, medical and other insurances for ILRI’s Nationally Recruited Staff.

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    ILRI - DAAD PhD Graduate fellowship: - Designing integrated strategies for the control of Taenia solium infections in Uganda using a theory of change approach

    Job description

    DAAD is a German Academic Exchange service which is a publicly funded, self-governing organization of the institutions of higher education in Germany. DAAD promotes international academic exchange as well as educational co-operation with developing countries through a variety of funding and scholarship programs.

    The Position

    Under the supervision of ILRI scientists, the PhD fellow will develop a theory of change framework with the long-term outcome of reducing the burden of neurocysticercosis in humans in Uganda. The PhD fellow will identify the major underlying assumptions leading to the outcome, synthesize current evidence supporting these assumptions and attempt to close information gaps using participatory tools. The fellow is expected to be based in Kenya with parts of the field work in Uganda

    ILRI Program: Animal and Human Health

    Main ILRI Project Title: Policy engagement to build awareness of opportunities in informal markets

    CGIAR Research Program (CRP) linkage: Agriculture for Nutrition and Health and Livestock

    Key Responsibilities

    • Develop and test a theory of change framework to reduce the burden of neurocysticercosis in humans in Uganda;
    • Develop and defend a PhD proposal;
    • Data collection, analysis and write-up (at least 2 first-authored peer-reviewed journal publications)

    Requirements

    • Degree in Animal Science, Veterinary Science, Animal Production systems or related fields
    • Ideally, degree in Agricultural Education and Extension
    • Working experience in independently organize and implement field work, especially with policy makers, field practitioners, farmers and hospital patients
    • Working experience in participatory epidemiology, questionnaire design and systematic literature reviews
    • Experience in survey data entry, validation, management and at least descriptive analysis
    • Independent user of GPS tools and MS Office
    • Previous exposure to R, STATA or SPSS
    • Experience in supervising field staff and administrative experience, e.g. budgeting and record keeping
    • Experience in writing up reports and briefs for a non-technical audience
    • In the possession of a driving license class BCE
    • An effective and energetic team player with the ability to work in a multidisciplinary and multi-cultural environment.
    • Ability to work independently, multi-task and meet tight deadlines.
    • The applicant must be a citizen of a country in sub-Saharan Africa.
    • The Master’s degree must have been completed less than six years ago at the time of application

    Duration of contract: The period for this project/fellowship will be 3 years, commencing September 2018

    Terms of appointment and stipend: ILRI will offer a competitive stipend to cover living expenses in the project location. The successful candidate will be supervised jointly by an ILRI scientist and the university/academic supervisor.

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    ILRI - DAAD PhD Graduate fellowship: Leveraging Digital Technology for Crowdsourcing and Dissemination of Information to Improve Market Linkages in Drylands of Kenya

    Job description

    The Position

    The position will involve investigating the potential and pathway of the dryland information system the project is committed to developing, in bridging the existing information gap of individuals, market actors and policy makers in northern Kenya

    • Analyze the adoption of information by users, understand the drivers of demand, the use of the information and the behavioral/production changes that result.
    • Studying the incentives for getting high quality data, optimal price and dissemination strategies that are sustainable and provide leads for commercialization and scaling.
    • Study the impact of the developed information system on the market structure, conduct and performance as well as the constraints and opportunities that such a dryland information system pose to the value chain and its various actors.

    ILRI Program: Sustainable Livestock Systems

    Main ILRI Project Title: Index Based Livestock Insurance

    Graduate fellows project title: Leveraging Digital Technology for Crowdsourcing and Dissemination of Information to Improve Market Linkages in Drylands of Kenya

    CGIAR Research Program (CRP) linkage: Livestock

    Key Responsibilities

    • Analyze the status of information systems used by market actors to make production and marketing decisions
    • To test efficiency levels of different crowdsourcing protocols as used in dryland markets; which protocol provides the most accurate, timely and consistent dryland information?
    • Investigate the uptake of outputs generated from proposed information system--called KAZNET
    • Investigate the impact of KAZNET information disseminated on production and marketing behaviors selected market actors

    Requirements

    • Must have completed MSc in Agricultural Economics/Agribusiness Management or related program.
    • Experience in working in Northern Kenya or similar dryland zones
    • Experience in developing and implementation of digital solutions for information collection and dissemination, and crowdsourcing would be a plus.
    • Knowledge of past and current programs providing similar or complementing information to KAZNET would be of added value.
    • An effective and energetic team player with the ability to work in a multidisciplinary and multi-cultural environment.
    • Ability to work independently, multi-task and meet tight deadlines.
    • The applicant must be a citizen of a country in sub-Saharan Africa.
    • The Master’s degree must have been completed less than six years ago at the time of application

    Duration of contract: The period for this project/fellowship will be 3 years, commencing September 2018

    Terms of appointment and stipend: ILRI will offer a competitive stipend to cover living expenses in the project location. The successful candidate will be supervised jointly by an ILRI scientist and the university/academic supervisor.

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    Statistical Geneticist

    Job description

    Responsibilities

    • Contribute to the coordination of field data collection and feedback activities; working closely with both national and international research and development partners
    • Contribute to the assessment and testing of innovative approaches to livestock genetic improvement that can deliver substantial improvements to poor farmers in low-input environments and a developing country setting
    • Support genetic and genomic evaluation systems and development of genomic tools in collaboration with national and regional breeding programs
    • Contribute to the development of new research proposals and /building/reviewing of databases for ruminant and poultry livestock performance recording, monitoring and farmer feedback for use in developing countries
    • Develop tools and guidelines around topical issues affecting AnGR improvement, utilization and development in developing countries based on the data generated and the learnings from on-going projects
    • Publish research results in peer- reviewed journals, conference proceedings or other public media
    • Supervise MSc and PhD students from different countries on relevant topics
    • Support team members in training partners in statistical analyses as part of capacity strengthening of the national and regional breeding programs, especially in data analyses and genomic breeding value predictions
    • Coordinate and facilitate scientific exchanges with partners from both developed and developing countries to enhance practical skills in improved dairy cattle and enhanced utilization of other livestock species, especially sheep, goats and chickens under low input commercial settings
    • Contribute to the communication of related livestock genetics and breeding program work at ILRI work, e.g. through preparation of ILRI publications such as working papers, policy briefs, technical reports, journal publications, conference papers and presentations at relevant fora
    • Contribute to the running of workshops and meetings for specific projects (ILRI-UNE, SRUC, ADGG, ACGG AVCD)
    • Establish and maintain professional contacts, and interact with both national and international officials and experts, other researchers, international organizations, development partners, and stakeholders in area of livestock genetic improvement.
    • Contributing to the organization of conferences, seminars, and workshops organized or co-organized by the research team and program.
    • Participate in relevant institutional committees

    Requirements

    • 3 years post-doctoral experience Genetics and Genomics
    • Strong capabilities in quantitative analysis, with demonstrated experience in mixed model methodologies (especially experience with the use of ASREML), genomic selection and general application of molecular information (genomic tools) in practical animal breeding
    • Proficiency in at least one statistical package, such as SAS, R or GenStat and in livestock database design, management and use
    • Familiarity with approaches to achieve data integration, interoperability and visualization;
    • Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate research results in the form of reports or scientific publications
    • A good track record of scientific publications and resource mobilization
    • Demonstrated ability to work in team, network, prioritize, deliver under pressure and within set deadlines
    • Evidence of excellent written and spoken English
    • Experience in managing field and data analytics teams

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

    Position level: The position level is 4C.

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

    Benefits: ILRI offers a competitive 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.

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    Communications & Knowledge Management Specialist

    Job description

    Responsibilities

    • Establish effective systems and processes to support the program and scientists in promoting and contributing to the impact of the SLS program, ensuring consistency of messages and alignment to the program objectives.
    • Develop, implement and monitor the program communications strategy, including annual action plans targeting key audiences and outputs.
    • Manage the production of a stream of public materials generated by the research programs, including regular news and feature blog articles and more occasional research reports, policy briefs, brochures, science posters and multimedia products
    • Populate program-specific blog sites with content, engaging with the readers of these blogs and with responders to social media content generated by the programs
    • Help disseminate the programs’ messages and materials through ILRI’s publishing, knowledge sharing and social media channels as well as more widely as needed
    • Update SLS content on relevant pages of ILRI’s main website and other relevant web portals
    • Keep track of the online footprint and media mentions of SLS and the ILRI focal points serving the CGIAR research programs on climate change, livestock and policies, working to amplify these where appropriate
    • Develop program-related materials, such as summaries of research projects, updates of research progress, staff profiles, feature articles and success stories
    • Help the programs’ researchers/team leaders work with media e.g. organize journalist interviews and staff profiles, and disseminate key messages
    • Ensure that research publications and other outputs are deposited and indexed in ILRI’s repository and contribute information as needed for ILRI’s online calendar of events and contacts systems
    • Identify, track and report on a set of performance indicators for communications work in the research program
    • Contribute to the ILRI-wide communications and KM community of practice, participate in CKM learning, reviewing and planning activities and ensure that these activities follow ILRI standards and agreed channels

    Requirements

    • Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, advertising or related field.
    • Master’s degree communications or related field will be added advantage;
    • At least 5 years of progressively advanced experience in relevant communications work with focus on writing, editing, proofreading and design of materials for print and web;
    • Experience and expertise in: Graphic arts computer programs. Database management. Managing media relations. Publishing software.
    • Excellent technical/ scientific writing and editing skills.
    • Experience with international or development oriented organizations.
    • Expertise in using social media for high impact.
    • Outstanding written and excellent verbal, English;
    • Skilled in mainstream computer programs, especially Microsoft Office applications;
    • Sharp analytical, organizational and documentation skills;
    • Keen attention to detail;
    • Ability to work well both independently and within teams;
    • Flexible, willing to grow professionally, learn new skills;
    • Can meet tight deadlines without compromising quality.

    Terms of Appointment

    This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Nairobi campus. 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 at job level 2D and open to Kenyan nationals only. ILRI offers a competitive salary and benefits package which includes; pension, medical and other insurances for ILRI’s Nationally Recruited Staff.

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    ILRI - DAAD PhD Graduate fellowship: Climate Smart Interventions to improve fodder quality and quantity

    Job description

    The Position

    The potential candidate will carry out an agronomic experiment focusing on specific - sustainable and easy to achieve - interventions to improve fodder yields and fodder quality. The experiment will be linked and fully complementary to an existing animal feeding trial and evaluate additional options that aim at not only improving yields but also at reducing negative environmental consequences and the improvement of overall soil fertility.

    ILRI Program: Sustainable Livestock Systems

    Main ILRI Project Title: In situ assessment of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions from two livestock systems in East Africa – determining current status and quantifying mitigation options

    Graduate fellows project title: Climate Smart Interventions to improve fodder quality and quantity

    CGIAR Research Program (CRP) linkage: Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

    Key Responsibilities

    • Carrying out in-situ measurements of GHG emissions from five different forage trials and replicates on ILRI Nairobi farm. Measurements include GHG emissions, soil fertility, forage yields and forage quality.
    • Statistically analyze the results and publish these in peer-reviewed journals.
    • To contribute and synthesize the knowledge into follow-up experiments as well as to assist in transferring the gained knowledge into practice.

    Requirements

    • MSc in agronomy, agricultural sciences, environmental sciences or related disciplines
    • Experience with GHG emission measurement in the field is a must
    • Statistical skills such as experience with Microsoft Excel is expected, other knowledge in statistical software’s such as R or python is beneficial
    • Excellent English skills in oral and written form
    • An effective and energetic team player with the ability to work in a multidisciplinary and multi-cultural environment.
    • Ability to work independently, multi-task and meet tight deadlines.
    • The applicant must be a citizen of a country in sub-Saharan Africa.
    • The Master’s degree must have been completed less than six years ago at the time of application

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    ILRI - DAAD PhD Graduate fellowship: - Social networks, risk management and uptake of improved dairy technologies

    Job description

    The Position

    Much recent work on uptake of technologies in low and middle-income countries has tended to focus on farm level characteristics with little appreciation of how social capital influences technology uptake in small holder systems. Technological growth is often inhibited by risk aversion and productivity gains are often under realized. Collaborative ventures, through farmer social networks, have the potential to diffuse the risk associated with uptake of new technologies.

    Taking a network approach would provide more holistic understanding of risk management and technological uptake, than from a purely smallholder farm problem explored in the past.

    This PhD will extend understanding of technology adoption within LMICs by augmenting farm level economic analysis with social networks for a range of dairy farmers operating in Kenya and possibly extending to Malawi and Rwanda. This will be conducted through collection of primary data and application of novel analytical methods. In addition, attitudes to and experiences of risk management, as well as uptake of technologies and techniques will be explored in these data collection exercises.

    Network analysis and risk diffusion is a novel approach to understanding and, ultimately, increasing technology uptake for small holder farmers; and, as such, the funded student will help identify key network characteristics – degree, closeness and “betweenness” – that influence adoption.

    Matched funds for this proposal have already been secured from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) component would be put alongside to allow a fully funded PhD. SRUC funding is contingent on securing this matched funding.

    ILRI Program: Policy Institutions and Livelihoods

    Main ILRI Project Title: Kenya Crops & Dairy Market Systems Development (KCDMSD) – Dairy Value Chain

    Graduate fellows project title: - Social networks, risk management and uptake of improved dairy technologies

    CGIAR Research Program (CRP) linkage: Livestock

    Key Responsibilities

    • Develop detailed research proposal within the parameters outlined above
    • Conduct farm and community level research using quantitative and qualitative approaches to explore how social connectedness influences willingness to innovate
    • Analyse and interpret data
    • Write reports and journal articles
    • Interact with the wider project team

    Requirements

    • MSc in a relevant discipline
    • Understanding and experience of smallholder systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Ability to produce written work of high quality
    • Ability to work in multi-cultural/multi-disciplinary teams
    • Willingness to spend considerable periods in challenging rural locations for field work
    • Evidence of initiative and ability to work independently
    • An effective and energetic team player with the ability to work in a multidisciplinary and multi-cultural environment.
    • Ability to work independently, multi-task and meet tight deadlines.
    • The applicant must be a citizen of a country in sub-Saharan Africa.
    • The Master’s degree must have been completed less than six years ago at the time of application

    Location: - Kenya (and Rwanda/Malawi)

    Duration of contract: The period for this project/fellowship will be 3 years, commencing September 2018

    Terms of appointment and stipend: ILRI will offer a competitive stipend to cover living expenses in the project location. The successful candidate will be supervised jointly by an ILRI scientist and the university/academic supervisor.

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    ILRI Consultancy- Economic assessment of substandard and counterfeit veterinary products in Kenya (Re-advertisement)

    Job description

    Background

    Animal health delivery in Kenya is constrained by many factors including availability of professionals, poor infrastructure in some parts of the country and inappropriate policies for private sector growth. Availability of animal health products (drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics) forms an important part of the animal health delivery system. There have been reports of widespread use of counterfeit and substandard veterinary products in the country. In human medicine where there is more data, it is estimated that the volume of fake medicines is about 30% (Frederiksen –Hagen, 2014). The limited information indicate that the use of counterfeit and substandard products is more rampant in the arid and semi-arid parts of the country.

    It is therefore necessary to estimate the extent of this problem as part of the goal of improving the delivery of animal health services.

    Scope of work

    The Scope Of Work Includes

    The consultant will develop a framework for calculating the economic cost of the use of counterfeit and substandard veterinary medicines based on literature review of what has been done previously and stakeholder consultations. The framework should include methods of capturing the various cost of using substandard and counterfeit drugs and the assumptions made.

    Using the framework, the consultant will then estimate the economic cost of counterfeit and substandard veterinary products in Isiolo, Marsabit, Garissa and Kiambu counties where data on the prevalence of the use of counterfeit and substandard veterinary products and the volumes of the use of these products has been collected. Other sources of data will also be needed and where data are missing this will be identified.
    The consultant will then extrapolate these costs to a national estimate.

    • Final Products
    • A report of the analytical framework for calculating the economic cost of counterfeit and substandard veterinary products
    • A report of the economic cost of counterfeit and substandard veterinary products in Isiolo, Garissa, Marsabit and Kiambu counties
    • A report on the data gaps that could improve the calculation of the economic cost of counterfeit and substandard veterinary products.
    • A final technical report that includes the background, methodology, results and conclusions

    Consultancy Fee: daily rate

    Post location: Home based

    Duration: 60 days

    Expected places of travel: Isiolo, Marsabit, Garissa and Kiambu

    Essential Skills And Qualifications Required

    • A PhD in Agricultural or Development economics
    • Experience in carrying out a similar type of analysis
    • Knowledge of the Kenya animal health sector
    • Proven track record carrying out similar assignments
    • Demonstrable writing skills

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