International Livestock Research Institute
(ILRI)
Research Assistant - Animal
Nutrition
(Re-Advertised)
Nairobi, Kenya
The International Livestock Research
Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a research assistant to run animal trials on
feed interventions, animal productivity and greenhouse gas emissions from
livestock systems.
Co-hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia, it has
regional or country offices and projects in East, South and Southeast Asia as
well as Central, East, Southern and West Africa.
Responsibilities
The candidate will contribute to ongoing research projects which focus on identifying the conditions that enable and constrain East African dairy producers in adopting climate smart agriculture practices.
Responsibilities
The candidate will contribute to ongoing research projects which focus on identifying the conditions that enable and constrain East African dairy producers in adopting climate smart agriculture practices.
The research team aims to develop specific
baseline estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from livestock and
livestock related products such as manure, identify effects of livestock
systems on water quality and water quantity and identify potential mitigation
practices that also improve dairy/beef production in smallholder systems.
The candidate is expected to work within an
international dynamic team in ILRI’s Mazingira Centre (mazingira.ilri.org).
The position entails a significant
component of hands-on work including handling of and sampling from large
and small ruminants
The candidate will contribute to this by
undertaking the following activities:
·
Planning,
participation and oversight of ruminant research trials
·
To
coordinate and assist in day to day running and maintenance of animal
facilities
·
To
collect biological samples (eg. faeces, urine, and rumen liquor), carry out
greenhouse gas flux measurements from ruminants in experimental trials, under
the guidance of senior project staff
·
To
assist with data entry and processing (data organization, calculation of
greenhouse gas fluxes from animal respiration chambers)
·
To
maintain relationships with different stakeholders including farmers and farmer
groups, suppliers and ILRI ancillary staff, in order to facilitate the
efficient prosecution of research trials
·
Assisting
Higher Degree (Research) students
·
Other
such duties as deemed consistent with the position by supervisor
Requirements
The ideal candidate should have:
The ideal candidate should have:
·
A
diploma in agriculture related science from a recognized institution with a
minimum of 3 years’ experience working in a research/teaching facility or a
commercial farm. A BSc degree in agriculture will be an added advantage
·
Demonstrated
understanding of ruminant nutrition
·
Demonstrated
experience and ability in animal handling and carry out basic farm routine
operations
·
Demonstrated
ability to work constructively and collegially with technical and scientific
staff and students with minimal supervision
·
Good
skills in written and spoken English
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 1-year contract,
renewable subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding.
Job Level: This position is job level 2B, and ILRI offers a competitive salary and benefits package which includes; pension, medical and other insurances for ILRI’s Nationally Recruited Staff.
How to apply:
Job Level: This position is job level 2B, and ILRI offers a competitive salary and benefits package which includes; pension, medical and other insurances for ILRI’s Nationally Recruited Staff.
How to apply:
Applicants should send a cover letter and
CV expressing their interest in the position, that specifically address the
selection criteria and the names and addresses (including telephone and email)
of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional
qualifications and work experience to the Director, People and Organizational
Development by CLICKING HERE before
19th October, 2017.
The position title and reference number
REF: RA/SLS/10/2017 should be clearly marked on the subject line of the cover
letter.
ILRI
Consultancy:Restructuring of the Kenya Livestock
Marketing Council (Re-advertisement)
Nairobi,
Kenya
The
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a consultant
/ team of consultants to spearhead a restructuring of the Kenya Livestock
Marketing Council (KLMC).
This
will include a review of the registration of KLMC, to check whether it is a) in
line with their mandate and b) promotes uptake of opportunities available in
the livestock sector.
The
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to improve food and
nutritional security and reduce poverty in developing countries through
research for efficient, safe and sustainable use of livestock.
It
is the only one of the 15 CGIAR research centers dedicated entirely to animal
agriculture research for the developing world.
Co-hosted
by Kenya and Ethiopia, it has regional or country offices and projects in East,
South and Southeast Asia as well as Central, East, Southern and West
Africa.
The
Assignment:
General background: Kenya Livestock Marketing Council (KLMC) was formed in 2000 by pastoralist groups / communities, with support from civil society organizations (Oxfam, Acton Aid among others) and a World Bank supported Arid Lands Resource Management Project (ALRMP) under the Office of the President at that time.
General background: Kenya Livestock Marketing Council (KLMC) was formed in 2000 by pastoralist groups / communities, with support from civil society organizations (Oxfam, Acton Aid among others) and a World Bank supported Arid Lands Resource Management Project (ALRMP) under the Office of the President at that time.
The
organisation was established as a private sector, non-profit making services
organization. It is registered with the registrar of companies with no share
capital.
The
organization was formed to respond to livestock marketing challenges and
promote livestock marketing and production in pastoral and agro-pastoral
regions. It operates in fourteen (14) pastoral and agro-pastoral counties
with branches in all the fourteen counties.
The
County Livestock Marketing Council (CLMC) is the branch at the County level,
and is managed by County officials elected by the members.
Two
County officials are elected to form the national delegate which elects the
board to provide direction and leadership to the secretariat.
The major goals of KLMC are to promote livestock marketing, to improve pastoralists’ livelihood and to reduce their vulnerability to the vagaries of weather and man-made disasters such as conflicts.
The major goals of KLMC are to promote livestock marketing, to improve pastoralists’ livelihood and to reduce their vulnerability to the vagaries of weather and man-made disasters such as conflicts.
KLMC
believes that nomadic Pastoralism is a viable economic activity that can be
harnessed to promote economic growth and development in arid and semi-arid
regions of Kenya.
KLMC
also recognizes that the fundamental challenge facing the pastoralists is their
inability to access better markets for their livestock and livestock
products.
To
achieve this noble goal, KLMC is working on five objectives:
·
To improve the livelihood of KLMC
members through strengthened markets and financial access for producers and
traders
·
To generate reliable evidence to lobby
and advocate county and national governments, and policy makers for information
of favourable livestock policies
·
To design and implement more
innovative projects and programs for the pastoralists
·
To effectively improve KLMC’s
organizational structure, governance and leadership capability
·
To design and implement a financially
sustainable KLMC business model/revenue streams
Objectives
of the assignment
·
To provide an organogram, clear
guidance and a clear road map on restructuring of KLMC, including the review of
the registration of KLMC to check whether it is in line with their mandate and
promotes uptake of opportunities available in livestock sector.
·
To consult with other
stakeholders/actors in the livestock sector and propose the best fit for the
roles, responsibilities and mandate of KLMC and its branches (CLMC, LMA),
vis-à-vis its sustainability.
·
Review and recommend a mechanism that
ensures sustainable funding and possible sources that ensures sustainability of
KLMC and its branches.
·
To propose an operational environment
with KLMC that is required for effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of
the agreed upon roles and responsibilities.
Scope
of Work
ILRI, through the USAID-funded Accelerated Value Chain Development (AVCD) project has been working with KLMC for the past 24 months.
ILRI, through the USAID-funded Accelerated Value Chain Development (AVCD) project has been working with KLMC for the past 24 months.
ILRI
proposes to undertake an assessment of the governance and management structures
of KLMC to improve its ability to deliver on its key mandate and objectives.
KLMC has been supported by different partners for the last fifteen years to implement its mandate in fourteen arid land Counties.
KLMC has been supported by different partners for the last fifteen years to implement its mandate in fourteen arid land Counties.
Resources
to implement its strategies have never been adequate, thereby affecting
delivery of services to its members.
The
members who are registered at county branches expect direct benefits from the
organization, making it difficult to fundraise through membership support and
recruitment.
KLMC
works to promote livestock sector through delivery of public goods such as
policy, market organization and reducing challenges along the value
chain.
There
are several questions to address through this assessment.
·
What are the needed changes for KLMC
to be sustainable?
·
Is KLMC as currently constituted
efficient and effective? Are the vision, mission, and objectives of KLMC
attainable? If not, how can they be revised to be deliverable?
·
What is the most efficient, and cost
effective structure for KLMC to delivers its vision, mission and objectives.
·
What is the most sustainable funding
mechanism for KLMC?
Final
Products
Inception Report – The inception report will be a scoping exercise for the evaluation and will include the proposed methodologies, data collection and reporting plans with draft data collection tools such as interview guides, the allocation of roles and responsibilities by/within the consultant/team of consultants, a timeframe with firm dates for deliverables, and the travel and logistical arrangements.
Inception Report – The inception report will be a scoping exercise for the evaluation and will include the proposed methodologies, data collection and reporting plans with draft data collection tools such as interview guides, the allocation of roles and responsibilities by/within the consultant/team of consultants, a timeframe with firm dates for deliverables, and the travel and logistical arrangements.
The
report will also include the proposed expert/s, and its/their competencies to
undertake the review.
Debriefings/feedback - to AVCD and KLMC management – The consultant will report its preliminary findings to AVCD Management and KLMC secretariat in a timely manner (3 weeks), and will adhere to the above-mentioned review process.
Debriefings/feedback - to AVCD and KLMC management – The consultant will report its preliminary findings to AVCD Management and KLMC secretariat in a timely manner (3 weeks), and will adhere to the above-mentioned review process.
The
team leader will present the full draft report to KLMC team within 5 days of
the debriefing meetings.
The
draft report, will include identifying key findings, conclusions,
recommendations and lessons for the current and future operation, and take in
consideration the outputs of the debriefing session.
Final report – The final report will contain a short executive summary (no more than 1,000 words) and a main body of the report (no more than 10,000 words) covering the background of the assessment, a description of the evaluation methods and limitations, findings, conclusions, lessons learned, clear recommendations. Recommendations should be specific and feasible.
Final report – The final report will contain a short executive summary (no more than 1,000 words) and a main body of the report (no more than 10,000 words) covering the background of the assessment, a description of the evaluation methods and limitations, findings, conclusions, lessons learned, clear recommendations. Recommendations should be specific and feasible.
The
report should also contain appropriate appendices, including a copy of the ToR,
cited resources or bibliography, a list of those interviewed and any other
relevant materials.
The
final evaluation report will be submitted one week after receipt of the
consolidated feedback from KLMC.
All products arising from this assessment will be owned by the KLMC.
All products arising from this assessment will be owned by the KLMC.
The
consultants will not be allowed, without prior authorization in writing, to
present any of the analytical results as his/her own work or to make use of the
assessment results for private publication purposes
Essential Skills and Qualifications will include:
This assignment calls for a multi-skilled team or firm, who should possess the following: -
Team Leader
Essential Skills and Qualifications will include:
This assignment calls for a multi-skilled team or firm, who should possess the following: -
Team Leader
·
Master’s Degree in economics,
agricultural economics, development studies and/or related disciplines as the
team leader
·
At least 10 years’ experience at high
level institutional management level
·
At least 10 years’ experience in
institutional development and strategic management
·
Proven track record carrying out
similar assignments/reviews and strategic planning processes)
·
Experience in pastoralist livestock
value chain development dynamics desirable
·
Demonstrable experience in pastoral
systems and their socio-economic dynamics desirable
Team
Member 1
·
Master’s Degree in Socio-economics,
Sociology and Commerce as a member of the team
·
Experience in Kenya pastoralists’ livestock
development and marketing dynamics
·
Demonstrable experience working in
Kenyan extensive livestock systems is essential
·
Proven track record carrying out
similar assignments/restructuring and strategic planning processes
Team
Member 2
·
Master’s Degree in strategic
management and/or business administration. A specialization in organization
development is highly desired
·
At least 7 years’ experience working
in business administration and/ or advising business ventures.
·
Experience in Kenyan extensive livestock
sector highly desirable
·
Proven track record of previous
similar assignments and strategic planning processes
Post
location: Nairobi
Expected places of travel: Half of the counties (7 out of 14) where KLMC has its presence
Consultancy Fee: Payment shall be made based on the agreed deliverables and timelines.
Duration: From approximately Oct 2017 - Dec 2017 with a maximum number of 60 working days (with 30 days in the field at the CLMC branches)
How to apply:
Expected places of travel: Half of the counties (7 out of 14) where KLMC has its presence
Consultancy Fee: Payment shall be made based on the agreed deliverables and timelines.
Duration: From approximately Oct 2017 - Dec 2017 with a maximum number of 60 working days (with 30 days in the field at the CLMC branches)
How to apply:
CLICK HERE to apply
online before 18 October 2017.
Applicants
should send a both a technical and financial proposal.
The
technical proposal maximum 5 pages explaining their understanding of the task,
qualifications and experience and how they intend to accomplish it.
CVs
should be attached as an annex to the proposal. Names and addresses (including
telephone and email) of three referees should also be provided.
The
financial proposal will contain a breakdown of fees and expected costs.
The
position title and reference number KLMC /SLS/10/2017 should be clearly marked
on the subject line of the online application.
Only selected candidates will be contacted.
ILRI does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing or training). ILRI also does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.
To find out more about ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org
To find out more about working at ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org/ilricrowd/
ILRI is an equal opportunity employer.
Only selected candidates will be contacted.
ILRI does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing or training). ILRI also does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.
To find out more about ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org
To find out more about working at ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org/ilricrowd/
ILRI is an equal opportunity employer.