Vacancy: People & Organizational Development Officer - Learning &
Performance
The International Livestock Research
Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a People & Organizational Development
Officer - Learning & Performance to strengthen the resourcing practices and
implementation of the performance management framework and system at ILRI as
well as contribute to ongoing institutional learning & organizational
development initiatives.
ILRI works with partners worldwide to enhance the roles that livestock play in
food security and poverty alleviation, principally in Africa and Asia.
The outcomes of these research
partnerships help people in developing countries keep their farm animals’ alive
and productive, increase and sustain their livestock and farm productivity,
find profitable markets for their animal products, and reduce the risk of livestock-related
diseases.
ILRI is a not-for-profit institution with a staff of about 700 and in 2015, an operating budget of about USD 83 million.
A member of the CGIAR Consortium
working for a food-secure future, ILRI has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya,
a principal campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and offices in other countries in
East, West and Southern Africa and in South, Southeast and East Asia.
Responsibilities
- Ensure effective implementation of the ILRI
performance management system through; facilitation and delivery of
training for new and existing staff as appropriate, contribute to
continuous improvement of the online system review and support managers in
ensuring development of quality Key Result Areas as well as and
facilitation of performance planning sessions as appropriate.
- Proactively coordinate meetings with
operational managers / heads of units/departments in order to effectively
diagnose key business challenges and support in the design of appropriate
interventions.
- Follow up with supervisors on probation
reviews and facilitate probation extension meetings with managers and
staff as appropriate.
- Contribute to the development of best practice
institutional resourcing standards and the development of recruitment/
skills and capacity of hiring managers and support recruitment of
International and nationally recruited staff across ILRI.
- Work closely with Directors, Program leaders,
Heads of unit/department in determining specific resourcing needs and
curating solutions/proposals/interventions in meeting these needs.
- Support implementation of various change
initiatives, institutionalization of ILRI values; organize staff
engagement action planning meetings and surveys as appropriate.
- Support operational managers in designing
structures for their departments and mapping business processes and HR
requirements.
- Coordinate exit interviews for staff leaving
the organization, analyse data and prepare appropriate reports and
recommendations.
- Support operational managers in competency
assessment activities within the Performance management cycle, work force
planning, including facilitation of training programs on behavioral
competency assessments as part of career development.
- Conduct talent reviews, audits and support the
identification of critical posts for succession planning using appropriate
tools.
- Coordinate induction programs for new staff
including, facilitating group induction sessions, designing and updating
induction materials/ manuals as appropriate, streamlining induction
processes, conducting induction evaluations and preparing reports as
appropriate.
- Analyze and discuss appropriate learning
interventions with staff based on the submitted Performance Development
Plans, including the delivery of training programs where necessary.
- Liaise with the procurement unit and negotiate
with external training providers to ensure cost effective program
delivery.
- Implement the eLearning platform including
coordinating monthly eLearning marketing and promotion activities to
increase usage and preparing usage reports as appropriate.
- Generate learning analytics and metrics,
benchmarking with relevant organizations and produce reports as
appropriate.
Requirements
- Holder of an Advanced Degree in Human
Resources, Organisational Development or Business management.
- At least 5 years’ experience in a busy HR unit
or Learning & Development unit with expertise in recruitment and
learning & development.
- Knowledge of adult training facilitation
techniques and methodology.
- Experience in preparing HR reports,
implementing multiple projects and using various organizational
development diagnostic tools is desired.
- Experience and ability to engage managers and
staff across all levels in an organization.
- Ability to work on own initiative, organize
own workload, set priorities and show flexibility in demanding situations.
- Commitment to high quality service, good
communication, presentation and networking skills.
- High attention to detail with the ability to
analyze critical information for reporting and designing systems.
- MS- Office Suite proficiency is required.
- Willingness to learn more, demonstrate respect
for confidentiality and align with ILRI’s mission, vision and aims.
Post location: The position is based in ILRI Nairobi, Kenya.
Terms of Appointment: This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Nairobi campus. It is open to Kenyan nationals only.
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 job level 3A, 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 3A, 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 explaining their interest in the position, what they can bring to the
job 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 tab
above before 1 February 2016.
The position title and reference
number REF: P&OD /01/2016 should be clearly marked on the subject line of
the cover letter.
We thank all applicants for their interest in working for ILRI.
We thank all applicants for their interest in working for ILRI.
Due to the volume of applications,
only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
To find out more about ILRI, visit our websites 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.
To find out more about ILRI, visit our websites 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.