International Livestock
Research Institute (ILRI)
Head, Communications and
Knowledge Management
Nairobi, Kenya
The International Livestock
Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Head, Communications and Knowledge
Management (CKM) to manage and lead ILRI’s communications and knowledge
management work to deliver on ILRI’s mission.
Activities are intended to
enhance ILRI’s effectiveness and outcomes through four main activities:
- Communicate
evidence for wider influence – by engaging with decision-makers and other
audiences;
- Translate
science-based practices into impact – by communicating research outputs
towards potential development outcomes;
- Link and
connect people and knowledge to enrich collaboration, within ILRI and
beyond, learning, interaction and exchange;
- Access,
organize and manage, document, publish, communicate and disseminate
research knowledge, information and data, products and outputs for wide
accessibility and use.
This is an important
institutional role leading diverse efforts to help achieve ILRI’s strategic
influencing, capacity development and science uptake objectives.
The CKM team works across
ILRI, contributing to institutional and project activities, spanning public
awareness, advocacy, publishing, knowledge sharing, engagement and
facilitation.
The team presently comprises
20 individuals based at ILRI campus in Addis Ababa and Nairobi, with associated
project communications specialists embedded into different research programs
and projects.
The ideal candidate should brings a wide expertise and ability to guide a multi-faceted team as well as depth in any of the substantive areas falling within the terms of reference.
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.
The ideal candidate should brings a wide expertise and ability to guide a multi-faceted team as well as depth in any of the substantive areas falling within the terms of reference.
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 15
CGIAR research centres 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.
Responsibilities
The head of ILRI Communications and Knowledge Management will work directly with ILRI’s teams covering
The head of ILRI Communications and Knowledge Management will work directly with ILRI’s teams covering
(1) Information, Publishing
and Curation;
(2) Knowledge, Engagement and
Collaboration; and
(3) Communications, Awareness
and Advocacy as well as working closely with other communications colleagues
within ILRI, CGIAR and our donors and partners; and with ILRI directors,
managers, scientists and other program staff and consultants.
Working closely with three
team leaders, this person will:
- Help raise the
level of ILRI and partner livestock-research-for-development information,
knowledge and communications.
- Work across a
range of mediums and topics to turn out compelling communications
materials that help translate ILRI’s research into real-world impacts.
- Skillfully
coordinate efforts to inform, educate and publicize ILRI’s work in
collaboration with scientists and communications colleagues across the
centre.
- Be an expert
in science or technical communications, with broad experience and
familiarity with emerging social media tools and trends.
- Be
exceptionally experienced in creating systems that enable every CKM
activity and product to add value to others.
- Take pleasure
in designing communications products for greatest and cost-efficient
impacts
- Demonstrate an
ability to frame complex research findings so that these are
understandable and useful to a wide range of audiences.
The ideal candidate will be:
- Someone who
enjoys reading research publications and engaging with scientists
- An astute
judge of what communications best suit what audiences and purposes
- Equal parts
communicator, knowledge manager and people manager
- Scrupulous
about maintaining high standards of accuracy
- Passionate
about finding fresh ways to communicate
- Inspired by
the ideas of others and an inspiring team member for others
- Someone who
thinks across multimedia platforms and experiments with new media
- Self-directed
and resourceful
Requirements
- Master’s
degree in a relevant subject area.
- At least 10
years’ experience in research or science communication,
information/knowledge management, public awareness or publishing, ideally
in an international development context.
- Experienced
manager with strong skills in budgeting and financial management, engaging
with communications ‘clients’ and partners, and delivering products and
services in busy and time-pressed environments.
- Demonstrated
experience in the development and implementation of communications and
knowledge management strategies.
- Experience in
leading communications and knowledge management initiatives at an
organisational level and engaging with multidisciplinary teams across
diverse locations and in a multicultural environment.
Post location: The position is based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Position level: The position level is 5B.
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.
How to apply: Applicants should send a cover letter and CV expressing 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 before 30 June 2017.
Position level: The position level is 5B.
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.
How to apply: Applicants should send a cover letter and CV expressing 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 before 30 June 2017.
The position title and
reference number IP/HCKM/05/2017 should be clearly marked on the subject line
of the cover letter.
Scientist - Greenhouse Gases
Emissions
Nairobi, Kenya
Full-time
The International Livestock
Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Scientist - Greenhouse Gases
Emissions to join the environmental research team in the Sustainable Livestock
Program.
This is in light of
increasing demands from the Livestock CRP and CCAFS to measure greenhouse gas
emissions from agriculture, predominantly but not exclusively smallholder
livestock systems.
The scientist will work at
the “Mazingira” Centre, ILRI’s state-of-the-art environmental research
laboratory, unique in Africa (https://mazingira.ilri.org).
ILRI works to improve food and nutritional security and reduce poverty in developing countries through research for efficient, safe and sustainable use of livestock.
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 15
CGIAR research centres 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.
Responsibilities
- Conduct
agronomic, livestock productivity and greenhouse gas (GHG) measurements
for different land use systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to allow the
quantification of system specific GHG fluxes and subsequently to develop
reliable mitigation options;
- Manage and
maintain laboratory and field facilities, specifically automatic soil GHG
chambers, laser absorption spectrometers included in various setups (i.e.
animal respiration chambers, eddy covariance etc.) to quantify GHG
emissions from ruminants, soil, vegetation, manure and whole ecosystems;
- Training and
supervision of staff;
- Quality
control and quality assurance of the collected data;
- Conduct
laboratory scale, mesocosm parameterisation experiments to allow direct
comparison of GHG emission potentials from manures and soils for different
environmental conditions;
- Write
scientific papers and prepare conference/workshop presentations describing
results and their implications for productivity, GHG and nutrient
management; and contribute to other communication products (research
briefs, policy briefs, stakeholder meetings etc.);
- Develop
innovative concepts and ideas for further research (including proposal
writing) to address environmental aspects of agricultural productions
systems that do not compromise food security.
Requirements
- PhD in
nutrient cycling in agroecosystems, agronomy, geo-ecology, environmental
sciences or related fields
- Considerable
practical knowledge of techniques and experience with equipment used in
the measurement of greenhouse gas emissions from terrestrial ecosystems,
experience with the eddy covariance technique is beneficial
- knowledge of
chemical analysis of environmental samples (soil and plant analysis) is an
asset
- Ability to
effectively manage, visualize and analyse (statistics) large datasets
using standard programming languages (i.e. R, python etc.)
Post location: The position is 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.
How to apply: Applicants should send a cover letter and CV expressing 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 before 30 June 2017.
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.
How to apply: Applicants should send a cover letter and CV expressing 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 before 30 June 2017.
We thank all applicants for their interest in working for ILRI. Due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted 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 websites at http://www.ilri.org
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ILRI is an equal opportunity employer.
