NGO Jobs in Kenya - ILRI

Legal Officer

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Legal Officer to provide legal guidance, expertise and support in a range of fields including contracts, organizational and corporate law, labour laws, IP law to deliver high quality, result-oriented and efficient legal support expertise to the 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 

Contracts management and research support

·         Maintain updated templates for ILRI CRAs, MoUs, and other agreement formats

·         Support the review and negotiation of contracts, and advise to ILRI’s research programs and other units on all research agreements, assessing legal implication, risks and ensuring compliance with ILRI Policies and practice

·         Maintain database of contracts and contract information (subsequently to be linked to OCS)

Legal and corporate compliance

Legal support

·         Maintain -databases (SharePoint) of key ILRI and Kapiti legal documents, assets, policies, procedures, legal disputes, lab notebooks and other institutional records (including hosting arrangements).

·         Assist in legal research and preparation of legal opinions.

·         Provide litigation and case support assistance to the IP & Legal Counsel.

·         Assist in the creation of institutional policies and procedure

ILRI hosting arrangements

·         Host country agreements and global offices

1.  Maintain e-databases (SharePoint) for all ILRI global offices, operating agreements

2.  Monitor and ensure timely and accurate updates and renewals of all host services agreements

·         Institutions hosted by ILRI

1.  Maintain e-databases (sharepoint) of ILRI hosted institution agreements

2.  Monitor and ensure timely and accurate updates and renewals of hosted institution agreements

IP management and compliance

·         Provide legal support for IP and legal compliance and management, in particular to ILRI programs, units and institutional compliance committees.

·         Assist in providing legal interpretation of CGIAR and ILRI IA Policies and national legislation, train and disseminate legal requirements to staff

·         Perform other tasks as may be assigned from time to time to assist the IP & Legal Unit achieve its mandate

Qualifications

·         A Bachelor’s degree in Law (LL. B) from a university recognized in Kenya. Candidates with relevant post-graduate or other qualifications in IP Law will have an added advantage

·         Post-graduate diploma in Legal studies from the Kenya School of law

·         An Advocate of the High Court of Kenya

·         Be of good standing and possess LSK practicing certificate

·         Have at least a minimum of two years post-admission experience in a busy law firm that handles commercial contracts and litigation

·         Demonstrate good grasp of relevant laws including but not limited to Laws governing International non-profit organizations; Kenya Law and the Constitution of Kenya 2010; IP Law and related International Laws and Treaties, Labour Laws and Corporate governance

Job Level

This position is job level 2D, ILRI offers a competitive salary and benefits package which includes; pension, medical and other insurances for ILRI’s Nationally Recruited Staff.

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

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. Click Here To Apply before 20 February, 2019. The position title and reference number REF: LO/02/2019 should be clearly marked on the subject line of the cover letter.

Project Manager

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Project Manager to be responsible for several projects at BecA-ILRI Hub.

ILRI manages the BecA-ILRI Hub, a shared research and biosciences platform. BecA-ILRI Hub is an initiative developed within the framework of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)/African Union African Biosciences Initiative. It consists of a Hub based on the ILRI campus in Nairobi, Kenya and a network of regional nodes and other affiliated laboratories and organizations throughout the region. The BecA-ILRI Hub is a modern, state of the art biosciences facility, a suite of shared platforms established for research, capacity building and research related services in support of African and international agricultural scientists.  

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

Proposal Development

·         Assist in project specific opportunity pipeline to ensure timely delivery, compliance and adherence to the Program Management Framework process

·         Align the project level strategy with the overall program strategy and highlight any variances to the Project Leader for realignment/adjustment

Project Planning

·         Lead, with the Project Leader, the development of the project workplan

·         Analyze the staffing needs for the project and participate in the workforce planning process

·         Contribute to the development of a procurement plan and closely monitor and manage the procurement activities for the project

·         Ensure project documentation and the different project activities are up to date and make the necessary update in case of variances/ changes

·         Liaise with the program manager to review and update the projects exit strategy/sustainability plan by providing project specific inputs

·         Liaise with the program manager in budgeting, assessing alignment and establishing timelines for the project work plans

·         Ensure the communication outputs align with the program communication strategy and project communication plan

Project Execution

·         Effectively manage the project budget, ensuring proper expenditure, booking and appropriate burn rate and/or highlighting any variances, and providing suggestions for resolution

·         Maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders and facilitate effective flow of information between all partners, team members and relevant stakeholders in project activities

·         Work closely with the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialists to ensure project level monitoring, data analysis and reporting to support effective project management

·         Coordinate the preparation of timely and quality reports to be submitted to ILRI, Partners, and Stakeholders

·         Lead the project management team and build their capacity on ILRI Program Management Framework to enhance their performance

·         Act as the focal point for Program Management Framework at a project level and be responsible for maintenance of the same

Project Closing

·         Responsible for the implementation of closure activities for the project including the disposal of physical assets, research materials and staff separation/ reassignment, archiving of documentation, impact assessment in line with the PMF process

·         Coordinate the preparation of timely and quality reports to be submitted to ILRI, Partners, and Stakeholders

Qualifications

·         Masters/ Advanced Degree in Business Administration, Program Management or related field

·         Program Management certification – desirable

·         At least 5 years’ project management experience

·         Experience in development and implementation of project management systems and tools

·         Experience in managing stakeholder relationships

·         Track record of showing initiative and driving decision making at project level

·         Technical reporting skills

·         Excellent people management skills in a multicultural setting

·         Problem solving skills

·         Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with interdisciplinary teams of scientists and partner organizations;

·         Ability to communicate with different stakeholders;

·         Strong English language skills, both written and spoken;

·         Willingness to travel frequently within Nairobi.

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 3B, 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, 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. Click Here To Apply  before 11 February, 2019. The position title and reference number REF: REF: PM/BecA/01/2019 should be clearly marked on the subject line of the cover letter.

Monitoring Evaluation & Learning Officer

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Officer for the Accelerated Value Chains Development program (AVCD) for Kenya.

The position will to support the four value chains in the implementation of the monitoring and evaluation activities of the whole program and each value chain component.

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

·         Assist the Program M&E specialist in tracking and monitoring the indicators as stipulated in the AMEP

·         Provide quality assurance all the data from the value chain components and update the M&E platform data base regularly

·         Update the FTFMS regularly within the timeline stipulated by the USAID

·         Collate all the value chain components’ GIS and ensure maximum accuracy by checking for errors and cleaning accordingly.

·         Manage and update the computerized M&E platform regularly

·         Participate in implementation of field work for annual surveys – including training of enumerators, development of tools, maintain quality assurance standards and checks.

·         Work with value chain component M&E specialist on data analysis in the value chains using qualitative and quantitative methods and produce summary tables for the reports to monitor progress of the value chains towards its research and development output and outcome targets.

·         Be the focal point for and support Livestock Value Chain MEL activities

·         Conduct the Livestock Value Chain annual surveys

·         Carry out routine monitoring of Livestock Value Chain Activities, as guided by the livestock value chain manager and in liaison with Field Coordinators

·         Compile the Livestock Value Chain reports as requested by the Livestock Value Chain manager.

·         Update the Livestock Value Chain database on a regular basis and ensure data quality.

·         Participate in USAID Data Quality Assurance (DQA) activities conducted by USAID from time to time

·         Train staff on USAID FtF indicators and coordinator regular tracking towards of achievements of set targets

Qualifications

·         Masters’ degree in any of the following fields: – Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Social sciences

·         Professional Training in Monitoring and Evaluation

·         Proficiency in the use of spreadsheet packages (Ms-excel), database management systems, Ms-Word, Ms-Power-Point, the internet, SPSS or STATA.

·         At least five (5) years relevant work experience

·         Strong analysis skills (qualitative and qualitative)

·         Good communication, presentation and report writing skills

·         Collaboration and team work

·         Strong and evident report writing and editing skills is a requirement for this position

·         Working knowledge of ODK and other electronic data capture programming is an added advantage

·         Previous experience and exposure to USAID data requirements is an added advantage

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

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. Click Here to Apply before 18 February 2019. The position title and reference number REF: REF: MELO/ 01/2019 should be clearly marked on the subject line of the cover letter.

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.

ILRI is an equal opportunity employer