Capacity Development Officer.

Vacancy Number: CDO/PC/09/11

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Duration: 2-year term with possibility of renewal

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI): The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, bringing high-quality livestock science, communications and capacity building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development.

ILRI is one of 15 centres supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). ILRI has campuses in Kenya (headquarters) and Ethiopia, with other offices located in other regions of Africa (Mali, Mozambique, and Nigeria) as well as in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka), Southeast Asia (Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam) and East Asia (China).

ILRI seeks to recruit a dynamic and competent Capacity Development Officer. The person reports to the Head of Capacity Strengthening.

The overall purpose of the job is to coordinate Capacity Strengthening unit’s training/graduate fellowship activities, to participate in various CD activities with other ILRI themes, assistance in CaSt projects, assist in resource mobilization and assist with CaSt publications and outputs.

Responsibilities

Involvement in implementation of CGIAR’s Challenge research programs (CRPs) and incorporating capacity development as an important impact pathway.

This will include coordinating application, selection and contract development processes of various trainee categories coming to the CGIAR CRPs in accordance with ILRI’s capacity development strategy.

The Trainees include the following:

* Attachment Associates
* Student Associates
* Research Fellows
* Graduate Fellows (Individual Training)

Develop and manage group trainings for students and initiated by CaSt or other providers (ILRI/CRP Units and external).

The officer may also be called upon to develop or support external training components such as outreach, face to face trainings for CRP Clients/Partners.

Manage the graduate and undergraduate fellowship programs with ILRI and co-ordinate with HR, Finance and research Themes/Operating Projects accordingly.

This will entail coordinating the development and updating of the trainees’ databases, containing technical as well as administrative information and any required integration with ILRI Finance and Human Resources database systems.

Developing required status reports.

Work with ILRI’s Cast team in Addis Ababa as and when needed.

Perform other duties related to CaSt activities that may be assigned by the Capacity Strengthening Unit Manager.

Resource mobilization in consultation with the Head of Cast.

Requirements

* Minimum first degree;
* Master’s degree in Business Administration, agriculture or Education;
* Minimum 5 years of experience in Agriculture, life sciences, ecology or related fields;
* Networking skills and proven ability to work with a large number of partners/stakeholders;
* Good administrative, communication and public relation skills, basic IT skills and ability to learn, improvise and implement various capacity development programs.

Terms of appointment: This is Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at Nairobi headquarters and is on initial 2 year contract renewable subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding. Salary and benefits will be in line with those provided by ILRI.

Job level and salary: This position is job level 3A and starting salary is KES 149,833 per month. This is exclusive of other benefits provided within ILRI’s Nationally Recruited Staff Scheme.

Applicants should send a cover letter expressing their interest (detailed CV, names and contact details (Telephone, E-mail) of three professional referees to e-mail: recruit-ilri-Ken@cgiar.org by 12 October, 2011.

The position title and reference number “CAPACITY DEVELOPMENTOFFICER” CDO/PC/09/11 should be clearly indicated on the subject line of the email application.

We regret but only online applications will be considered and only short listed candidates will be contacted.

To find out more about ILRI, visit our website at www.ilri.org

ILRI is an equal opportunities employer.