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International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to enhance the roles
livestock play in pathways out of poverty in developing countries.
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Its
science is carried out by 15 research centres that are members of the CGIAR
Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations.
Electronics Engineering Supervisor
Ref: EES/ENG/05/13
The Position
Ref: EES/ENG/05/13
The Position
This
position exists to Plan, organize and co-ordinate in-house and outsourced
repairs and preventive maintenance (PM) of all electronics machines and equipment
in ILRI.
To
ensure efficient, safe and proper use of the electronics equipment for research
work to be conducted.
Key responsibilities
- Plan all the
activities of the Electronics Section including annual preventive
maintenance (PM) schedules.
- Co-ordinate all
repairs and implementation of the annual preventive maintenance (PM)
schedule on a daily basis to ensure efficiency is attained.
- Install and
commission new machines in the labs.
- Motivate the
electronics staff and offer leadership to the team.
- Control and
manage electronics sections budget; purchase of tools, safety gears and
training to ensure that the technicians are equipped for work.
- Supervise and
assess electronics contractual services provided by external service
providers.
- Advice management
on procurement of spare parts and new machines.
- Performance
management of sections staff
- Provide work
progress status to clients and departments helpdesk
- Assess staff
skills gaps and recommend them for training which is financed by
management.
- Train junior
staff and students on attachment.
Requirements:-
- BSc. Electrical
/ Electronic Engineering.
- 5 years’
experience with two years Hands on Experience in a busy research /
laboratory equipment maintenance related operation, plant, factory and /
or workshop.
- Ability to
supervise multiple and / or complex maintenance issues, projects,
performance management, people management, effective communication, change
management.
- Ability to work
under high pressure, meet deadlines, monitor and follow-up on pending matters
under minimum supervision;
- Ability to
communicate fluently in writing and verbally in English.
Terms
of Appointment
This
is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Nairobi
campus.
The
position is on a 2 year contract with the possibility of renewal, contingent
upon individual performance and continued funding.
Job level and salary
This
position is job Grade 2D with a starting gross salary of KES 132,917 per
month.
This
is exclusive of other benefits provided by ILRI.
The
position title and reference number REF: EES/ENG/05/13 should be clearly marked
on the cover letter.
Mechanical & Refrigeration Engineering Supervisor
Ref: MRES/ENG/05/13
The Position
Ref: MRES/ENG/05/13
The Position
This
position exists to Plan and supervise the mechanical and refrigeration in-house
and outsourced services in order to provide the institute with optimum service,
safely, on time and at a reasonable cost.
Key
responsibilities
- Ensuring proper
maintenance and repair of all mechanical, refrigeration, air conditioners,
and ventilation equipment in the institute.
- Conducting daily
inspection and maintaining records (on computer) of all mechanical
equipment as well as their maintenance and service manuals.
- Laying down and
implementing a planned preventive maintenance schedule for all mechanical
equipment, and ensuring that this schedule is adhered to within 80% of the
plan.
- Supervising job
progress and quality of work on all mechanical, refrigeration, air
conditioner and ventilation equipment in a timely and cost effective
manner.
- Requesting
materials and spares for mechanical equipment. Control of their
spares inventory in the engineering stores and ensuring that the right
quality spares are requested and received.
- Ensuring that
engineering operating standards and safety are maintained in the
mechanical and refrigeration workshop as well as the boiler and generator
house.
- Arranging duty
roster and following up standby engineers during holidays and weekends for
emergencies that may arise during this period. Making sure any issues
arising are passed to the relevant supervisors.
- Ensuring that
fire fighting equipment, lifting tackles, pressure and steam vessels are
fully serviced and inspected as per the statutory government inspection
requirements.
- Designing and
installation of in house mechanical, refrigeration, and ventilation
installation jobs. Compiling and forwarding to the contracts officer
capital projects terms of reference.
- Supervising,
monitoring and commissioning of new mechanical, refrigeration, air
conditioners and ventilation equipment being newly installed by external
contractors ensuring that the international laws and standards are
observed.
- Supervise
external service providers providing Mechanical services and carrying out
works within ILRI
- Performance
management of sections staff
- Provide work
progress status to clients and departments helpdesk
Requirements:-
- BSc. or HND in
Mechanical Engineering – Air-conditioning and Refrigeration option.
- Five years’
experience with two years Hands on Experience in a busy Mechanical and
Air-conditioning related operation, plant, factory and / or workshop.
- Ability to
supervise multiple and / or complex maintenance issues, projects,
performance management, people management, effective communication, change
management.
- Ability to work
under high pressure, meet deadlines, monitor and follow-up on pending
matters under minimum supervision;
- Ability to
communicate fluently in writing and verbally in English.
Terms
of Appointment
This
is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Nairobi
campus.
The
position is on a 2 year contract with the possibility of renewal, contingent
upon individual performance and continued funding.
Job
level and salary
This
position is job Grade 2D with a starting gross salary of KES 132,917 per
month.
This
is exclusive of other benefits provided by ILRI.
Location: The position will be
based at the ILRI, Nairobi.
The
position title and reference number REF: MRES/ENG/05/13 should be clearly
marked on the cover letter.
Payroll Accountant
Ref: PA/AC/05/13
The Position
This
position exists to assist with the administration of the payroll for IRS, NRS,
Students, and Casuals at ILRI.
Key
responsibilities
- Preparation of
payrolls for IRS, NRS, Students, Casuals;
- Management of overtime
system;
- Effecting
changes to payroll- on new employees, overtime, salary changes to basic
pay, education, security and housing allowances;
- Effecting
deductions from payroll – statutory deductions, car hire, telephone,
advances, bank loans, cooperative loans, insurances, pensions, medical
excesses, etc.
- Computing
terminal dues and pensions payable on separation;
- Pass provision
entries for home leave allowances, staff development fund, catastrophic
insurance, staff insurances and Severance pay;
- Preparation of
payment requests for payroll transactions. Preparation and input of salary
journal;
- Reconciliation
of payroll related control accounts. Overall month to month reconciliation
of payrolls;
- Monthly update
of the staff time on ilrinet and cost allocation system.
Requirements:-
- CPA K, with
undergraduate degree in an accounting field;
- Training in PAYE
administration;
- 3 years’
experience in finance with progressive experience in computerized payroll
administration and preparation ;
- Good knowledge
and understanding of local labour laws would be an added advantage;
- Ability to
multi-task in dealing with several different issues at a time;
- Ability to work
under high pressure, meet deadlines, monitor and follow-up on pending
matters under minimum supervision;
- Ability to
communicate fluently in writing and verbally in English.
Terms
of Appointment
This
is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Nairobi
campus.
The
position is on a 2 year contract with the possibility of renewal, contingent
upon individual performance and continued funding.
Job level and salary
This
position is job Grade 2C with a starting gross salary of KES 116,417 per
month.
This
is exclusive of other benefits provided by ILRI.
Location:
The
position will be based at the ILRI, Nairobi.
The
position title and reference number REF: PA/AC/05/13 should be clearly marked
on the cover letter.
Research Technician III - Junior Systems Administrator (Linux)
Ref: JSA/RMG/05/13
The Position
Ref: JSA/RMG/05/13
The Position
This
position exists to provide administration of the Linux systems installed at the
ILRI Kenya campus and oversight for Linux systems installed at other ILRI
locations.
The
person will also be expected to carry out some programming, scripting and web
site development to assist researchers in analysing their data.
The
majority of the work will be in support of the Bioscience groups at ILRI
Key
responsibilities
The
position is responsible for ensuring the smooth and effective operation of the
Linux servers; currently these consist of:
- A
high-performance computing (HPC) server with 64 processing cores, used to
store and analyse bioinformatics data;
- A
high-performance computing cluster with 12 compute nodes and 26 processing
cores, used to store and analyse socio-economic and spatial (including
imaging) data;
- 30+ terabytes of
clustered file storage (GlusterFS);
- A dozen or so
web servers, both physical and virtual (KVM);
Management
of user accounts, system security, software updates, and scientific
applications used on the servers;
Installation,
configuration, and administration of HPC network services such as SSH, Samba,
Apache, rsync, NFS, and database applications such as PostgreSQL and MySQL;
Carry
out scripting (shell, Perl, PHP, Python, R) to support researchers' data
analysis (including capacity strengthening);
Backup
and restore of research data and system configurations (HPC & other
Research Computing systems), and provide input into the Institute Business
Continuity plans;
Liaise
with ILRI ICT regarding data storage provision and systems;
Provide
support for the Linux workstations on the network, and the links from Windows
desktops to the Linux servers.
Requirements:-
- BA/BSc in
Computer Science or Computer Information Systems;
- A minimum of 3
years of experience in a software development or systems administration
environment;
- Up-to-date
certification in Linux Systems administration, proven experience in
programming and web-site development;
- Short-course
training in Bioinformatics packages, Cisco networking, Customer service an
advantage;
- Skills in Linux
installation, configuration and administration;
- An understanding
and working knowledge of advanced computer systems such as
high-performance clusters;
- A knowledge of
bioinformatics computational packages will be an advantage;
- Strong customer
service orientation with good communication and interpersonal skills that
establishes a good working relationship with customers, with the attitude
of wanting to assist people and pass-on knowledge and experience while
grasping difficulties perceived by users;
- Excellent
technical knowledge of computer applications and systems;
- Good logical
diagnostic skills and ability to exercise good judgement in the resolution
of problems;
- Ability to
multi-task in dealing with several different issues at a time;
- Ability to work
under high pressure, meet deadlines, monitor and follow-up on pending matters
under minimum supervision;
- Ability to
communicate fluently in writing and verbally in English.
Terms
of Appointment
This
is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Nairobi
campus.
The
position is on a 2 year contract with the possibility of renewal, contingent
upon individual performance and continued funding.
Job level and salary
This
position is job Grade 2C with a starting gross salary of KES 116,417 per
month.
This
is exclusive of other benefits provided by ILRI.
Location:
The position will be based at the ILRI, Nairobi.
How
to Apply
Applicants
should send a cover letter and CV combined as one document addressed to the
Human Resources Director, 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 by 17th May 2013.
Log
on to: http://www.myjobsinkenya.com/ilri_jobs.
The
position title and reference number REF: JSA/RMG/05/13 should be clearly marked
on the cover letter.
Only
online applications will be considered, and only short listed candidates will
be contacted.
