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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.
