Vacancy Number: GIS/SLF/12/11
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Duration: 2-year contract
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, Nigeria) as well as in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka), Southeast Asia (Laos, Thailand, Vietnam) and East Asia (China).
ILRI seeks to recruit a GIS Analyst to lead and document specific GIS analyses in the field of livestock, natural resource management, Climate change and others as part of the research project of the team.
Responsibilities
- Support research activities; planning of fieldwork, advice on analytical methods, literature searches and synthesis.
- Collect, document and maintain datasets and information
- Analyses datasets generated by various research activities
- Contributes to writing of journals articles and other publications]
- Contributes towards communicating research to different types of audience
- Contributes to organization of workshops, meeting and conferences
Requirements
- MSc. Or PhD in one of the following fields: Geography, Natural Resource Management; Agricultural Science, GIS, Remote Sensing or other relevant discipline;
- At least five years on GIS applications in research project;
- Knowledge of livestock systems, natural resource management and/or agricultural development problems in the tropics;
- Excellent skills in Geographical Information Systems (preferable Arc/Info and associated Software);
- Ability to develop databases and prepare requisite documentation;
- Strong analytical thinker with a problem-solving attitude;
- Ability to facilitate stakeholder workshops and training programs;
- Excellent communication skills, including excellence in oral and written English;
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, writing ability, organizational and administrative skills;
- Ability to work in diverse, multidisciplinary teams.
Terms of appointment: This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI's Nairobi campus, with travel to other countries where ILRI works and is open to Kenyan nationals only. The position is on a 2-year contract renewable subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding.
Applicants should send a cover letter and CV 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 to the Human Resources Director by registering at this link: http://www.myjobsinkenya.com/?s=view_recr_profile&i=100018 before 15 January 2012. Only applications that are received via this link will be considered and only short listed candidates will be contacted. The position title and reference number GIS/SLF/12/11 should be clearly marked on the subject line of the online application.
To find out more about ILRI, visit our websites at http://www.ilri.org.
To find out more about working at ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org/ilricrowd/
ILRI is an equal opportunity employer.
