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ILRI seeks to appoint two senior science leaders: Deputy Director General – Integrated Sciences Deputy Director General – Biosciences Working collaboratively to deliver on ILRI’s mission via the integration of the Biosciences and Integrated Sciences directorates, the DDGs will provide strategic scientific leadership, ensure institutional relevance and legitimacy, represent ILRI externally and articulate the role and impact of its research. These dynamic leaders in livestock research for development will bring scientific credibility and integrity as they contribute significantly to resource mobilisation, and manage change presented by renewed and high-level interest in agricultural development and a rapidly-changing livestock sector in developing countries. See advert on The Economist Full job particulars can be found at  www.renaudfoster.com . Please apply by  17 October 2014   directly to  Renaud Foster  at  tfoster@renaudfoster.com ...

Vacancy Number: ICT/CS/09/14 Department: Corporate Services Duration: 3 years’ Contract The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) seek to recruit an ICT Customer Services Technician. The position represents the primary customer interface for ICT services and technical support functions of the centre. The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring efficient use of ICT equipment, applications and resources as well as resolving incidents, problems and attending to requests that reach the ICT unit. The position will be based on the World Agroforestry Centre’s Nairobi campus. The holder will however be expected to provide assistance to the ILRI campus when required. ILRI works with partners worldwide to enhance the roles that livestock play in food security and poverty alleviation, principally in Africa and Asia. The outcomes of these research partnerships help people in developing countries keep their farm animals’ alive and pr...

Our Client is a small guest house currently recruiting a Front office Executive whose typical responsibilities and duties are likely to include:  Take care of the overall operations of the guest house during the absence of the Manager  Direct and coordinate the activities of all the Housekeeping personnel engaged in cleaning and maintaining the general outlook of the guest house premises  Inspect guest house rooms and premises regularly, ensure that furnishings, facilities and equipment are cleaned, repaired, maintained and replaced as necessary.  Maintain very high standard of cleanliness, maintenance and orderliness of all guest rooms, function rooms, public areas, the back of the guest house areas and their surroundings  Brief the housekeeping team on functions, VIP arrivals and other events requiring necessary additional or special preparation.  Control and see the adequacy of inventory of all the necessary Housekeeping material and supplies ...

The Position Reporting to Network Infrastructure Integration and Administration Manager, the job holder will be required to provide technical support to Network Infrastructure service outages and service requests in line with business needs through integration, configuration, administration and management of Network Infrastructure elements across the Bank’s Enterprise Network while ensuring high availability and a secure data network for delivery of business services. Key Responsibilities • Provision of timely and high quality and cost effective infrastructure • Maintenance of network up time and improvement of network management solutions • Improving network security to reduce threats of attacks • Researching on and deployment of modern technologies and their application of industry standards and best practices to network installations • Ensure that installations adhere to industry standards and best practices • Reduction of overall network infrastructure costs thro...

Post type: National staff Duty station : Lodongokwe (Samburu East sub-county) Type of contract: 12 months with possibility of extension Starting date:  15 th  October 2014 Work contest: Fondazione L’ Albero Della Vita  (FADV) is an international NGO with Headquarters in Milan – Italy. Since 2010 FADV works in Kenya in partnership with local authorities, development agencies and civil society organizations for the design and implementation of community based projects focusing on child protection in urban settings and increasing the resilience of pastoral communities against the risk of food insecurity in ASAL areas. The Project Manager is responsible for the startup, the technical and administrative management of a project implemented in Samburu East sub-county in collaboration with the county government and other public and private stakeholders. The project will aim to increase the capacity of pastoral communities to timely and efficiently manage the risk of...

The position is based in Nairobi with frequent visits to Somalia. Responsibilities: Assist in organizing of field assessments. Assist in finalizing and dispatch of concepts papers and proposals. Assist in compilation and dispatch of project reports. Attend coordination meetings as Somalia Support Secretariat, NGO consortium meetings and forums as requested. Develop /updated external communications materials including following of quarterly reports, annual reports, country profile and brochures. Develop project briefs and update project profiles. Qualifications/Experience: A degree social sciences, community development or development studies. At least 3 years’ experience in general program development and implementation preferably in INGO. Must have a strong data collection and collation skills. How to apply: Send the CV and application letter to hr@adrasom.org by 3rd October 2014 .

The Position Reporting to the Senior Manager, Banking Systems Operations, the role will ensure the system health and optimization of the core banking system infrastructure. Key Responsibilities Administer the T24 HP/UX Unix servers and the High availability clustering solution and ensure system availability within the required RTO (Recovery time Objective) and RPO ( Recovery Point Objective ) Installation, configuration and upgrading of T24 application environments as and when required. Perform T24 application tuning and performance monitoring Coordinate extraction of business/MIS reports and ensure distribution to relevant 3rd party systems such as Data warehouse in addition to availing the same to respective business units Administer the T24 data storage and clustering infrastructure and formulating disk space management policies T24 application tuning and performance monitoring. Upgrades, patch release implementation and software development into the production enviro...

BACKGROUND The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all. The Urban Legislation, Land and Governance Branch supports the development of adequate land management tools, urban legislation and urban governance models and institutions as a contribution to sustainable urban development. It provides policy and technical assistance, through operational projects, to national and sub-national governments, including local authorities, and other Habitat Agenda partners with respect to urban legislation, land and governance, including urban safety; The Land and GLTN Unit, located within the Urban Legislation, Land and Governance Branch of UN-Habitat has the mandate to develop, test and disseminate pro-poor and gender responsive approaches in regard to urban land, i...

ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND: Adeso is an expanding and vibrant African-based international development and humanitarian organization. We assist communities to help them realize their full potential, working alongside them to create facilitative environments in which they can thrive. Our belief that economic, social and environmental security is the bedrock of a healthy community drives the nature and intent of our programming. We work to prevent and overcome situations that adversely affect community well-being by reinvigorating the economy, developing skills for life and work, providing developmental assistance, and influencing policy. For the past 20 years we have strengthened rural livelihoods through environmental awareness, training, technology transfer and innovative humanitarian projects in pursuit of a peaceful, self-reliant, and greener future. Currently, Adeso implements programs in Somalia, Kenya and South Sudan. Adeso is an exciting and dynamic organization experiencing m...