Project Assistant – ZooLinK suite of Projects

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The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Project Assistant to support research within the Zoonoses in Livestock in Kenya (ZooLink) Project. He/she will provide project management and coordination support across the ZooLink Project, including co-ordination of personnel, field research logistics, project partner co-ordination, donor interaction, research deliverables, contributions to budget management and other key outputs.  It is 100% funded by a bilateral grant.  ZooLinK is a standalone bilateral project in which ILRI has a major co-ordination role, and this post will be dedicated to delivering that responsibility on behalf of ILRI.

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 productive, increase and sustain their livestock and farm productivity, find profitable markets for their animal products, and reduce the risk of livestock-related diseases. www.ilri.org

A member of the CGIAR Consortium working for a food-secure future, ILRI has its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, a principal campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and offices in other countries in East, West and Southern Africa and in South, Southeast and East Asia. www.cgiar.org

Key Responsibilities

Program reporting and administrationParticipate in Project cycle planning, including defining time-lines and deliverable endpoints for all project work packages.Work with academics and students in the project to plan, organize and implement field data collection and laboratory activities.Co-ordinate project components with other members of the ZooLinK project team, on behalf of the PIs.Pro-actively work with all project team members to ensure work plans are documented and on track and to identify problems before they arise, ideally achieved through regular (every 2 weeks) meetings with each of the project teams to oversee ongoing activities and catalyze the solving of any issues.Implement and maintain project database systems for lab and field data collection.Manage existing online collaborative tools and contribute to the creation of new ones.Maintain a contacts database for all project staff, students and visiting academics.
Maintain the project ZooLinK Document repository.Write monthly summary reports for dissemination to all project members, summarising project progress and progress in meeting project targets.Operate in a split site duty station, being: the field laboratory in Busia, western Kenya and ILRI Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.Act as a liaison between the project and other aligned research activities in the institutes (both in Kenya and internationally) involved in the programme.Develop and maintain a Risk register, and assist the PIs in managing risks to the project’s timely delivery.

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