Job Opportunity: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

ILRI helps reduce poverty, hunger and environmental degradation by enhancing animal agriculture in developing countries, working in partnership with organizations in developing countries. ILRI’s headquarters is in Nairobi, Kenya, with a second principal campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. For more information on ILRI and details of the position, please visit the website on http://www.ilri.org/

ILRI is seeking to recruit a Head of Services to manage its Addis Ababa campus, which provides a hub for five broad programmes in ILRI as well as other programmes from 10 further international agricultural research institutes which are hosted within the campus.

The campus comprises offices, cafeteria, members’ club, hostels, conference facilities and the Head of Services also manages the transport, engineering, procurement, stores, liaison and travel, security services and staff medical clinic on an 86 acre site.

S/he will be responsible for the overall effectiveness and efficiency in provision of the services required by the ILRI Programmes and international institutions hosted on the campus in Addis Ababa. The total staff complement from ILRI staff and hosted institutions is about 300. This is a service platform for international agricultural research for development and is a growing operation with more partners expected to join in the coming years.

In addition, the incumbent plays a key role in public relations including liaising with the authorities, international organizations, donor organizations and other partners in Ethiopia.

S/he reports to the ILRI Director of Finance and Operations and works very closely with the Director General’s Representative for Ethiopia, Addis-based Theme Directors, Project Leaders and other research staff and works in coordination with counterparts at ILRI headquarters in Nairobi. S/he is expected to contribute to the improvements to the overall finance and administrative function at ILRI-wide level.

Anyone wishing to apply for this job should please read the job description and send the following to Hazel Douglas at our Search Consultants, Oxford HR:

* a curriculum vitae (of no more than 2-3 sides of A4)
* a covering letter (of no more than 2 sides of A4) explaining why you believe your skills and experience make you suitable for this position and specifically how you meet the person specification in the Job Description, plus details of your current salary package ( download from here http://www.oxfordhr.co.uk/index.php?pg=43&job=103 )
* a completed Oxford HR Registration Sheet (OxHR) giving contact and referee details, downloadable from the Oxford HR website

These documents should be saved in Word in the following format: First Name, Last Name, Document Name, and Date (mm yy) e.g. Hazel Douglas CV 0510; Hazel Douglas Cover Letter 0510; Hazel Douglas Reg 0510.

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