Vacancy Announcements
Environmental Occupational Health & Safety Technician
Ref: EOHST/BecA Hub/09/2009
The Africa-based, globally networked International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) helps reduce poverty, hunger and environmental degradation by enhancing animal agriculture in developing countries.
ILRI positions its work at the dynamic interface of poverty alleviation and sustainable livestock livelihoods.
Our staff works in partnerships and alliances with hundreds of organisations in developed and developing countries, including some of the finest universities and research institutions in the world.
ILRI also hosts Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA), a new centre of excellence in modern plant, microbe and livestock research in Africa. It consists of a Hub, a complex of new laboratories, based on the ILRI campus in Nairobi, Kenya, as well as a network of regional laboratories and organizations throughout the region.
BecA facilitates, hosts and conducts crop, microbe and livestock research, translating new developments in science to address previously intractable problems constraining Africa’s development.
Capacity building pervades all of BecA’s activities as an overarching objective. BecA’s scope covers agriculture, food security, their intersections with human health and nutrition, and the sustainable use of Africa’s natural resources.
Further information is available at http://hub.africabiosciences.org/
Main duties will include:
Environmental Occupational Health & Safety Technician
Ref: EOHST/BecA Hub/09/2009
The Africa-based, globally networked International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) helps reduce poverty, hunger and environmental degradation by enhancing animal agriculture in developing countries.
ILRI positions its work at the dynamic interface of poverty alleviation and sustainable livestock livelihoods.
Our staff works in partnerships and alliances with hundreds of organisations in developed and developing countries, including some of the finest universities and research institutions in the world.
ILRI also hosts Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA), a new centre of excellence in modern plant, microbe and livestock research in Africa. It consists of a Hub, a complex of new laboratories, based on the ILRI campus in Nairobi, Kenya, as well as a network of regional laboratories and organizations throughout the region.
BecA facilitates, hosts and conducts crop, microbe and livestock research, translating new developments in science to address previously intractable problems constraining Africa’s development.
Capacity building pervades all of BecA’s activities as an overarching objective. BecA’s scope covers agriculture, food security, their intersections with human health and nutrition, and the sustainable use of Africa’s natural resources.
Further information is available at http://hub.africabiosciences.org/
Main duties will include:
- Co-ordinate and carry out sampling and testing of water and waste water for microbial and chemical analysis
- Carry out environmental hygiene tests
- Co-ordinate the following programs: First Aid, Fire Management, Pest control, Kitchen and Lab Hygiene Programme
- Co-ordinate the waste management plan, chemical and radiation hygiene plan for ILRI- Nairobi
- Coordinate the EOHS services provided by contractors to ensure the contracts are up to date, services are rendered as per the contract and process payment as per contract
- To organise and arrange for EOHS training for staff both internally and externally and attend training as required
- Organising for PPE making sure they are used accordingly
- Carry out fit testing for PPE for all staff
- Coordinate application of licenses/permits when they fall due thus Radiation, Environmental, waste Management etc
- Maintain trackers for Audit, Inspection and incident report
- Document control: maintain a database of all ILRI Research documents (SOP’s, protocols etc) and ensure when new documents are developed the database is updated, when a document is reviewed, the old document is retrieved from circulation and replaced with reviewed document
- Co-ordinate the accident and incident management program and maintain accident/incident programs
- Coordinate the safety representatives committee meeting ad ensure the reps are functioning in their various areas
- Maintain an traceable and auditable filling systems for EOHS department
- Take minutes during all EOHS committee meetings
- Assisting in any other issues that involve EOHS office
The successful candidates should have:
Education: BSc or Higher National Diploma in Environmental studies or Occupational Health & Safety
Experience: 2 years relevant experience
Training: First aid, Fire and Environment auditing and Health and Safety training
Skills:
Education: BSc or Higher National Diploma in Environmental studies or Occupational Health & Safety
Experience: 2 years relevant experience
Training: First aid, Fire and Environment auditing and Health and Safety training
Skills:
- Good verbal and written communication skills necessary.
- Attentive to detail and ability to modify protocols and develop new ones as appropriate
- Competence in molecular and/or cell biology methods.
- Competence in computer applications – especially use of databases, relevant internet resources and basic programming.
- Experience of at least 2 years working in a molecular biology environment
Salary and benefits will be in line with those provided within ILRI’s NRS scheme.
Applicants should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae and the names and contact details of three professional referees to the Human Resources Office, ILRI, e-mail: recruit-ilri @ cgiar.org by 23rd October 2009 .
The title and reference number of the position for which the application is made should be clearly marked on the envelope mailed, or on the fax or email application.
Only those candidates shortlisted will be contacted.
To find out more about ILRI, visit our Website at http://www.cgiar.org/ilri
ILRI is an equal opportunity employer
