Research Technician Job Kenya

Vacancy Number: RT/P&G/10/10
Department: Poverty & Gender
Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Duration: 2 years contract renewable

ILRI seeks to recruit a Research Technician specialized in monitoring and evaluation and impact assessment to work on a range of Research for Development (R4D) projects.

Key Responsibilities
* Under the supervision of the M&E scientist, design and implement monitoring and evaluation systems /protocols for major R4D projects, together with partners within and outside of ILRI.
* Organize, manage and train project teams to collect, clean, manage and analyze monitoring and evaluation data.
* Contribute to the analysis of baseline, M&E and impact assessment data in ILRI projects using qualitative and quantitative methods.
* Develop, test and implement participatory approaches for monitoring and evaluation at community, project and organizational level.
* Work with and strengthen the capacity of partners in research, development and extension organizations in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation, using both formal and experiential learning methods.
* Contribute to the development and use of livestock, poverty and gender indicators for evaluating the outcomes and impacts of livestock related interventions, technologies and policies.
* Manage and regularly update and maintain baseline and M&E databases
* Contribute to the production of publications including M&E reports, annual reports, policy briefs, journal papers and other scientific publications in collaboration with scientists and other Research staff in ILRI.

Requirements
* A Masters degree in the social sciences such as agriculture, economics, rural sociology, development studies, project management, or other relevant field
* Minimum 3 years experience working on monitoring and evaluation in a research or development organization
* Knowledge and experience with qualitative and quantitative monitoring and evaluation and impact assessment methods,
* Experience in data collection, management and analysis
* Strong communication and writing skills
* Ability to work in a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environment

Terms of appointment:
This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Nairobi campus and is open to Kenyan nationals only. The position is on a 2 year contract renewable, based on performance and availability of funds.

Job level and salary:
This position is job level 2D with a starting gross salary of KES is 140,000 per month. This is exclusive of other benefits provided within ILRI’s Nationally Recruited Staff Scheme.

Applications addressed to the Human Resources Director, a cover letter, curriculum vitae and the names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience should be emailed to: recruit-ilri-Ken@cgiar.org by 4 November 2010.

“RESEARCH TECHNICIAN RT/P&G/10/10” should be clearly indicated on the subject line of the email application. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

To find out more about ILRI, visit our website at www.ilri.org. ILRI is an equal opportunities employer

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