Lead a multi-disciplinary team in feed and forage research in a growing global livestock-research-for-development organization
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is recruiting a Program Leader for its Feed & Forage Program – an expanding portfolio of research on feed and forage biosciences. The successful candidate will lead the establishment of a multidisciplinary program directed towards the genetic improvement of feed and forage species supporting livestock production.
ILRI works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, bringing high-quality science and capacity-building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development. ILRI works in Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and China.
This position, which can be based either in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia or Nairobi, Kenya, reports to ILRI’s Deputy Director General for Research and manages scientists, the Genebank manager, post-docs, and other support staff.
The successful candidate will be a dynamic and proven researcher with a passion for establishing and leading innovative work in feed and forage bioscience in the developing world. S/he will have a Ph.D. in plant molecular genetics or a related subject, with at least 10 years of post-doc experience in plant molecular biology, including forages molecular breeding. Other requirements include: experience in the management of a multi-disciplinary and multi-national team of researchers and development practitioners, as well as the associated human resource and financial management; a proven record in research design, quantitative and qualitative analytic methods, and peer-reviewed outputs; familiarity with aspects of livestock production and marketing, crop livestock systems, and rural market institutions and services in developing countries; and strong oral and written English language skills are required (proficiency in other languages is a plus).
All qualified applicants are invited to submit their CV and a cover letter to Lilian Buckx, Senior Associate, Kincannon & Reed Global Executive Search at lbuckx@KRsearch.net.
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) conducts research for development. Working with partners worldwide, ILRI uses livestock as potent instruments for transforming livelihoods and rural economies in developing countries. ILIRI’s research outputs help sustainably to increase supplies of milk, meat and eggs by and for the poor and malnourished. More specifically, ILRI works to develop technological options in animal health, feeding and breeding that improve the competitiveness of small and medium-sized livestock enterprises. ILRI works to enhance access by the poor to livestock markets and trade and to ensure the safety of animal-source foods. ILRI works to reduce the heavy tropical burden of livestock diseases, including animal pathogens that jump species and cause human illness and death. And in all these areas the organization works to increase efficiencies, reducing the environmental ‘hoofprint’ of the world’s smallholder livestock systems. (www.ilri.org)
ILRI is held directly accountable for getting its research into use and used at scale by those who need it most. Focusing on pro-poor, global and researchable issues in livestock development, ILRI aims to serve others as a reliable resource, a catalyst for change, an enabling partner.
ILRI is a not-for-profit institution. It has about 700 staff and an operating budget (2014) of around USD83 million. ILRI is a member of the CGIAR Consortium (www.cgiar.org), whose 10,000 scientists and support staff are working for a food-secure future. ILRI’s headquarters are in Nairobi, Kenya, and the institute has a principal campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as well as regional, country and project offices in East, West, and Southern Africa and South, Southeast, and East Asia.
