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WorldVeg Vacancy: Crop Protection – Research Officer I (Closing date: 2 February 2021) Posted: 20 Jan 2021 05:07 AM PST The position: The World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg) seeks to hire Crop Protection – Research Officer I to assist in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) project activities in Ethiopia for developing and implementing pest and diseases management strategies for safer vegetable production. The position will be based at WorldVeg Ethiopia country office – Addis Ababa. General: Main Responsibilities: Assists in designing experiments and implementing
pest and disease management strategies as well as
good agricultural practices for safe vegetable
production; Minimum Requirements: Education: Experience: Skills: Duty Station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Position level: HG 13 Minimum Base salary: Terms of appointment: This is a National Staff (NS) position, initial appointment is for one year with the possibility of renewal, contingent upon individual performance and the availability of funding. WorldVeg offers a multicultural, collegial research environment with competitive salary and excellent benefits in line with ILRI salary applicable for its National Staff. WorldVeg is an international and equal opportunity organization and believes that diversity of its staff contributes to excellence. Applications: Applicants should provide a cover letter, a detailed curriculum vitae including names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees and a letter providing a point by point response to the essential and desirable person specifications. The position and reference number: CRP/03/21 should be clearly indicated in the subject line of the cover letter. All applications to be submitted online on our recruitment portal: http://ilri.simplicant.com/ on or before 2 February 2021. To find more about WorldVeg, visit our Website at http://worldveg.org More ILRI jobs  |
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ICRISAT Vacancy: Research Management Coordinator – Agronomist (Closing date: 5 February 2021) Posted: 25 Jan 2021 12:26 AM PST The position: The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) seeks to recruit Research Management Coordinator – Agronomist for its office based at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia at ILRI compound. General: The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is an International organization, one of the 15 CGIAR centres, which conducts agricultural research for rural development in drought-prone of Africa and Asia, headquartered in Patancheru (Hyderabad, Telangana, India) with several regional centers (Bamako (Mali), Nairobi (Kenya)) and country offices, including in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ICRISAT adopts integrated genetic and natural resources management as its overarching research strategy to improve productivity and enhance resilience of dryland systems. ICRISAT-Ethiopia works with national partners on availing technologies to dry land farmers and agro-pastoralists, enhancing technology utilization, linking farmers to markets, and strengthening the national capacity. ICRISAT and partners have been engaged in
developing farmer-centred, landscape and farming
system-oriented soil fertility management tools and
guidelines in Ethiopia and other SSA countries
intended to increase productivity, target management
options and reduces production costs of small scale
farmers. ICRISAT invites applications for the
position of a soil scientist, with extensive skills
in agronomy and modelling to support our
ICRISAT-Ethiopia programme. The position will be
based in Addis Ababa at ILRI compound, with frequent
travels to the respective regions and woredas. The
appointment starts with two years contract and
further employment is subject to performance. Key Responsibilities: Minimum Requirements: Skills: Desirable Criteria Duty Station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with frequent travels to the respective regions and woredas. Grade: HG 17 Monthly Base Salary: Birr 87,984 (Negotiable depending on salary history of the candidate) Terms of appointment: This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position, initial appointment is for two years with the possibility of renewal, contingent upon individual performance and the availability of funding. The ILRI/ICRISAT remuneration package for nationally recruited staff in Ethiopia includes very competitive salary and benefits such as life and medical insurance, offshore pension plan, etc. The ILRI campus is set in a secure, attractive campus with dining and sports facilities. Applications: Applicants should provide a cover letter and curriculum vitae; names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience to be included in the curriculum vitae. The position and reference number: RMCA/04/21 should be clearly indicated in the subject line of the cover letter. All applications to be submitted online on our recruitment portal: http://ilri.simplicant.com/ by clicking on the “Apply Now” tab above before 5 February 2021. To find more about ICRISAT, visit our Website at https://www.icrisat.org Suitably qualified women are particularly encouraged to apply. |
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- ILRI PhD Graduate Fellowship: Development of data management & analysis pipeline for integrated surveillance of endemic and emerging zoonoses in Kenya (Closing date: 15 February 2021)
- ILRI PhD Graduate Fellowship: Hazard assessment for food in East African Community (Closing date: 15 February 2021)
- ILRI PhD Graduate Fellowship: Supporting interventions to improve food safety in Ethiopia (Closing date: 15 February 2021)
- ILRI PhD Graduate Fellowship: Taenia solium control in smallholder pig value chains in East-Africa; An ex-ante impact assessment (Closing date: 15 February 2021)
- ILRI PhD Graduate Fellowship: Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Burkina Faso (Closing date: 15 February 2021)
- ILRI PhD Graduate Fellow: Quantifying the cost-effectiveness of Rabies control in Machakos County, Kenya (Closing date: 15 February 2021)
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Posted: 26 Jan 2021 08:16 AM PST The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a PhD student to undertake research on Development of data management & analysis pipeline for integrated surveillance of endemic and emerging zoonoses in Kenya. ILRI works to improve food and nutritional security and reduce poverty in developing countries through research for efficient, safe and sustainable use of livestock. It is the only one of 15 CGIAR research centers dedicated entirely to animal agriculture research for the developing world. Co-hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia, it has regional or country offices in East, South and Southern Asia as well as Central, East, Southern and West Africa. www.ilri.org The One Health Research, Education and Outreach Centre in Africa (OHRECA) at ILRI, seeks to improve the health of humans, animals and ecosystems through capacity development, strengthening of local, regional and global networks and provision of evidence-based policy advice on One Health in sub-Saharan Africa. The centre has four thematic areas: control of neglected tropical zoonotic diseases, emerging infectious diseases, food safety and informal markets, and prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance. About the position: Global awareness of zoonotic disease emergence and the risks these pose both to human health and our global economy has been growing steadily over the last two decades and has been thrown into sharp relief by the COVID-19 pandemic. The concept of ‘One Health’, by which collaborative structures are formed across the human, animal and ecosystem health sectors, has been widely adopted by the international community and is integral to the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA). Technical agencies of the United Nations, most notably the WHO and FAO together with the OIE (the ‘tripartite’) are working together to strengthen One Health working at the international level, such as through the Global Early Warning & Response System (GLEWS) and through support for the development of national networks. Kenya has been proactive in adopting the concepts of One Health, with the establishment in 2011 of one of the first dedicated national offices, the Zoonotic Disease Unit (ZDU). This unit, which sits between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture & Irrigation, was created with the mission to establish and maintain collaboration at the animal, human, ecosystem interface for the prevention and control of zoonotic diseases. In line with the GHSA, Kenya has undertaken a prioritisation exercise for zoonoses, has developed a national action plan (NAP) for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and a national strategy for elimination of dog-mediated human rabies. The ZDU provides epidemiological support and outbreak response for zoonotic diseases although surveillance of human and animal health are as yet, still the purview of the two separate ‘parent’ ministries of Health and Agriculture with no formal, inter-operable structure for sharing data on zoonotic diseases between ministries. Decentralisation through the formation of 47 semi-autonomous counties in 2013 added a further layer of complexity to matters of disease surveillance and streamlining data collection, analysis and feedback to partners is needed to improve the surveillance performance across the country. The Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (CEMA) at the University of Nairobi brings together a multidisciplinary consortium including epidemiologists, mathematical modellers, statisticians, clinicians and data scientists using data-driven approaches to control infectious diseases in humans and animals to protect and improve health in Kenya and the region. CEMA supports the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) in better predicting, detecting and responding to disease events. Project title: Development of data management & analysis pipeline for integrated surveillance of endemic and emerging zoonoses in Kenya. Key responsibilities: This graduate fellowship involves;
Required Qualifications:
Experience & Skills:
Personal Attributes:
Location: Nairobi, Kenya. Duration: 3 years. Terms of appointment and stipend: This is an appointment for 3 years. Start date will be agreed with the selected candidate, but ideally from April, 2021. Benefits: ILRI will offer a monthly stipend to cover living expenses in the project location, medical insurance, and cover research expenses. The successful applicant will be registered for their PhD at the University of Nairobi and will receive a scholarship to cover PhD tuition fee from Washington State University (WSU). The successful candidate will also receive mentorship from scientists and faculty at ILRI, WSU the University of Liverpool, the University of Edinburgh. How to apply: All applications MUST include the following (applications not containing these documents will not be considered):
Applications must be submitted through our recruitment portal http://ilri.simplicant.com/ on or before 15 February 2021. Due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. ILRI does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing or training). ILRI also does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts. To find out more about ILRI visit http://www.ilri.org  |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2021 08:10 AM PST The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a PhD student to undertake research on hazard assessment for food in East African Community countries. ILRI works to improve food and nutritional security and reduce poverty in developing countries through research for efficient, safe and sustainable use of livestock. It is the only one of 15 CGIAR research centers dedicated entirely to animal agriculture research for the developing world. Co-hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia, it has regional or country offices in East, South and Southern Asia as well as Central, East, Southern and West Africa. www.ilri.org The One Health Research, Education and Outreach Centre in Africa (OHRECA) at ILRI, seeks to improve the health of humans, animals and ecosystems through capacity development, strengthening of local, regional and global networks and provision of evidence-based policy advice on One Health in sub-Saharan Africa. The centre has four thematic areas: control of neglected tropical zoonotic diseases, emerging infectious diseases, food safety and informal markets, and prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance. About the position: Foodborne diseases have a health burden comparable to malaria, HIV-AIDs or tuberculosis. Around 98% of this burden falls on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The economic cost is over $100 billion USD a year. The riskiest foods from a health perspective are also the most nutritious: milk, eggs, fish, meat and fresh vegetables. These fresh foods are mostly sold through the informal sector comprising markets, small shops, street vendors and providers of ready to eat foods. Only recently is the health and economic burden of foodborne disease in LMICs starting to emerge. However, there is little empirical information on the hazards, risks and health burden attributable to food in most developing countries ILRI is engaged with East African Community (EAC) countries to investigate food safety and make recommendations for improvement. We have conducted a situational analysis of food safety in the EAC countries but this has focused on literature review, key informant interviews, policy review and stakeholder engagement. We plan to add a hazard survey. Project title: Hazard assessment for food in East African Community countries. Key responsibilities: This graduate fellowship involves;
Required Qualifications:
Experience & Skills:
Personal Attributes:
Location: Nairobi, Kenya – must be prepared to travel internationally Duration: 3 years. Terms of appointment and stipend: This is an appointment for 3 years. Start date will be agreed with the selected candidate, but ideally from April, 2021 Benefits: ILRI will offer a monthly stipend to cover living expenses in the project location, medical insurance, and cover research expenses and university fees. The successful applicant will be expected to register at a Kenyan university and will receive capacity development from ILRI and opportunities to attend conferences and overseas travel. How to apply: All applications MUST include the following (applications not containing these documents will not be considered):
Applications must be submitted through our recruitment portal http://ilri.simplicant.com/ on or before 15 February 2021. Due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. ILRI does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing or training). ILRI also does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts. To find out more about ILRI visit http://www.ilri.org  |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2021 07:55 AM PST The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a PhD student to undertake research on supporting interventions to improve food safety in Ethiopia. ILRI works to improve food and nutritional security and reduce poverty in developing countries through research for efficient, safe and sustainable use of livestock. It is the only one of 15 CGIAR research centers dedicated entirely to animal agriculture research for the developing world. Co-hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia, it has regional or country offices in East, South and Southern Asia as well as Central, East, Southern and West Africa. www.ilri.org The One Health Research, Education and Outreach Centre in Africa (OHRECA) at ILRI, seeks to improve the health of humans, animals and ecosystems through capacity development, strengthening of local, regional and global networks and provision of evidence-based policy advice on One Health in sub-Saharan Africa. The centre has four thematic areas: control of neglected tropical zoonotic diseases, emerging infectious diseases, food safety and informal markets, and prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance. About the position: Foodborne diseases have a health burden comparable to malaria, HIV-AIDs or tuberculosis. Around 98% of this burden falls on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The economic cost is over $100 billion USD a year. The riskiest foods from a health perspective are also the most nutritious: milk, eggs, fish, meat and fresh vegetables. These fresh foods are mostly sold through the informal sector comprising markets, small shops, street vendors and providers of ready to eat foods. Only recently is the health and economic burden of foodborne disease in LMICs starting to emerge. This evidence has stimulated a number of donors to invest in interventions to improve the safety of food in informal markets. Projects follow different approaches but often involve some are all of the following: introduction of new technologies; improvement of infrastructure; modernisation of retail; training of value chain actors; training of household food managers; improving legislation and regulation; greater enforcement of standards; provision of information to consumers; tackling specific hazards such as pork tapeworm. ILRI is leading a project in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso to investigate the potential for consumer-demand to improve food safety. This involves increasing consumer demand for and knowledge of safe food, enabling food vendors to respond to this demand, and ensuring public sector support. Project title: Supporting interventions to improve food safety in Ethiopia Key responsibilities: This graduate fellowship aims at answering the following questions;
Required Qualifications:
Experience & Skills:
Personal Attributes:
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Duration: 3 years. Terms of appointment and stipend: This is an appointment for 3 years. Start date will be agreed with the selected candidate, but ideally from April, 2021. Benefits: ILRI will offer a monthly stipend to cover living expenses in the project location, medical insurance, and cover research expenses and university fees. The successful applicant will be expected to register at an Ethiopian university. How to apply: All applications MUST include the following (applications not containing these documents will not be considered):
Applications must be submitted through our recruitment portal http://ilri.simplicant.com/ on or before 15 February 2021. Due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. ILRI does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing or training). ILRI also does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts. To find out more about ILRI visit http://www.ilri.org  |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2021 07:46 AM PST The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a PhD Graduate Fellow to undertake research on Taenia solium control in small holder pig value chains in East Africa; an ex-ante impact assessment. The fellowship is hosted under the One Health Research, Education and Outreach Center in Africa (OHRECA), Neglected Zoonoses theme, at ILRI. ILRI works to improve food and nutritional security and reduce poverty in developing countries through research for efficient, safe and sustainable use of livestock. It is the only one of 15 CGIAR research centers dedicated entirely to animal agriculture research for the developing world. Co-hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia, it has regional or country offices in East, South and Southern Asia as well as Central, East, Southern and West Africa. www.ilri.org OHRECA seeks to improve the health of humans, animals and ecosystems through capacity development, strengthening of local, regional and global networks and provision of evidence-based policy advice on One Health in sub-Saharan Africa. The center has four thematic areas: control of neglected tropical zoonotic diseases, emerging infectious diseases, food safety and informal markets, and prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance. About the position The zoonotic tapeworm Taenia solium, as the aetiological agent of neurocysticercosis, is the leading cause of acquired epilepsy in endemic counties and has been estimated to have the greatest global burden of any foodborne parasite. The parasite has been identified as a target for control in the ‘Roadmap for Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases’ and the World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution 66.12. We are ‘tool ready’ for successful control and the efficacy of a ‘One Health’ approach to control, combining interventions in the human and porcine hosts have been demonstrated through modelling approaches and within several large scale trials, including randomised control trials. Despite this success, we are still lacking robust evidence for the long-term effectiveness of interventions and to demonstrate that they are cost-effective, locally acceptable, sustainable and scalable. We also require a greater understanding of the wider societal implications of these control programs regarding the impact on other foodborne hazards & neglected tropical diseases (specifically Schistosomiasis and Soil Transmitted Helminths) and on the productivity, profitability & equity of the pig production enterprises. To date, models and intervention trials have demonstrated the need for targeting the parasite in the human and porcine host in order to achieve significant levels of control. Full engagement of pig farmers, including providing them with the responsibility and agency to deliver a safe and quality product to market, has not yet been considered in many T. solium interventions and without appropriate economic incentives farmers have demonstrated a lack of willingness to pay for the, highly effective, T. solium vaccine (TSOL18). Combining a T. solium specific intervention with a context-appropriate vaccination for production limiting disease was demonstrated to be cost-effective in Laos PDR and strengthening the meat inspection capacity to create a dis-incentive for farmers to present T. solium infected pigs to slaughter is hypothesised to have a positive benefit-cost ratio for farmers to take up a vaccine-oxfendazole intervention at their own cost. Uganda has one of the largest pig populations in East Africa. The North-east of the country appears to be a high-risk area for T. solium transmission and studies have demonstrated neurocysticercosis in people with epilepsy in this region. This project will model different intervention options to determine the economic impact from the perspective of a range of different stakeholders to inform control programmes going forward. Project Title: Taenia solium control in smallholder pig value chains in East-Africa; An ex-ante impact assessment Key responsibilities The key responsibilities for this PhD fellowship are:
Assess options for private public partnerships and multi-sectoral collaboration and cost sharing for NZD control, including stakeholder perceptions and acceptability. Required qualifications:
Personal attributes:
Other requirements:
Location: ILRI, Uganda OR Kenya (with extensive travel to Uganda) Duration: 3-4 years, full-time study Terms of appointment: This is appointment for 3-4 years, subject to satisfactory performance. Benefits: ILRI will offer a monthly stipend to cover living expenses in the project location, medical insurance, and cover research expenses and university fees. The successful applicant will be expected to register at the University of Liverpool. How to apply: All applications MUST include the following (applications not containing these documents will not be considered):
Applications must be submitted through our recruitment portal http://ilri.simplicant.com/ on or before 15 February 2021. Due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. ILRI does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing or training). ILRI also does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts. To find out more about ILRI visit http://www.ilri.org  |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2021 07:40 AM PST The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a PhD Graduate Fellow to undertake research on epidemiology of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Burkina Faso. The study will also assess local communities’ capacity to anticipate and respond to the diseases. S/he will work closely with the research team from One Health Research, Education and Outreach Center in Africa (OHRECA) at 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 OHRECA seeks to improve the health of humans, animals and ecosystems through capacity development, strengthening of local, regional and global networks and provision of evidence-based policy advice on One Health in sub-Saharan Africa. The center has four thematic areas: control of neglected tropical zoonotic diseases, emerging infectious diseases, food safety and informal markets, and prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance. About the position The overall objective of the PhD research is to study the epidemiology of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) and determine socio-cultural factors that influence individual’s exposure to emerging zoonotic pathogens in Burkina Faso. CCHF is one of the vector-borne infections whose geographical coverage is slowly expanding in the region due to climate change and variability. A number of outbreaks have been reported in humans in some of the countries in the region but there is limited knowledge on the extent of exposure in humans and animals, its risk factors and transmission patterns of the disease. This study will use One Health approaches to generate evidence that can be used to guide interventions including capacity building on preventative measures among the front-line staff. Key Responsibilities The PhD fellow to be recruited into the project will:
Requirements:
Location: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso with field travel. Duration: 3 years Terms of appointment and stipend: This is an appointment for 3 years. Start date will be agreed with the selected candidate, but ideally from April 2021. Benefits: ILRI will offer a monthly stipend to cover living expenses in the project location, medical insurance, and cover research expenses. The fellow will receive capacity development opportunities from ILRI. The successful applicant will be expected to register at recognized university. University fees will be paid by the project. How to apply: All applications MUST include the following (applications not containing these documents will not be considered):
Applications must be submitted through our recruitment portal http://ilri.simplicant.com/ on or before 15 February 2021. Due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. ILRI does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing or training). ILRI also does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts. To find out more about ILRI visit http://www.ilri.org  |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2021 07:32 AM PST The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a PhD Graduate Fellow to undertake research on quantifying the cost-effectiveness of Rabies control in Machakos County, Kenya. The fellowship is hosted under the One Health Research, Education and Outreach Center in Africa (OHRECA), Neglected Zoonoses theme, at ILRI. ILRI works to improve food and nutritional security and reduce poverty in developing countries through research for efficient, safe and sustainable use of livestock. It is the only one of 15 CGIAR research centers dedicated entirely to animal agriculture research for the developing world. Co-hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia, it has regional or country offices in East, South and Southern Asia as well as Central, East, Southern and West Africa. www.ilri.org OHRECA seeks to improve the health of humans, animals and ecosystems through capacity development, strengthening of local, regional and global networks and provision of evidence-based policy advice on One Health in sub-Saharan Africa. The center has four thematic areas: control of neglected tropical zoonotic diseases, emerging infectious diseases, food safety and informal markets, and prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance. About the position Rabies, a fatal viral zoonoses which is predominately transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected dog, has been recognised as a threat to human life since 2000BC. Whilst several high-income countries have eliminated canine rabies, the burden of disease in many low- and middle-income countries is still unacceptably high. The disease has suffered from neglect due to the association with marginalised communities, poor surveillance, lack of diagnostic capacity and a weak collaboration between veterinary and human health care services. Rabies has now been included within the WHO roadmap for control of neglected tropical diseases and there is substantial progress reported in several countries and strong international ‘buy-in’ for the elimination of dog-mediated rabies. International pressure to eliminate dog-mediated rabies as a public health problem by 2030 has been focussed by the commitment by the OIE/FAO/WHO tripartite and the Global Alliance for Rabies Control in the ‘Zero by 30’ global strategy [25]. In Kenya, rabies has been ranked as the third most important zoonoses in the country and this prioritisation is reflected in the Kenyan Strategic Plan for the Elimination of Human Rabies 2014-2030. In order to facilitate the success of this strategic plan, empirical data on the cost-effectiveness of control programmes in the Kenyan context is required to stimulate appropriate investment in ongoing control and surveillance. Understanding the acceptability of control strategies to the county and national governments and the community is also vital to overcoming hurdles to implementation. The BMZ funded OHRECA at ILRI, in partnership with the Machakos County Government, the Zoonotic Disease Unit and VSF-Germany are supporting ongoing vaccination campaigns in Machakos county in line with the national elimination strategy. Project Title: Quantifying the cost-effectiveness of Rabies control in Machakos County, Kenya Key responsibilities: The fellowship seeks to answer the following research questions:
Required qualifications:
Experience and skills:
Personal attributes:
Location: ILRI, Kenya (with frequent field travel to Machakos County) Terms of appointment: This is an appointment for 3-4 years, subject to satisfactory performance. Start date will be agreed with the selected candidate, but ideally from April, 2021. Benefits: ILRI will offer a monthly stipend to cover living expenses in the project location, medical insurance, and cover research expenses and university fees. The successful applicant will be expected to register at the University of Liverpool. How to apply: All applications MUST include the following (applications not containing these documents will not be considered):
Applications must be submitted through our recruitment portal http://ilri.simplicant.com/ on or before 15 February 2021. Due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. ILRI does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing or training). ILRI also does not concern itself with information on applicants’ bank accounts. To find out more about ILRI visit http://www.ilri.org.  |