The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is a globally networked research institute based in Africa. ILRI works to help reduce poverty, hunger and environmental degradation by enhancing animal agriculture in developing countries.
ILRI’s headquarters are in Nairobi, Kenya, with a principal campus in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Our staff are also based in partner institutions in other parts of Africa and in Asia and Latin America.
ILRI is seeking to recruit a Cleaner/Messenger for the Central Core unit of the Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa (BecA) Hub.
Specific responsibilities include:

• Cleaning of laboratories
• Dusting of benches, windows, shelves and equipment
• Waste management from the laboratories
• Messenger duties
• Assist central core technical staff as and when need arises

Qualification, Skills and Experience:

• Secondary school education
• Computer literate
• Experience in working in a lab set-up

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 subject to six months probation period, satisfactory performance and availability of funding. Salary and benefits will be in line with those provided within ILRI’s NRS scheme.
Applicants should send a cover letter expressing their interest (please quote current and expected remuneration), CV, names and contact details (Telephone, E-mail) of three referees to e-mail: by Monday, 14th June 2010.
The position title and reference number “CLEANER/MESSENGER-CM/BecA/06/10” should be clearly indicated on the subject line of the email application. Due to the high volume of applications that we receive, we regret but only online applications will be considered and 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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