ICIPE Temporary Grants Officer Jobs in Kenya
ICIPE Temporary Grants Officer Jobs in Kenya
icipe is a pan-African and non-profit Centre of Excellence for research and development and capacity building in insect science and its applications. Its mission is to help alleviate poverty, ensure food and nutritional security and improve the overall health status of peoples of the tropics by developing and extending management tools and strategies for harmful and useful arthropods, while preserving the natural resource base through research and capacity building.
Since its establishment in 1970, icipe has become a significant contributor to science and innovation required to meet the health and food security challenges of sub-Saharan Africa. The Centre has achieved this status by developing alternative and environmentally friendly pest and vector management technologies and products that are effective, selective, non-polluting, non-resistance inducing, and are affordable to resource-limited rural and urban communities.
icipe is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya with offices in Ethiopia and Uganda, a major station on the shores of Lake Victoria, and several other field stations in Kenya. Employing close to 500 international and national staff, icipe also has approximately 150 graduate students who contribute to its research portfolio annually. The Centre currently has operations in more than 40 African countries, and thriving partnerships with universities and research organizations across the world. (www.icipe.org)
icipe seeks to recruit a Temporary Business Support Officer I (Grants) for its Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (RSIF). The position is tenable in Nairobi at the icipe Duduville campus. This is a nationally recruited position. A competitive compensation package will be offered to the right candidate. Only
shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Overall purpose of the job
The Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (RSIF) is the flagship program of the African Government led Partnership for Skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET). It aims to address the human resource gap in the fields of applied sciences, engineering, and technology (ASET) by training high quality PhD and post-doctoral scholars and building research and innovation capacities in those fields in
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
The program is designed in three complementary windows, which provide scholarships for PhD training with parallel support to African Host Universities to enable them deliver high quality PhD graduates (Window 1) and competitive grants for research (Window 2) and innovation (Window 3). To date, RSIF has awarded 27 research and innovation grants to nine (9) selected African Host Universities located in six sub-Saharan Africa countries.
Currently, the following key activities are being implemented under Window 2 and 3 of the program:
The contracting of approved 13 grants under the 2nd Call for Research and Innovation grants,
Award notification and contracting of seven (7) RSIF/MozSkills grants,
Implementation of key activities in the
grantee technical capacity building
action plan
Publishing of various Calls for Proposals (JIRA and 2nd Call for RSIF/MozSkills). To effectively support the implementation of these activities, the RCU hereby is seeking for a temporary staff for a period of six months period from April 2022, renewable subject to funds
availability and needs.
Specific Duties
The position holder will have the responsibility of ensuring effective, transparent, outcome-oriented grants award process, grantee reporting and overall follow up of actions to ensure quality implementation of RSIF grant awardees. Specific tasks to be implemented include:
▪ Work closely with the Research and Innovations Grants officer to support the award and contracting of proposals selected under the Mozambique grant Call for Proposals and other Research and Innovation Grants Call for Proposals that will be published during the period such as JIRA and 2nd Round MozSkills Grants)
▪ Support the implementation of the grantee technical capacity building action plan including the preparation and implementation of;
Institutional Innovation Capacity Building Program Grants (ICBP) Grants technical workshop
University-Industry engagement meeting on the side-lines of the RSIF Conference
Organize quarterly review meetings, webinars, grants management training and other capacity building activities targeting grantees
Participate in grantee monitoring visits with other team members (finance and M&E)
▪ Review narrative technical reports from partners, analyse key issues from the reports and providing feedback loop to inform program implementation.
▪ Work closely with the communications team to support dissemination of relevant materials to
showcase progress and impact of the research and innovation projects.
▪ Participate in relevant meetings with grantees and the RSIF team.
▪ Perform any other tasks as assigned by the BA Program Manager or RSIF Manager.
Requirements/Qualifications
▪ Bachelor’s degree in Project management, Business Administration, Agriculture, or related
field
▪ At least 1 year’s working experience in coordination, project management or grant
management in a donor funding environment.
Experience handling research and innovation
programs will be an added advantage.
▪ High proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
▪ Strong writing and communication skills.
Core Competencies
▪ Excellent attention to detail.
▪ Ability to handle multiple tasks and tight deadlines.
▪ Demonstrated ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; ICIPE Temporary Grants Officer Jobs in Kenya
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