ILRI Careers in Ethiopia

ILRI Publishing Services Manager Careers in Ethiopia

The Position: The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Publishing Services Manager who will be a member of Communications and Knowledge Management team in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

General: The International Livestock Research Institute (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 centres dedicated entirely to animal agriculture research for the developing world. Co-hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia, it has regional or country offices and projects in East, South and Southeast Asia as well as Central, East, Southern and West Africa. www.ilri.org.

Job Purpose:

The purpose of the Publishing Services Manager position is to ensure that ILRI publishing processes and workflows are well-managed to produce publications and other outputs on time and to agreed standards.

Main Responsibilities:

Supervises and mentors assigned staff, providing regular performance feedback and support designed to facilitate professional development, learning, innovation and effective teamwork;

Engages with research programs to ensure ILRI’s editorial and publishing services are delivered to the highest standards, and tailors innovations in the editing field to enhance the quality of the products;

Working closely with ILRI editors, coordinates the production of ILRI publications (pipeline, workflows, distribution…), providing cost estimates and deadlines for ILRI scientists and support staff, and liaises with the curation team to ensure external publications are captured and archived on the institute’s repository;

Manages and maintains relations with external consultants and service providers (editors, designers, graphic artists, photographers, printers, translators and videographers), ensuring the timely delivery of high quality products on behalf

of ILRI and its programs;

Where required copy edits, edits and proofreads publications to agreed standards and guidelines;

In close collaboration with the ILRI senior communications officer, supports the unit and programs, where required, by producing written and other communications products for ILRI blogs on research products and events;

Identifies impact publication(s) from programs for inclusion in higher profile corporate opportunities (publications, events, etc.);

Contributes to the development of ILRI style guide and other standards and procedures which enhance the quality and efficiency of the work;

Manages and supervises resources assigned to the publishing and information services units in Addis Ababa, and oversees the activities of the Addis Ababa infocentre;

Contributes to ILRI’s communications and knowledge management team working on ‘knowledge, publishing and curation’, particularly coordinates publishing work with that of the curation team to ensure ILRI publications are effectively curated on ILRI and CGIAR platforms;

Contributes to the ILRI-wide communications and knowledge community of practice, sharing and communicating work updates and lessons, participate in CKM learning, reviewing and planning activities and ensure that these activities follow ILRI standards and agreed channels;

Any other duties as may be assigned.

Requirements

At least Bachelor degree, preferably a masters’ degree in a relevant field, for instance journalism, communications, international relations, political science, etc.

At least 7 years of experience for BSc degree and 5 years’ experience for Masters’ degree and working in a busy editorial or communications department, editing and copying materials for publication, preferably with experience managing processes and people, and/or knowledge of international development issues

How to apply

Applicants Should apply online

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ILRI Publishing Services Manager Careers in Ethiopia