The Position: The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit a Web System Specialist who will be a member of Communications and Knowledge Management (CKM) 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 position supports the effective set up and support of web platforms to share and communicate ILRI’s work.
Main Responsibilities:
Support the design and management of ILRI’s web sites using Drupal and WordPress CMS;
Support the technical development and management of ILRI’s web platforms and services (design, functionality, content aggregation and integration);
Support the technical implementation of the DSpace repository system used by CGSpace;
Support integration of ILRI ‘social media’ content with corporate web services and systems
Contribute to ILRI’s communications and knowledge management team working on ‘knowledge, publishing and curation;
Assist the Web Project Manager in the management of Linux servers for CKM web projects;
Undertake the day-to-day administration on ILRI web and blogs, including fixing errors and bugs, compiling regular statistics on ILRI platforms, ensuring permissions, etc.;
Contribute to the ILRI-wide communications and KM community of practice, sharing and communicating work updates and lessons, participate in online web communities, CKM learning, reviewing and planning activities and ensure that these activities follow ILRI standards and agreed channels;
Any other duties as may be assigned.
Academic and professional qualifications:
Education:
Experience:
At least 5 years’ specific work experience
Skills:
Essential: Concrete development experience with Drupal web CMS
Essential: Excellent English language skills
Essential: Excellent team work skills and ability to work in multi-cultural settings
Essential: Excellent of knowledge of basic web technologies, e.g. PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Desirable: Experience with Dspace
Desirable: Hands-on knowledge of Linux servers and their management
Duty Station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Grade: 2C
Minimum Base Salary: Birr 19,112 (Negotiable depending on experience, skill and salary history
of the candidate)
Terms of appointment: This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position, initial appointment is for three years with the possibility of renewal, contingent upon individual performance and the availability of funding. The ILRI remuneration package for nationally recruited staff in Ethiopia includes very competitive salary and benefits such as life and medical insurance, offshore pension plan, etc.