POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT- EXTERNAL
Project Coordinator - Ethiopia Tolay Project Site
Ref. No.: MPSM/17/17
Re-advertised
24 July 2017
The position: The International Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (icipe) seeks to hire a Project Coordinator responsible for carrying out and coordinating a range of activities to evaluate the feasibility and impact community-based malaria vector control using a range of interventions to test the feasibility of integrated vector management (IVM) as a pragmatic strategy for sustainable malaria control in Ethiopia. She/he will be a member of icipe Ethiopia office which is located at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
General: The International Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (icipe)—African Insect Science for Food and Health - is a centre of research excellence with a mission to alleviate poverty by ensuring food security, improving health, protecting the environment and building the capacity of researchers and communities in low-income countries, through the application of insect sciences. Employing more than 500 national and international staff, icipe is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya with stations in Ethiopia and on the shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya. icipe has a proud reputation and history of delivering high-quality science that has made crucial contributions to African food and health policy, delivered development outcomes to rural communities, and has been at the forefront of building Africa’s biological research capacity. The Centre’s research activities span the African continent with partnerships linking research organizations, not only across Africa, but also the globe. In addition, more than 100 graduate students and a number of postdoctoral fellows contribute to icipe’s research portfolio annually. For more information visit: www.icipe.org
Job Purpose:
The overall purpose of the job is to support icipe’s malaria research programme in its implementation of an integrated vector management (IVM) project in Tolay, Ethiopia. Reporting to the IVM Project Coordinator, the applicant will plan, supervise and evaluate all research and non-research activities aimed at:
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Duty Station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Position level: 3B.
Minimum Base salary: Birr 38,223 per month (Negotiable depending on experience, skill and salary history of the candidate)