ICRISAT-Ethiopia is pleased to introduce Dr. Asnake Fikre, who has joined our team effective Dec. 19th, 2016 as researcher; Chick pea breeder and Seed System Specialist. Dr Asnake is not new to most of you as he was the Director of Crops Research at the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) working with various CG … Continue reading
Category Archives: POD
2017 HR4U leave calendars are now active
Dear Colleagues The 2017 Calendars are now active and accessible on HR4U. Please remember that leave for 2016 must be applied separately from 2017 leave. If you face any difficulties, please do let us know. Many thanks Wachira Jane | People and Organizational Development International Livestock Research Institute |ilri.org Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya Tel: … Continue reading
Introducing Roland Mugumya
Roland Mugumya joined the ILRI Livelihoods, Gender and Impact (LGI) Program on 15th November 2016 as a Research Technician under the East African Dairy Development (EADD) project. He will be based in Uganda. He has more than 5 years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation (M&E), gained both locally and with the East and Central African … Continue reading
2016 performance reviews and setting of 2017 performance agreements
Dear colleagues, As announced by the Director General during the town hall held on 11th November 2016, it is time for 2016 staff performance reviews. This is an opportunity for supervisors to engage staff in a dialogue about how well they performed during the year and to discuss goals for the coming year. We thank … Continue reading
National staff appointments: Nairobi, June – September 2016
Leah Joyce Symekher joined the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) as the Capacity Development Officer in the CapDev Unit in June 2016. She will manage the fellowship program, undertake capacity development for ILRI projects and partners. Leah joins ILRI after 10 years’ professional experience in instruction, training & development and research. Previously she worked at … Continue reading
International staff appointments, July – September 2016
Dieter Josef Schillinger joined ILRI in September 2016 as Assistant Director General, Biosciences. His responsibilities will include leading ILRI’s upstream research in animal and human health (including vaccines and diagnostics development), animal breeding and genetics, and feed resources development. He is a veterinarian with 30 years’ experience in the animal health industry that includes experience … Continue reading
National staff appointments: Addis, July – September 2016
Ayalneh Mulatu has been appointed as Administrative Officer in the Administration Department effective July 2016. Prior to joining ILRI, he was working as a Head of Administration at Africa Humanitarian Action-Djibouti Country Office. Ayalneh holds an MSc degree in Project Management from University of Salford and a BA in Economics from Addis Ababa University. … Continue reading
P&OD launches their microsite
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Program Management Framework Project – Progress and plans
The Program Management Framework Project was initiated to address challenges and increase efficiency and effectiveness in project delivery through the implementation of consistent management processes at ILRI. We partnered with Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP) in order to design a Framework for program and project management and to have some initial support with the implementation of … Continue reading
P&OD Re-design exercise communication
ILRI management realizes the integral part that staff play in the support and furtherance of the science and as such, it became apparent the need for ILRI to adopt a cohesive, integrated and modern approach to Compensation and Benefits to enhance the attraction and retention of a motivated, high caliber workforce, making ILRI a premier … Continue reading