Dear colleagues, As you may recall, the Director General gave an overview of the purpose and progress of the Compensation and Benefits project in his town hall address in November 2016. We thank the many staff members who have so far availed themselves in the various sessions held to support the development of the technical … Continue reading
Category Archives: Kenya
Directorate / Ethiopia / ILRI / Kenya / Official
New Program and Project Management Roles
As we have moved to implement the Program Management Framework we have also taken the opportunity to revise the job descriptions of Program and Project Management staff. We have had a plethora of job titles and job descriptions (Program Management Officers, Program Assistants, Program Coordinators, Project Coordinators, etc.) In some cases we have had people … Continue reading
Directorate / Ethiopia / ILRI / Kenya / Official
The view from Iain’s office – December 2016
This is my final blog posting for 2016. December was rather a short month work-wise as I went on leave on 21 December to travel to Scotland for Christmas. It was good to see my mother and family, albeit only for a week before returning to Nairobi for New Year. Christmas day was the second … Continue reading
Closing 2016 books of account
Happy 2017 to you all. This is a reminder that we will be closing 2016 books of accounts in 4 days – 12th January 2017. Therefore, submit to finance before close date any transactions – expenses, recharges, or income that should be in 2016 books. See instructions on my earlier email 30th Nov 2016. … Continue reading
Staff Appointments Sept-Dec 2016
ILRI NRS Staff appointments, Nairobi: September – December 2016 Esther Ndirangu joined International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in the Internal Audit unit as an Internal Audit Clerk, effective November 2016. Her role is to provide support to internal auditors, facilitate logistics, risk management meetings and other office operations as well as ensuring accurate and complete … Continue reading
Directorate / Ethiopia / ILRI / Kenya / Official
Wishing you a Happy, Healthy and Successful 2017
Colleagues, This is the time when many people reflect on the past year as they also contemplate the new one. I am sure many of you are taking time to do so, both as individuals and as members of the ILRI family. As an ILRI family member, there are many, many aspects of 2016 that … Continue reading
Ethiopia / ILRI / Kenya / Unofficial
Qatar Airways attractive promotional fare
Dear Valued Trade Partner, Qatar Airways would like to announces very attractive fares to all on line destinations on economy and business cabin. Below are total fares* to some selected destinations. Please check system for other destination. (for more please see the attached). qatar-airways-promotional-fare Kumneger Tilahun | National Liaison and Protocol Manager Continue reading
Change of login to CGXchange
CGIAR’s Google Apps (the suite of communication and collaboration tools) known internally as CGXchange, has been supported as a service to communicate and collaborate for the past 8 years. This service included the possibility of signing in with your CGIAR credentials. Starting this Thursday, Dec 22, 2016, the feature that allows authentication to CGXchange with … Continue reading
IITA Seminar – Announcement
Dear all, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is pleased to announce a Seminar by Prof. Murray Grant, Elizabeth Creak Chair in Food Security, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, UK. His research interests center around plant-microbe interactions with a predominate focus on host responses to pathogenic bacteria. His group is also studying the … Continue reading
Travel PERDIEM procedures
To all (travelling) ILRI staff: We have noticed some irregularities concerning the calculation of perdiem rates, and I would therefor like to refresh your memory by pointing out two things: 1) The daily perdiem amount is not always paid in full, but certain parts of it must be deducted if the journey did not span … Continue reading
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