Bioinformatician - International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi

Job Title: Bioinformatician

Reference:RT/BecA/04/2013

Advert Details

Recruiter: International Livestock Research Institute

Contract Permanent

Location: Nairobi

Available: ASAP

Category: Pharmaceutical / Biotechnology Offer: This position is job Grade 2C with a starting gross salary of KES 116,417 per month. This is exclusive of other benefits provided by ILRI.


Introduction
INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE

A member Center of the CGIAR Consortium

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Bioinformatician

Minimum Requirements
Skills and Competencies

•Master’s in Bioinformatics, computer science or related field;

•1 year work experience in a bioinformatics position;

•Knowledge of Genetics, Biotechnology and their applications;

•Knowledge in SQL and scripting languages (PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby and R);

•Demonstrate experience working and developing in a Linux environment;

•Excellent written English and a familiarity with presenting biological results.

Terms of Appointment

This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Nairobi campus. The position is on a
2 year contract with the possibility of renewal, contingent upon individual performance and continued
funding.


Job Specification
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to enhance the roles livestock play in
pathways out of poverty in developing countries. ILRI has two main campuses in East Africa and other
hubs in East, West and southern Africa and South, Southeast and East Asia. http://www.ilri.org/.

CGIAR is a global agricultural research partnership for a food-secure future. Its science is carried out by
15 research centres that are members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner
organizations. http://www.cgiar.org/

ILRI also manages the Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA) Hub, the centre for
excellence in modern plant and animal biology in Africa. BecA is an initiative developed within the
framework of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)/ African Union African Biosciences
initiative. It consists of a Hub based on the ILRI campus in Nairobi, Kenya and a network of regional
nodes and other affiliated laboratories and organizations throughout the region. The BecA Hub facilities
are world class, including a range of molecular, plant transformation, and genomics laboratories and
equipment (e.g. 454 sequencing, Biosafety level 3 laboratory, plant growth facilities). The Hub hosts and
conducts research in crop, microbe and livestock areas where new developments in science offer promise
to address previously intractable problems constraining Africa’s development. Capacity building is a
major goal of all activities. The scope covers agriculture and food security and their intersections with
human health and nutrition, and the sustainable use of Africa’s natural resources. Further information is
available at http://hub.africabiosciences.org/

Job purpose

In hosting the BecA Hub on a shared research platform, ILRI seeks to recruit a Bioinformatician to
provide high level data interpretation and analysis to various projects and support capacity building at the
BecA-ILRI hub.

Responsibilities

•Proven ability to interpret and analyze large data sets and present results synthetically;

•Evidence of working directly with wet laboratories to perform analyses;

•Design, implement and manage database(s) to store sequence data and associated metadata;

•Processing and analysing data using a wide range of tools (including BLAST, sequence
assemblers, MIRA)

•Use scripting to aid and automate analysis;

•Participate in institutional training and seminars;

•Contributing to capacity building activities.

How to Apply:

Applicants should send a cover letter and CV combined as one document addressed to the Human
Resources Director, explaining their interest in the position, what they can bring to the job and the
names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about
the candidate’s professional qualifications and work experience by Log on to: http://
www.myjobsinkenya.com/ilri_jobs. The position title and reference number REF: RT/BecA/04/2013
should be clearly marked on the cover letter. Only online applications will be considered, and only short
listed candidates will be contacted.

To find out more about ILRI and the BecA Hub, visit our websites at http://www.ilri.org/ and http://
hub.africabiosciences.org/

To find out more about working at ILRI visit our website at http://www.ilri.org/ilricrowd/

Deadline:08/05/2013