Deadline: 15 March 2023
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit an intern in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Unit in Addis Ababa - Ethiopia.
The ILRI ICT department handles all the technical support required to enable ILRI staff to communicate, collaborate and perform their duties. Specifically, technical support is provided in the areas of business systems, SharePoint updates, computer hardware, software, cybersecurity, and networking. The department unit works to ensure efficiency is achieved by providing an up-to-date infrastructure.
The intern will assist in manning ILRI’s ICT service desk and will assist in support activities including assignment of tickets to the respective ICT technicians and handling of the various service desk tasks. They will also get oriented in the various units of ICT and the tasks handled therein.
I. Key responsibilities:
- Manning the ICT service desk and assignment of tickets.
- Provision of basic support to users of ICT Services.
- Performing basic diagnostic routines.
- Assist with setting up of physical & virtual meetings.
- Cleanup of records in various ICT systems.
- Testing of new software and technical tools.
- Installing new software and hardware on endpoints.
- Delivering hardware and resources to staff as required.
- Any other duties that may be allocated by the supervisor.
II. Position requirements
The ideal candidate should be: -
- Enrolled for an undergraduate university degree program and is pursuing a bachelor’s in either Computers Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or related fields.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Good command in written and spoken English language.
III. Terms of appointment
- A monthly stipend to meet accommodation, transport and day to day living expenses.
- Medical insurance.
- Location: ILRI Addis Ababa - Ethiopia.
- Duration: 3 months.
IV. How to apply?
- To apply with addition information, please HERE
- Interested candidates who meet the criteria above are encouraged to submit their application letter, detailed CV, motivation letter and university internship request letters.
- Applications should be addressed to the Head of Capacity Development.
- ILRI thanks all applicants for their interest, but, due to the volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- ILRI does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing or training). ILRI also does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.
V. About ILRI
ILRI is a One CGIAR research centre and is the only centre dedicated entirely to animal agriculture research for the developing world. ILRI is co-hosted by Kenya and Ethiopia and has regional or country offices in 14 other locations in Africa, South and South-East Asia. Drawn from some 40 nationalities, ILRI has a work force of about 630 staff globally and operates on an annual budget of about US$100M. The institute works through extensive partnership arrangements with research and development institutions in both the developed and developing parts of the world.
ILRI’s mission is to improve food and nutritional security and to reduce poverty in developing countries through research for efficient, safe, and sustainable use of livestock — ensuring better lives through livestock. The institute’s research for development agenda covers a range of areas from laboratory-based biosciences to field-based research. Topics include animal productivity (health, genetics, and feeds), food safety and zoonoses, livestock and the environment and policies, institutions and livelihoods. 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. For further details, Please visit ILRI Website
