The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) seeks to recruit field coordinators who will be responsible for coordinating field activities within each of the project cluster to ensure the successful delivery of the new project. It will provide the necessary capacity, expertise, and accountability required to meet project objectives efficiently while safeguarding the quality of ongoing work within the organization.

  1. Field Coordinator, Lodwar support the project’s activities in Turkana, West Pokot and Baringo counties.
  2. Field coordinator for Northeastern cluster will be based in Garissa and will support the project’s activities in Mandera, Wajir, Garissa and Tana River counties. 

ILRI is an international organisation working for better lives and better planet through livestock. ILRI’s mission emphasises the interconnections between people, animals, and the environment, aiming to improve the lives of more than 300 million people in low- and middle-income countries through livestock science that supports equitable and resilient livestock systems, ultimately contributing to food systems transformation with climate and environmental benefits. This mission is delivered through two core strategic objectives: co-designing and deploying sustainable, science-based livestock solutions, and leveraging science to inform and influence policy and investment decisions.

ILRI is a member of the CGIAR, a global research alliance that works to transform food, land and water systems in a climate crisis and is the only CGIAR centre dedicated to addressing multiple development challenges through sustainable livestock solutions.

About CASHA

The Creating Shared Value in the Livestock Sector with Young People in Kenya’s ASALs (CASHA) project promotes resilient, climate-smart work opportunities through entrepreneurship in the livestock sector, targeting young women and men, including displaced persons, and persons with disability.  Specifically, the project aims to enable young women and men, including displaced persons, and persons with disability to leverage livestock and related value chains to earn dignified and fulfilling incomes and improve natural resources and ecosystem through increased entrepreneurship activities as well as uptake of climate-smart productivity enhancing technologies and creating an enabling environment by addressing structural barriers that restrict young women and men from gainfully participating in the livestock sector. The project is implemented across 15 ASAL counties in Kenya, organized into four geographical clusters. CASHA operates through cluster offices strategically located within each of the four project clusters. Given the project's implementation across 15 ASAL counties and its reliance on multiple partners, effective coordination is critical to ensure harmonized planning, timely implementation, efficient resource use, consistent reporting, and alignment of activities across counties and partners. A dedicated field-based focal person will be instrumental to coordinate ILRI's activities on the ground, strengthen collaboration with implementing partners, and facilitate timely communication, monitoring, and problem-solving

Key Responsibilities

  • Establish and manage stakeholder relationships that improve the ability of the team to achieve the agreed outputs and outcomes.
  • Ensure timely and appropriate implementation of project activities.
  • Support project monitoring and evaluation activities -survey design, data collection, data cleaning, analysis and reporting on topics involving
    •  Ensure that ethical and sound data collection and information management systems are in place with associated information sharing, planning, evaluation, and advocacy.
    • Regularly visiting project sites to monitor progress, collecting sex-disaggregated data, and reporting on impact
  • Coordinate with local partners and community groups in planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation
    • Working with local communities, government partners, and stakeholders to ensure inclusive participation
    • Embedding gender-responsive approaches (empowerment and institutional processes that engage young men and women in livestock and other related value chains) across interventions
    • Building the capacity of partners staff on gender-sensitive approaches.
    • Identifying social, economic, or security risks to vulnerable groups during implementation
    • Undertaking preparation of regular reports on project field activities
    • Contributing to the writing of scientific publications as well as outputs for a wider audience
  • Ensure an efficient communication flow between local partners and the ILRI team

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Gender Studies, Sociology, Development Studies, economics or related fields.
  • Over 3 years of experience in gender, social inclusion, or project management in the field.
  • Experience in designing, collecting and analysing gender-related data. Good analytical skills – either qualitative or quantitative – is an added advantage
  • Experience working with development partners Strong understanding of gender equality principles and local, context-specific barriers to equality. Experience in implementing gender transformative approaches is an added advantage
  • Familiarity with gender and livestock system issues and challenges in the local context
  • Good interpersonal, facilitation and communication skills
  • Ability to thrive in a multi-cultural professional environment and with minimum supervision
  • Willingness to travel frequently, often to rural areas and spend time in the field

Post location: Turkana and Garissa Counties

Terms of Appointment

This position is at job level HG13 and it is only open to Kenyan nationals. The position is a 3-year contract, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding. ILRI offers a competitive salary and benefits package which includes pension, medical and other insurances.

How to apply: Applicants should send a cover letter and CV expressing 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 to the Head of People and Culture submitted through our recruitment portal by clicking on "Apply Now" on or before 27 July 2026. The position title and reference number REF: FC/2249-07/2026 should be clearly marked on the subject line of the cover letter.

We thank all applicants for their interest in working for ILRI. 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.

To find out more about ILRI, visit our websites at http://www.ilri.org/

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