Field Coordinators - Gender

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.

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.