About Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI)
KMFRI was established to conduct research on aquatic systems covering both marine and freshwater. The Institute has grown from staff strength of two Research Scientists at inception to the current 122 scientists. KMFRI’s approved staff establishment stands at 1,350 employees.
KMFRI infrastr... read moreucture capacity has also expanded from two research stations based in Mombasa and Kisumu with acquisition of seven additional stations.
KMFRI is managed by a Board of Management appointed by the Cabinet Secretary, for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. The Board has a gazetted Chairman and the Institute Director is the Secretary. Administratively, the Director is the Chief Executive Officer, assisted by three Deputy Directors, one in charge of Ocean and Coastal Systems Directorate, the other responsible for Freshwater Systems Directorate and the third in-charge of Finance and Administration Directorate. Aquaculture Directorate is currently headed by a Senior Assistant Director. Each Deputy Director is assisted by Assistant Directors in the respective departments. The Research Stations at Turkana, Naivasha, Baringo, Sagana, Kegati, and Sangoro are headed by Station Coordinators.
KMFRI Kisumu centre
KMFRI has adopted a multidisciplinary approach in research which is internationally recognised and has been a major strength especially in attracting research funding from development partners. KMFRI’s Research activities are organized into three directorates namely; Ocean and Coastal Systems (OCS), Freshwater Systems (FWS), Aquaculture Research and Development (ARD), and a sub-directorate on Socioeconomics (SE). The OCS has two departments; marine and coastal fisheries, and oceanography and hydrography, the FWS has two departments; inland fisheries and limnology, ARD has two departments; freshwater aquaculture and mariculture, while SE is cross-cutting. Each research directorate also has technical support services which are organized in to three departments namely laboratory, maritime and information and communication technology. The finance and administration directorate is organized two departments; finance and human resource and administration. Furthermore, there are other support services such as supply chain management, corporate affairs, planning and audit.
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) Jobs in South Africa
Duties and Responsibilities
The officer will be the head of the human resource section and his/her duties and responsibilities will include:
Proposals on policy formulation on management issues.
Chief Internal Auditor Job Responsibilities
Responsible to the KMFRI Board of Management through the Board Audit Committee and the Director;
Develop and implement effective risk management, intern
Chief Supply Chain Management Officer Job Responsibilities
In charge of the Supply chain management function of the Institute;
Preparation of professional opinion for the attention of the Director
Accountant Jobs Responsibilities
Collation of financial estimates;
Determination of aggregate expenditure;
Supervision of the revenue collection processes;
Preparation of final accounts and stat
Duties for the Senior PR Officer Job
Collating and analyzing media coverage;
Verifying, translating and editing features and articles from various sources;
Staff training and development; Staff s
Duties for the Senior Accountant Job
Collection of financial estimates data;
Determination of aggregate expenditure;
Supervision of the revenue collection processes;
Preparation of the institute
Duties for the Research Officer Job
Conducting basic exams and evaluations,
Giving routine vaccinations,
Taking samples of blood or other bodily fluids,
Recommending and distributing prescriptio
Duties for the Assistant Research Officer Job
Participating in problem identification;
Developing research concepts;
Designing experiments;
Collecting and analyzing data and preparing technical
Duties for the Assistant Research Officer Job
Participating in problem identification;
Developing research concepts;
Designing experiments;
Collecting and analyzing data and preparing technical
Duties for the HR/Administrative Officer Job
Supervision of Human Resource personnel in the Human Resource Department;
Maintenance of personnel records;
Management of compliment control;
Enforci
Duties for the Supply Chain Management Officer Job
In charge of the Supply chain management function of the Institute;
Interpretation and implementation of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act,
The Job holder will be in charge of the overall operations and programmes of an audit unit in the Institute.
Duties for the Chief Internal Auditor Job
Responsible to the KMFRI Board of Management
Duties for the Planning Officer Job
Preparation of the institute’s Public Expenditure Review (PER) reports;
Preparation of the institute’s Medium Term Expenditure Framework;
Preparati