Key Responsibilities:

• To effectively plan, organize, and administer the activities of the projects.
• Making orders for clinical, laboratory and logistical study supplies and equipment using the appropriate methods
• Maintain study records and ensure integrity of data and information.
• Keeping and tracking staff leave schedule
• Booking for facilities to be used for training, meetings and writing minutes during meetings
• Keep accurate records of financial transactions for money advanced for project use and submit expenditure documents for accounting purposes.
• Ensuring availability of adequate supplies in the field sites
• Maintain inventory of supplies and equipment as appropriate
• Organize transport and logistics operations including booking travel and processing allowances for project staff as appropriate
• Undertake other duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor

Vacancy Requirements:

• Diploma in any of the following disciplines: Business Management, Human Resource     
• Management, Business Administration, or any other approved equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.     
• Proficiency in written and verbal English & Kiswahili     
• Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution.     
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills     
• Must be flexible to work within the existing structure.     
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer informed consent to potential participants in accordance with GCP and HSP guidelines.
• Collect quality data using tablet-based data entry platforms.
• Ensure that the data collection is conducted in compliance with study protocol and other regulatory requirements.
• Ensure that equipment, supplies and other materials necessary for successful conduct of the field work are available as/when required.
• Provide progress reports and solve reported problems encountered in the field to the supervisor.
• Perform any other study-related duties as assigned by immediate supervisor.

Vacancy Requirements:

• O-Level secondary education with a minimum grade of a D+ (plus)     
• Minimum of one (1) year working experience doing community health work with good understanding of MOH community health strategies and roles, data collection and management.     
• Excellent knowledge and working experience with Microsoft Office suite, tablet-based data entry platforms.     
• Working knowledge of Good Clinical Practice, human subjects research, and related clinical trial regulatory requirements     
• Experience in managing and ensuring data quality.     
• Fluency in English and Swahili, written and spoken. Fluency in the local language (Luhya) spoken in the study area will be an .     
• Ability to ride and maintain a motorcycle and a valid driving license     
• Good computing skills     
• God interpersonal communication skills     
• Be able to work both independently and in a team
• Administer informed consent to potential participants in accordance with GCP and HSP guidelines.
• Collect quality data using tablet-based data entry platforms.
• Ensure that the data collection is conducted in compliance with study protocol and other regulatory requirements.
• Ensure that equipment, supplies and other materials necessary for successful conduct of the field work are available as/when required.
• Provide progress reports and solve reported problems encountered in the field to the supervisor.
• Perform any other study-related duties as assigned by immediate supervisor.

Vacancy Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or any other related field from a recognized institution     
• Good knowledge in working with relational database management systems such as Microsoft SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL     
• Good programming knowledge in .Net (C#, VB.NET, ASP.Net)     
• Knowledge computer/mobile devices maintenance     
• Good command of English and Kiswahili languages, both oral and written.     
• Be a Kenyan youth below 30 years of age     
• Should have graduated and obtained the degree certificate

Vacancy Requirements:

• Diploma in Computer Science or Information Technology or any other related field from a recognized institution
• Good knowledge in working with relational database management systems such as Microsoft SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL     
• Good programming knowledge in .Net (C#, VB.NET, ASP.Net)     
• Knowledge computer/mobile devices maintenance     
• Good command of English and Kiswahili languages, both oral and written.     
• Be a Kenyan youth below 30 years of age     
• Should have graduated and obtained the degree certificate

Key Responsibilities:

• Participation in capacity building on bioinformatics by guiding MSc and PhD students on the project in both Kenya and Benin
• In charge of reception and storage of raw sequence data from the sequencing facilities, uploading to the high compute servers
• Take leadership in setting up virtual classroom discussions; small group discussions; data carpentry workshops, personalized virtual office hours with trainees on the statistical analyses of genomic data
• Participation in designing, review and update of the vector genomics and bioinformatics training curriculum
• Leadership in conceptualizing, innovating and development of new bioinformatic pipelines for analysis of genomic data
• Conduct bioinformatic analysis of raw sequence data to identify molecular markers associated with insecticide resistance in malaria vectors
• Attend conferences and workshops to disseminate research findings
• Leadership in drafting of technical reports, manuscripts, and outcomes of the project outputs
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the principal investigator

Vacancy Requirements:

• Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics; Statistics, Medical Statistics, Biostatistics, Health statistics, Biometry or equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution     
• Expertise in genomics, population genetics, data science, computational biology     
• Hands on experience with scripting languages such as Linux, Python, R and a strong grounding in biological sciences     
• Familiarity with commonly used tools for variant detection (samtools, bowtie2, BWA, IGV, ANNOVAR, GATK) and file formats (BED, VCF, FASTQ, BAM, FASTA)     
• Familiarity with commonly used and publicly available bioinformatics databases (e.g. GenBank, Uniprot, DDBJ, Ensemble, GEO, SRA, ExAC, ESP,ClinVar, VectorBase, KEGG, HGMD, OMIM, PubMed, UCSC)     
• Experience designing bioinformatics experiments and/or providing oversight for the design of 'omics/bioinformatics experiments.     
• Experience working with unstructured data sources, (experience with genome assembly)     
• An understanding of genome sequencing technologies and strategies.     
• Having a familiarity with Big Data analysis including data mining, complex data visualization.     
• Proficiency in computer application; and

Key Responsibilities:

• Receiving/collecting, recording of specimens;
• Processing and analyses;
• Preparing reagents;
• Recording and reporting of results;
• Dispatching the results for clinical/Research management;
• Routine and daily maintenance of laboratory equipment;
• Ensuring adherence to biosafety and biosecurity guidelines;
• Taking part in preparation of Standards Operations Procedures (SOPs)

Vacancy Requirements:

• Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology, Medical Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences from a recognized institution in Kenya     
• Must be computer literate     
• Must reside in the study area     
• Must be fluent in oral & written Dholuo     
• Be below thirty (30) years of age

Vacancy Requirements:

• Diploma in Social work, Community health/development, Health records or related course from a recognized institution in Kenya     
• Must be computer literate     
• Must be willing to reside in the study area     
• Must be fluent in oral & written Dholuo     
• Be below thirty (30) years of age

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement data capture, management, analysis and reporting tools and systems
• Trouble shoot, modify/improve already existing electronic systems, train data and field personnel on developed/modified tools and systems.
• Ensure the current systems are connected to various databases with the main ones being MS-SQL.
• Deal with routine problems arising during data handling.
• Work with other team members and investigators on various tasks as requested.
• Perform additional duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Vacancy Requirements:

• BSc in computer science/information technology or related field     
• 1 Year experience in Programming     
• Knowledge of Visual Basic® and other programming languages in the NET environment.     
• Demonstrable experience developing friendly and well- designed user interface with connections to MS-SQL database, SQL or other major RDBMSs.     
• Experience with or working knowledge of Portable Digital equipment (including PDA, Tablets, Android phones) based applications, graphics design, and development of web applications will be an added advantage.     
• Proficiency in spoken and written English     
• attention to detail, high levels of intuition and a good work ethic     
• Ability to work independently and in a team.     
• Good judgment in problem solving and strong internal motivation     
• Ability to prioritize tasks and meet set deadlines

Job Description

This is the entry and training grade in this cadre. An officer at this level will work underguidance and supervision of a senior officer.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop an in-depth understanding of the study’s goals and activities to conduct the study
• Perform screening & consenting and enrollment of participants,
• Perform physical examination, take medical history, prescribe medication and make follow up of enrolled participants
• Make diagnoses and decisions on patient’s management according to study protocols and the recommended national guidelines
• Document applicable study data during all study procedures
• Clinically manage ill participants and conduct clinical procedures including venipuncture, insertion of IV cannulas and collect biological samples when necessary
• Perform screening and assessment of study participant in terms of motor, cognitive, language and social-emotional development using CREDI and BSID tools.
• Respond to and resolve queries about participants’ information documented in the study files
• Any other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor

Vacancy Requirements:

• Diploma in Clinical Medicine.     
• Higher National Diploma in pediatrics an added advantage.     
• Registered and with a valid practicing license from the Clinical Officers Council of Kenya     
• At least 1 year combined post-internship pediatric clinical experience     
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office suite     
• Fluency in English, Swahili and Luo languages, both written and spoken.     
• Must be willing to reside in/within the study sites     
• Experience working in a research study     
• Certificate in “Good Clinical Practice” and/or “Human Subjects Protection”     
• Experience in using a laptop and or tablet (handheld computers)

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in identification of potential participants
• Consent and recruit eligible participants
• Schedule participants for follow ups
• Complete study forms accurately & completely
• Ensure he/she has the requisite supplies in good time
• Work closely with the data team to resolve queries
• Maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive research information
• Participate in monthly program meetings
• Relate well with MOH staff and CHVs and the community
• Perform any other duties assigned/delegated by the immediate supervisor.

Vacancy Requirements:

• O-Level secondary education with a minimum grade of a D+ (plus)     
• Excellent working experience with Microsoft Office suite, tablet-based data entry platforms.     
• GCP certificate     
• Fluency in English, Swahili and Luo and be able to translate from any of these languages     
• Ability to ride and maintain a motorcycle and in possession of valid driving license     
• Experience in electronic data collection e.g smartphone, tablets     
• Be a resident or willing to live and work in the study area     
• Experience in working in a research /hospital setting is an added advantage     
• Excellent computing skills     
• Good interpersonal communication skills