Opportunities

Assistant Research Officer-UZIMA Study

Reference Number: 
ARO-U28032024
Employment Type: 
Full time
Category: 
Clinical Research
Job Grade: 
6.01
Country: 
Kenya
Location: 
Kilifi
JOB PURPOSE: 

To maintain and strengthen relations and mutual understanding between research communities and stakeholders and the programme for UZIMA-DS research project. The post holder will also support the systematic planning, implementation, documentation and scientific reporting of community and stakeholder engagement activities for the project, working in close collaboration with CLG team members and the broader Engagement Platform, Communications team and the Neuro Assessment Research Group

Research Officer (Sequencing)

Reference Number: 
RO-S26032024
Employment Type: 
Full time
Category: 
Bioscience
Job Grade: 
7.01
Country: 
Kenya
Location: 
Kilifi
JOB PURPOSE: 
  1. Operate and oversee the programme’s Next Gen Sequencing Facility.
  2. Manage and maintain the malaria qPCR service
  3. Coordinate a Sanger sequencing service with 3rd party providers.
  4. Manage and maintain the molecular biology laboratory section

Early Post-Doctoral Researcher -Bioinformatics

Reference Number: 
EPDR322024
Employment Type: 
Full time
Category: 
Epidemiology and Demography
Job Grade: 
9.01
Country: 
Kenya
Location: 
Kilifi
JOB PURPOSE: 

The post-doctoral researcher will be responsible for

  1. Supervising  and overseeing ongoing work on statistical bioinformatics, data science and machine learning activities related to pathogen genomics and epidemiology.
  2. Supporting and contributing to the capacity-building initiatives of PEO group and KWTRP.
  3. Supervision and mentorship of PhD students and research assistants in the research group.
  4. Contributing and supporting policy engagement initiatives of PEO group.
  5. Developing own body of work and mobilization of research funding to support transition to research independence.