Research Assistant- AHH (zoonosis and food safety) at International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Support the planning of, execute and coordinate field work activities within and outside Kenya, according to the needs of different projects. These include, but not restricted to interviews, help design field work protocols, preparing and administering questionnaires, running focus group discussions, workshops and biological sampling. As part of such activities, train enumerators and field technicians on various data collection techniques including electronic systems such as ODK and develop work-plans and budgets for field activities and field staff. 
• Prepare results summaries and report writing as part of ongoing and upcoming team projects.
• Conduct data entry, data cleaning and management of survey data and support basic statistical analysis for various datasets, as required.
• Locate and assemble secondary data relevant to projects in the team.
• Undertake literature reviews within the scope of different projects within the team.
• Managing references for reports and publications from the team.
• Establishing and maintaining contacts with collaborating stakeholders and partners as well as assist in organizing project and stakeholder’s meetings and participate in workshops and trainings.
• To engage in a range of other activities in line with his/her skills and competencies as required by the team

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural sciences, veterinary medicine, human health or related
• At least 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience working in research projects, including both desk and field work activities
• Proven experience on scientific writing (MSc thesis, publications, contribution to reports,)
• Evidence of experience conducting basic data analysis
• Good command of Microsoft word (including excel)
• Good command of at least one statistical software (STATA, R, or similar)
• Good command of written and spoken English and Kiswahili

Terms of Appointment

This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position based at ILRI’s Nairobi campus. It is open to Kenyan nationals only. The position is on a 3-year contract, renewable subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding.

Job Level

This position is job level 2B, level 2, and ILRI offers a competitive salary and benefits package which includes; pension, medical and other insurances for ILRI’s Nationally Recruited Staff.

Applicants should send a cover letter and CV explaining 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 Director, People and Organizational Development by clicking on the "link" tab below before 13 September 2018. The position title and reference number REF: RA/8/2018 should be clearly marked on the subject line of the cover letter.