Office Assistant at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

Vacancy: CGHR 96/07/19

Project description

This program is collaboration between Kenya Medical Research Institute and the Stanford University, California, USA whose main purpose is to conduct a research study titled “Disentangling the human vector relationship to disrupt dengue and chikungunya virus outbreaks in Kenya”. The section has a vacancy for an Office Assistant.

Position: Office Assistant MR 4 (1 position)

Location: Kisian

Reporting to: Principal Investigator.

Qualifications

• Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) D+ and above.
• Certificate and experience in computer application packages.
• One year experience in office work.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and highly effective multi-tasking skills with ability to coordinate and prioritize workload.
• Flexible and able to work with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Perform general office management at the office of project Principal Investigator.
• Perform general clerical duties including data entry, record keeping, organizing for meetings, requesting for supplies, etc.
• Operate office machines to make copies of documents
• Perform any other relate tasks as may be assigned from time to time by the supervisor.

Terms of Employment

One (1) year renewable contract as per KEMRI scheme of service and a probation period for the first 3 months.

Remuneration

The salary scheme is based on the KEMRI scales.