Costing Research Assistant at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

KMR/6 Vacancy No. FN-017-11-2020

Reports to: Costing Officer
Locations: Suba/Rongo
Duration: 7 Months

Qualifications and Experience:

Diploma/Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in biomedical or Social Sciences, or other relevant field.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist to conduct the costing exercise but not inclusive:
• Gathering the cost data in each study community once a year, which involves quantification of resources and unit costs;
• Entering the cost data in uniform Excel data sets and perform basic quality checks;
• Reporting to the SE/C team on the data collection progress
• Conduct the time and motion (T&M) exercise at each study clinic including but not inclusive:
• Providing training on the time and motion (T&M) exercise to the clinic staff;
• Coordinate and conduct the T&M exercise at each study clinic once a year
• Conduct the micro-costing exercise at each study clinic including but not inclusive:
• Working in close consultation with clinic staff and administrators to quantify resources used to provide ART services under standard expenditure categories (e.g., personnel, capital goods, ARV drugs, etc.);
• Gathering expenditure data from various sources (e.g., administrative records, study budget and expenditure, etc.);
• Identifying other information sources when cost data is not available (e.g., donated items);
• Completing the uniform cost data collection protocol retrospectively in 12-monthly intervals for each study clinic;
• Assuring accuracy of data entry and resolving discrepancies in data in consultation with the SE/C team;
• Collecting monthly patient data (e.g. number of patients on ART) at each clinic
• Liaison with other local Study teams (e.g., , study sites, and off-site administrators
• Communicate (e.g., Skype calls) with the SE/C team weekly on the overall data collection progress and other issues

Other required skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to maintain frequent contact using cell phone, email.
• Ability to monitor, gather and evaluate information of broad scope and complexity
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing in English, Kiswahili, and Dholuo.
• Interest in working in an innovative and demanding environment, with extensive travel within rural sites.
• Enthusiasm for rural health and/or development work.
• Ability to multitask, problem solve, and work with others to resolve challenges.
• Strong communication, training, leadership skills
• Excellent organizational skills and demonstrated competence with managing administrative records.