Field Technologist at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

Vacancy No. CGHR/325/11/22

Required Qualifications

• Diploma in the following fields: Community development, Community health and development psychological counselling
• Certificate in HIV counselling testing from NASCOP
• Good command of written and spoken English, Kiswahili and Dholuo
• Minimum of 1-year experience in data collection using various paper and electronic tools
• Valid good clinical practice and human subject certificate
• Female candidates preferred due to study sample group gender and age

Specific Tasks and Responsibilities

• Identify potential participants
• Consent and recruit eligible participants
• Conduct project activities under guidance of Research Administrator e.g. surveys, blood collection and other biological sample collections
• Translate study documents from English to Luo- e.g. consent forms, surveys, information sheets and qualitative data that has been transcribed.
• Record collected data on logs and other instruments
• Perform data entry
• Submit to immediate supervisor daily reports of assigned work
• Maintain confidentiality and privacy of research data
• Participate in project trainings and meetings
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time