Research Assistant - Grade 11 at Laikipia University

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain effective time management practices for the Vice Chancellor including coordinating diary appointments, prioritizing/filtering information and correspondences depending on the urgency to minimize unnecessary interruptions with other calendar events;
• Provide full personal assistant support and administrative operational duties by dealing with all correspondences, emails, and calls, drafting routine letters to a high standard, minute taking in meetings, taking and working out messages, day-to-day public relations including the Right to Information as requested from the office of the Vice Chancellor;
• Serve as a primary point of direct administrative contact and liaison with other offices, individuals, and external organizations and agencies on a range of specified issues and organize for facilitation of meetings, accommodation and travel clearance within and outside the University by ensuring approvals are given by relevant authorities;
• Coordinate office functions to ensure matters requiring attention in the absence of the Vice Chancellor are referred or
• delegated to the right office or person to minimize the impact caused by his absence from the office;
• Develop and implement quarterly reports on research performance and filing system for grant applications, and monitor progress and success rates for internal and external stakeholders' research protocols, procedures, objectives, and activities in compliance with regulations and ethical guidelines;
• Coordinate research activities and assist with writing, collecting, analysing, interpreting, managing, and maintaining research databases and files for creating grant proposals and publication of research papers/work;
• Participate in the development and review of research management policies and procedures; and
• Work independently with professionalism and effectiveness in a multicultural setting and on strict deadlines to produce high-quality control standards to preserve the integrity of data and research-finding assignments, with the aim of meeting the objectives of the projects or assignments.

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• For appointment to this position, a candidate MUST:
• Be in possession of a Master’s degree in the relevant field from an accredited and recognized university or research industry;
• Additionally, have a Bachelor's degree in a related field, such as healthcare, statistics, or social sciences;
• Demonstrate with evidence, the publication/participation in research activities;
• Be proficient in statistical analysis software (e.g., SPSS, SAS, R, RedCap or Qualtrics);
• Have strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills;
• Have experience with grant writing and project management, which will be an added advantage;
• Be knowledgeable in research regulations and ethical guidelines;
• Be registered with the relevant professional body (where applicable);
• Have fulfilled the requirements of Chapter 6 of the constitution of the Kenya 2010.
• The successful candidate will be offered a competitive remuneration package, including:
• Basic Salary;
• House Allowance;
• Medical cover as per the University Medical Scheme; and
• Leave allowance.