Research Scientist - Homa Bay at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

Key Responsibilities:

• Conducting nutritional assessment, counselling and support for study participants as per study protocol
• Supervising home visits for follow-up dietary assessments at household level as per the study protocol
• Discussing with study team the nutrition and eating habits reported by participants and monitor progress
• Train study team on anthropometry
• Perform project level planning, monitoring, and evaluation of the nutritional activities
• Plan and coordinate dietary assessment of participants
• Ensure smooth implementation according to ethical guidelines, management,
• Superviseimplementation of the study protocol and provide technical Nutritional support to study team.
• Participate in development of Standard Operating Procedures for the study and plan and conduct protocol specific trainings of study team.
• Guide data team on data collection instrument choices and review of data collection CRFs for appropriateness to protocol procedures.
• Conduct scoping reviews and systematic reviews on L-arginine supplementation in pregnancy
• Maintain regular liaison with study management team.
• Any other duty as assigned by the supervisor.

Requirement Type

• Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Nutrition; Human Nutrition and dietetics from a recognized institution    
• Training in Integrated management of acute malnutrition (IMAM) and Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) will be an added advantage.    
• Be proficient in computer application.    
• Organisational Skills    
• Communication Skills    
• Interpersonal skills    
• Team player