Research Scientist - Kisumu at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

Key Responsibilities:

• Organizing and supervising the implementation of all field activities
• Work with Research Administrator to ensure adherence to study deliverables time points and support the submission of periodic reports on project status
• Developing and designing local training and capacity building of project staff in collaboration with the study coordinator
• Liaising with relevant county and sub-county health management teams, MOH departmental heads, opinion leaders and other stakeholders
• Drafting, editing and preparing correspondence, reports and other project related materials
• Supporting quality assurance/quality control processes for the study data collection procedures
• Translate study tools and documents from English into local language as necessary.

Requirement Type

•  Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science, Public Health, Nursing, Clinical Medicine, or Community Health from a recognized institution    
• Ability to speak fluent DhoLuo    
• Training in Good Clinical Practice    
• Be willing to reside in the study site    
• Planning and Organization Skills    
• Communication Skills    
• Interpersonal Skills    
• Team player