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Vacancy No: CGHR/253/01/22

Job description
The successful candidate will work with the Trial Manager and the Principal Investigators in organizing
and overseeing data collection. The holder of this position shall be based in Kisian with occasional
visits to the study field sites.
Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain throughout life cycle of study projects the Standard Operating Procedures
• (SOP), Data Management Plans (DMP), Data Quality Plans, and other plans as
• delegated/required, and ensure that these are followed according to study design/protocol and
• requirements;).
• Participate in study setup initiation, implementation, closure, and archiving procedures: i.e., CRF
• design, database design, database edit check’s, design/review, Data Management Plan
• review/approval and annotated CRF design.
• Ensure clinical databases, external data files and analysis datasets are designed in a standard,
• accurate, complete, and consistent format conducive to analysis and possible regulatory
• submission.
• Develop, review, and approve all SOPs, and job aids related to Data Management in
• collaboration with Quality Assurance and other departments as applicable.
• Coordination of all data collection, cleaning and validation including, working with the trial
• monitors (where applicable) and resolving any data queries with sites.
• Maintain and update study tablets and other equipment used for data collection, ensuring data is
• downloaded daily/promptly and that forms are updated as needed.
• Draft interim reports to the Principal Investigator, Sponsor, regulatory authorities, and oversight
• committees as requested by the Project Manager.
• Training users to use electronic data capture (EDC) systems. This includes creation of training
• documentation and running training sessions for end users.
• Review and validate data for completeness and perform logical checks to ensure timely query
• resolutions. Generate QC reports for review, clarification, and correction as well as a variety of
• other reports as required.
• Participate in planning meetings and scheduled conference calls with the study team and study
• partners.
• Provide application support, troubleshooting, support training needs, for study staff.
• Assist in the review/analysis of interim and final data for data consistency and accuracy.
• Ensure the conduct of the study is following the currently approved protocol/amendment(s), with
• current GCP guidelines and with applicable regulatory requirements.

Requirements:

• Master’s Degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Programming, or any related field.
• Demonstrated experience with EDCs such as REDCap, and ODK–based platforms such
• as ODK Survey, CommCare, SurveyCTO, etc.
• Demonstrated experience with dashboards and data visualization tools such as
• PowerBI, GoodData, Tableau or Databox.
• Proficient programming experience using programming software such as
• SAS/STATA/Python/R and domain specific languages like SQL
• Familiarity with Data Quality Assurance concept and data cleaning processes.
• Familiarity with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and geospatial mapping tools
• is an advantage.
• Demonstrated experience in data management and analyst in a busy research setting,
• preferably in the health research environment
• Demonstrated ability to manage large disparate data sets and experience with
• quantitative analysis
• Familiarity with modern database systems and information technologies including
• cloud server management
• Demonstrated experience with team management in a data–oriented setting

Skills & Abilities:

• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and a focus on quality.
• An analytical mindset with excellent communication and problem–solving skills
• Ability to translate complex problems clearly and in nontechnical terms
• Ability and willingness to learn additional skills on the job
• Ability to prioritize work, exercise initiative and work with minimal direction.
• Ability to manage multiple datasets of medium complexity or size concurrently
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with colleagues, including research scientists
• Terms of Employment: One (1) year renewable contract as per KEMRI scheme of service and a
• probation period for the first 3 months.
• Remuneration: Compensation is negotiable within a relevant grade, based on education levels,
• relevant experience and demonstrated competency.

How To Apply

Applications should be addressed to the Deputy Director, CGHR, P. O. Box 1578 – 40100, Kisumu
and sent electronically to cghr@kemri.go.ke no later than February 22, 2022 . The subject in the email header should be the vacancy number.
KEMRI IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER; WOMEN AND DISABLED PERSONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. KEMRI DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF ITS SELECTION PROCESS INCLUDING APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING AND PROCESSING OF OFFER LETTER. IF ASKED FOR A FEE, REPORT SUCH REQUEST IMMEDIATELY TO RELEVANT AUTHORITY
Only short–listed candidates will be contacted.

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Vacancy No: CGHR/251/01/22

Added advantage

• Novice data analysis skills (STATA and or R)
• Language: Excellent command of English and Kiswahili both written and verbal.
• In addition, the applicants must:
• Be a Kenyan youth below 30 years of age
• Should have graduated and obtained the relevant final degree certificate
• Provide a Certificate of good conduct
• Appointment is for a period of one (1) year non–renewable and is subject to availability of funds.
• A stipend will be paid but successful candidates will cater for their own transport, accommodation,
• and upkeep during this period.
• The Interns will be expected to take up a personal accident cover and medical Insurance cover.
• KEMRI/the project WILL NOT offer employment after the completion of internship.

How To Apply

Applications should include the following:

•  Letter of Application indicating the field of study
•  Current Resume or CV with names and contact information (telephone and e–mail address)
•  Copies of Certificates and transcripts.

Apply to Deputy Director, CGHR, P.O. Box 1578–40100, Kisumu not later than no later than February 22,2022 and submit application via email address cghr@kemri.go.ke
KEMRI IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER; WOMEN AND DISABLED PERSONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. KEMRI DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF ITS RECRUITMENT PROCESS INCLUDING APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING AND PROCESSING OF OFFER LETTER. IF ASKED FOR A FEE, REPORT SUCH REQUEST IMMEDIATELY TO RELEVANT AUTHORITY
Only short–listed candidates will be contacted.

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Vacancy No: CGHR/252/01/22

Job description
The successful candidate will work with the Trial Manager and the Principal Investigators in organizing
and overseeing data collection. This holder of this position will be stationed at Kisian with occasional
visits to the study field sites.
Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain throughout life cycle of study projects the Standard Operating Procedures
• (SOP), Data Management Plans (DMP), Data Quality Plans, and other plans as delegated/required, and ensure that these are followed according to study design/protocol and requirements;.
• Participate in study setup initiation, implementation, closure, and archiving procedures: i.e.,
• CRF design, database design, database edit checks, design/review, Data Management Plan
• review/approval and annotated CRF design.
• Ensure clinical databases, external data files and analysis datasets are designed in a standard,
• accurate, complete, and consistent format conducive to analysis and possible regulatory submission.
• Develop, review, and approve all SOPs, and job aids related to Data Management in
• collaboration with Quality Assurance and other departments as applicable.
• Coordination of all data collection, cleaning and validation including, working with the trial
• monitors (where applicable) and resolving any data queries with sites.
• Maintain and update study tablets and other equipment used for data collection, ensuring data
• is downloaded daily/promptly and that forms are updated as needed.
• Draft interim reports to the Principal Investigator, Sponsor, regulatory authorities, and oversight
• committees as requested by the Project Manager.
• Training users to use electronic data capture (EDC) systems. This includes creation of training
• documentation and running training sessions for end users.
• Review and validate data for completeness and perform logical checks to ensure timely query
• resolutions. Generate QC reports for review, clarification, and correction as well as a variety of
• other reports as required.
• Participate in planning meetings and scheduled conference calls with the study team and study
• partners.
• Provide application support, troubleshooting, support training needs, for study staff.
• Assist in the review/analysis of interim and final data for data consistency and accuracy.
• Ensure the conduct of the study is following the currently approved protocol/amendment(s),
• with current GCP guidelines and with applicable regulatory requirements.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Programming or any related
• field.
• Demonstrated experience with EDCs such as REDCap, and ODK–based platforms such as ODK
• Survey, CommCare, SurveyCTO, etc.
• Demonstrated experience with dashboards and data visualization tools such as PowerBI,
• GoodData, Tableau or Databox.
• Proficient programming experience using programming software such as SAS/ STATA/
• Python / R and domain specific languages like SQL
• Familiarity with Data Quality Assurance concept and data cleaning processes.
• Familiarity with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and geospatial mapping tools is an
• advantage.
• Demonstrated experience in data management and analyst in a busy research setting, preferably
• in the health research environment
• Demonstrated ability to manage large disparate data sets and experience with quantitative
• analysis
• Familiarity with modern database systems and information technologies including cloud server
• management
• Demonstrated experience with team management in a data–oriented setting

Skills & Abilities:

• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and a focus on quality.
• An analytical mindset with excellent communication and problem–solving skills
• Ability to translate complex problems clearly and in nontechnical terms
• Ability and willingness to learn additional skills on the job
• Ability to prioritize work, exercise initiative and work with minimal direction.
• Ability to manage multiple datasets of medium complexity or size concurrently
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with colleagues, including research
• scientists

Terms of Employment

• One (1) year renewable contract as per KEMRI scheme of service and a probation period for the first 3 months.
• Remuneration
• Compensation is negotiable within a relevant grade, based on education levels, relevant experience and demonstrated competency.

How To Apply
Applications should be addressed to the Deputy Director, CGHR, P. O. Box 1578 – 40100, Kisumu and sent electronically to cghr@kemri.go.ke no later than February 22, 2022 . The subject in the email header should be the vacancy number.
KEMRI IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER; WOMEN AND DISABLED PERSONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. KEMRI DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF ITS SELECTION PROCESS INCLUDING APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING AND PROCESSING OF OFFER LETTER. IF ASKED FOR A FEE, REPORT SUCH REQUEST IMMEDIATELY TO RELEVANT AUTHORITY
Only short–listed candidates will be contacted

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Vacancy: CGHR/01/250/22

Essential Requirements:

•  A least PhD in Bioinformatics and/or Computational sciences OR a MSc degree in
• Bioinformatics with at least 5 years high level experience (equivalent to a senior scientist
• level).
• Expertise in genomics, population genetics, data science, computational biology
• Hands on experience with scripting languages such as Linux, Python, R and a strong
• grounding in biological sciences
• Familiarity with commonly used tools for variant detection (samtools, bowtie2, BWA, IGV,
• ANNOVAR, GATK) and file formats (BED, VCF, FASTQ, BAM, FASTA)
• Familiarity with commonly used and publicly available bioinformatics databases (e.g.
• GenBank, Uniprot, DDBJ, Ensemble, GEO, SRA, ExAC, ESP,ClinVar, VectorBase, KEGG,
• HGMD, OMIM, PubMed, UCSC)
• Experience designing bioinformatics experiments and/or providing oversight for the design
• of ‘omics/bioinformatics experiments.
• Experience working with unstructured data sources, (experience with genome assembly)
• An understanding of genome sequencing technologies and strategies.
• Having a familiarity with Big Data analysis including data mining, complex data
• visualization.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written)
• Organized, Hardworking and independent – The candidate must be able to plan and implement
• their workplans within the required timelines

Desirable Attributes

• Enthusiastic and strong interest in mosquito genomics, insecticide resistance and vector control
• Experience with mathematical modelling and computational biology
• Strong project management, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Membership of relevant professional networks (h3A, ASBCB, EASCB, ISCB and ISMB)
• Previous work with mosquitoes, or knowledge and ecology of mosquitoes will be an added
• advantage
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning skills in design of appropriate statistical analysis
• of experimental data
• Experience working with high–performance computing
• Experience in successfully leading teams

Skills and abilities:

• Excellent organizational capability to structure and organize tasks and set priorities logically and
• effectively
• Results driven; ability to judiciously spend resources available to achieve the most optimal
• outcomes
• Ability to build and lead strong teams and achieve projected milestones
• Ability to identify potential problems and trouble–shoot solutions
• Duties and Responsibilities:
• Participation in capacity building on bioinformatics by guiding MSc and PhD students on the
• project in both Kenya and Benin
• In charge of reception and storage of raw sequence data from the sequencing facilities,
• uploading to the high compute servers
• Take leadership in setting up virtual classroom discussions; small group discussions; data
• carpentry workshops, personalized virtual office hours with trainees on the statistical analyses
• of genomic data
• Participation in designing, review and update of the vector genomics and bioinformatics
• training curriculum
• Leadership in conceptualizing, innovating and development of new bioinformatic pipelines for
• analysis of genomic data
• Conduct bioinformatic analysis of raw sequence data to identify molecular markers associated
• with insecticide resistance in malaria vectors
• Attend conferences and workshops to disseminate research findings
• Leadership in drafting of technical reports, manuscripts, and outcomes of the project outputs
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the principal investigator

How To Apply

Applications should include the following:
1. Letter of Application (Indicate Vacancy Number)
2. Current Resume or Curriculum Vitae with Telephone number and e–mail address
3. Three letters of reference with contact telephone numbers
4. Copies of Academic Certificates and Transcripts
5. KRA tax compliance certificate
6. Certificate of good conduct
Terms of Employment: 1–year renewable contract as per KEMRI scheme of service and a Probation period for the first 3 months.
Apply to

Deputy Director, CGHR, P.O. Box 1578–40100, Kisumu not later than no later than February 22,2022 and submit application via email address cghr@kemri.go.ke
KEMRI IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER; WOMEN AND DISABLED PERSONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. KEMRI DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF
ITS RECRUITMENT PROCESS INCLUDING APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING AND PROCESSING OF OFFER LETTER. IF ASKED FOR A FEE, REPORT SUCH REQUEST IMMEDIATELY TO RELEVANT AUTHORITY
Only short–listed candidates will be contacted.