Job Vacancies 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

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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

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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

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Key Responsibilities:

• Put in place a plan for overall efficient day-to-day community engagement with facility-based data collectors, including work plans and support supervision
• Coordinate and support data collection of end-of-pregnancy CRFs at maternity and post-natal clinics
• Coordinate home visits with the field workers and community health promoters to collect missing end-of-pregnancy assessment data for home deliveries.
• Review/develop the study Case Record Forms (CRFs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), ensuring standardised methods are used.
• Training and supervising data clerks supporting health facilities
• Ensure facility-level recruitment is progressing as planned and to predict and plan any changes that warrant changes in recruitment strategies to meet study enrolment timelines.
• Train and support ANC staff on using Kenya EMRs and ensure study-specific variables are well-captured in Kenya EMRs.
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders to ensure data linkage between Kenya EMR and eCHIS for trial participants is well captured.
• Monitor and evaluate participant recruitment, retention, and completeness of data capture in collaboration with facility-level data clerks and take immediate remedial action as and when required.
• Maintain excellent relationships with community health promoters, ANC staff, study participants, and their communities.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory and ethical requirements, study protocols, and administrative requirements among field data clerks and community health volunteers.
• Ensure accurate documentation of project activities and provide training and ongoing monitoring of field activities.
• Work with the project team on the development project documentation,
• To organise monitoring of the study and address queries raised by the study data manager, internal monitors, trial manager and co-investigators.
• To work closely with the data team, field data clerks and trial manager to ensure field data is received promptly from the site(s) and is of high quality.

 Requirement Type

• Be fluent in English and Kiswahili,    
• Be proficient in computer application skills    
• Be willing to reside within the study site    
• Communication Skills    
• Diploma in any of the following disciplines: Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing, Nursing, Kenya Registered Midwifery, Nursing/Midwifery, Nursing/Mental Health and Psychiatry or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution; 
• Female candidates are encouraged to apply    
• Interpersonal skills    
• Minimum experience of two years of direct patient contact in a hospital setting  
• Minimum experience using hospital EMRs 
• Must have a valid Practising Licensing from Nursing Council of Kenya;

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Key Responsibilities:

• Collecting accurate data from the study participants in line with the standards and guidelines set in the study protocol
• Scheduling and preparing a work plans for phone calls, home follow-up visits and reminders for participant visits.
• Reporting missed antimalarial adherence visits as required
• Offering support to community health volunteers in household registration and tracking of antimalarial exposures.
• Ensuring case reports are completed on Scanform and RedCap, and all research questions are asked during the interviews.
• Check questionnaires for accuracy and completeness at the end of interviews.
• Keeping clean and comprehensive records of study visits and their outcomes
• Debriefing study participants at the conclusion of interviews
• Ensuring there is adequate stock of supplies for planned activities.
• Use motorcycles to carry out study trial related activities as assigned by the supervisor.
• Ensuring there is adequate security of the assigned motorcycle when not in use
• Attending project planned meetings in time and present reports as required.
• Any other duties assigned/ delegated from time to time by the immediate supervisor.

Requirement Type

• KCSE mean grade D+ and above or its equivalent from a recognized institution
• Be fluent in both written and oral Luo, English & Swahili languages.
• Be in possession of a valid motorcycle rider’s license and able to ride motorcycle.
• Be able to write brief reports and keep records.
• Be a resident or willing to live and work in the study area.
• Be able to ride a motorcycle and in possession of a valid rider’s license free of any endorsement.
• Have knowledge of GCP principles
• Planning and Organization Skills    
• Communication Skills    
• Interpersonal Skills    

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Key Responsibilities:

• Undertaking project review and development of corresponding work-plans
• Review and interpretation of funding requirements
• Identification of anticipated bottlenecks in implementation of selected grant mechanisms andCommunication of the same to the Principal Investigator (PI)
• Documenting implementation changes on all projects
• Maintaining a program database and close-out reports for projects for reference,
• Review of project work plan for appropriateness and completeness
• Coordination of seminars, trainings, disseminations forums with stakeholders
• Organizing project meetings and stakeholder meetings in consultation with the PrincipalInvestigator (PI)
• Provide administration support for the initiation, implementation and study closure
• Liaise with administration, HR, procurement, finance, regulations office and the PrincipalInvestigator(s)
• Tracking of project performance and presenting reports periodically
• Coordinating the process of project initiation and implementation in after grant award verifying award set-up and ensuring personnel is set-up appropriately

Vacancy Requirements:

• At least four (4) years relevant working experience
• Knowledge of guidelines/procedures on management of projects
• Bachelor’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Biomedical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Public Health, any relevant Social Science or equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution,    
• Master’s Degree in any of the following disciplines: - Biomedical Sciences, Medical Sciences, Public Health, any relevant Social Science or equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution will be an added advantage,   
• Proven experience liaising with or working closely with MOH/county health to deliver projects.    
• Certificate in Project planning and Management,   
• Moderate to advanced level computing and data management skills including use of at least one statistical software package    
• Moderate to advanced level as a trainer in ultrasound dating scans.    
• Demonstrated work performance and results.    
• Good report writing skills e.g. evidence of a previous publication

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Key Responsibilities:

• Identifying, screen and consent study participants to into the research study
• Trace participants for follow-up clinics
• Collecting and analyzing community health data for planning health care intervention programs;
• Mobilizing communities to identify health challenges and facilitate development of promotion materials;
• Participating in health education and promotion in the communities
• Working with health care teams as a community health resource person;
• Drawing and implementing work plans budgeting and support supervision
• Coordinate and support realist evaluation studies involving community health volunteers and linked health facilities.
• Developing and reviewing study Case Record Forms (CRFs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), ensuring standardization
• Training and supervising data clerks supporting community health volunteers and creating field reports for the investigators.
• Coaching and training of community health volunteers on specific C-it-DU-it interventions.
• Liaising with relevant stakeholders in the registration of households on eCHIS is and ensure data is linked with facility EMRs
• Monitoring and evaluating participant recruitment and retention
• Monitor compliance with regulatory, ethical requirements and study protocols within the project
• Overseeing documentation of all aspects of project

Vacancy Requirements:

• Diploma in the following fields; Community Health and Development, Nutrition, Social work or relevant qualification from a recognized Institution
• At least five years of work experience in a research institution/organization
• Ability to speak dholuo language    
• Be proficient in computer application
• Organization Skills    
• Communication Skills    
• Interpersonal Skills    
• Must be computer literate    
• Team player

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Key Responsibilities:

• Managing daily data collection at the field sites in Homa Bay County
• Supervising verification of data, check and clean raw data as soon as it is uploaded or entered by field staff
• Ensuring project data is securely stored in the provided repository mechanism
• Creating and maintaining SOPs related to the management project data
• Creating and managing data dictionaries, including updating and checking stored information related to the study, updating datasets and associated data dictionaries, as well as maintaining a record of data and variable updates (version control)
• Performing data query management, ensuring all queries are issued and resolved appropriately and in a timely manner
• Monitoring study data to ensure the quality and completeness of the data submitted
• Generating QC reports for review and correction, as well as a variety of other reports as required.
• Evaluating study data for protocol compliance
• Assisting in the maintenance of documentation of the study database and other related data management programs and/or applications
• Implementing capacity-building efforts to increase and expand the skills of local counterparts and field team technicians
• Generating interim reports as requested by the study investigators and coordinator
• Ensuring all data management activities are in compliance with the Kenya Data Protection Act
• Providing technical user support to field workers and data clerks

Vacancy Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Biostatistics or Applied Statistics or any other related field from a recognised institutio
• Training in statistical packages/programs, preferably STATA, Excel, R and Python and statistical analysis will be an added advantage
• High level of competency in using Microsoft, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.    
• Analytical and report writing skills    
• Presentation skills    
• Good Team player    
• Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and focus on quality and innovation.    
• Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Receiving/collecting, recording of specimens;
• Processing and analyses;
• Preparing reagents;
• Recording and reporting of results;
• Dispatching the results for clinical/Research management
• Support with mapping of clinical and waste facilities in project counties that can/will contribute to environmental surveillance for enteric pathogens.
• Enhance systems for checking the quality of environmental testing through use and timely review of internal quality control results, external quality assurance scheme results, proficiency testing program results and other sources of quality indicator data.
• Support with joint field and household visits to collect AR data using available tools for analysis to determine communities’ exposure.
• Routine and daily maintenance of laboratory equipment;
• Ensuring adherence to biosafety and biosecurity guidelines;
• Taking part in preparation of Standards Operations Procedures (SOPs).

Vacancy Requirements:

• Diploma in any of the following fields: Medical Laboratory Sciences, Applied Sciences, Medical Laboratory Technology, Biotechnology or any other equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;    
• Experience in environmental surveillance work, microbiology and AMR are added advantage.    
• Registration Certificate issued by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board (KMLTTB) where applicable, or any other recognized regulatory body;    
• Valid practicing license from Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists where applicable;    
• Proficiency in computer application.    
• Communication skills    
• Interpersonal skills    
• Team player    

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Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in preparation of budget on project supplies, workshops and conferences, study participants’ reimbursements and request on transport.
• Document project vehicle mileage, track and update reports on vehicle maintenance
• Work with the field team leads to request and make follow-up on procurement of goods and services through ERP and eRequestor. S/he must ascertain goods and services are delivered on time, with stated specification, standard and verify invoices against goods delivered.
• Assist in verification of invoices and bills from the field office before payments are made.
• Ensure frequent update of stock database to show both stock-in and out
• Coordinate all project supplies and field activities.
• Ensure day-to-day smooth operations of administrative functions of the department.
• Undertake other duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Vacancy Requirements:

• Diploma in Business Administration, Management, Accounts, Purchasing andSupplies Management or any other relevant and equivalent qualification from a recognizedinstitution.    
• Proficiency in computer applications;    
• Fluent in English and Kiswahili, both spoken and written    
• Planning skills    
• Communication and reporting skills    
• Interpersonal skills    
• Team player

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Key Responsibilities:

• Track expenditure and prepare timely reports for submission to Project Manager, PIs, Partners and Donor.
• Maintaining an inventory register;
• Ensuring assets are insured;
• Ensuring maintenance office equipment, facilities and assets; and
• Generating reports on operations, maintenance and utilization.
• Review financial and administrative vouchers and monitor MPESA payments.
• Recommend approvals of project operating invoices and vouchers for payment.
• Liaise with finance to ensure funds are available before processing LPOs and with relevant departments to ensure Request for Purchases is completed for timely procurement and delivery of project supplies.
• Maintaining an inventory register and conduct unannounced inventories inspection to ensure all assets are available and maintained per schedule.
• Manage office transport system, track vehicle and motorbike expenses and highlight concerns
• Liaise with Human Resource on hiring and orientation of project staff.
• Manage timesheet tracker per project and maintain leave schedules.
• Coordinate archiving of branch files.
• Coordinate branch meetings and take minutes.
• Facilitate processing of travel requisitions.
• Coordinate clearance of visitors to the branch and liaise with relevant departments for clearance, work permits, hotel reservations, ground transportation and office space.
• Prepare welcome packet for visiting scientists.
• Generating reports on operations, maintenance, and utilization
• Any other related duties as may be assigned from time to time by the immediate supervisor

Vacancy Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Administration, Political Science, Sociology, Business Administration/ Accounting/ Finance or its equivalent qualification from a recognized institution;    
• Minimum five years’ experience in Project administration, management, finance, accounting or relatedfield.    
• Knowledge of administrative, budgetary, financial, and human resources policies and procedures;    
• Have proficiency in computer applications.    
• Planning skills    
• Communication and reporting skills.    
• Team player    
• Interpersonal skills    
• Strong communication and reporting skills    
• Excellent personnel and financial management skills