Latest Jobs at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

Key Responsibilities:

• To effectively plan, organize, and administer the activities of the projects.
• Making orders for clinical, laboratory and logistical study supplies and equipment using the appropriate methods
• Maintain study records and ensure integrity of data and information.
• Keeping and tracking staff leave schedule
• Booking for facilities to be used for training, meetings and writing minutes during meetings
• Keep accurate records of financial transactions for money advanced for project use and submit expenditure documents for accounting purposes.
• Ensuring availability of adequate supplies in the field sites
• Maintain inventory of supplies and equipment as appropriate
• Organize transport and logistics operations including booking travel and processing allowances for project staff as appropriate
• Undertake other duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor

Vacancy Requirements:

• Diploma in any of the following disciplines: Business Management, Human Resource     
• Management, Business Administration, or any other approved equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.     
• Proficiency in written and verbal English & Kiswahili     
• Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution.     
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills     
• Must be flexible to work within the existing structure.     
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Administer informed consent to potential participants in accordance with GCP and HSP guidelines.
• Collect quality data using tablet-based data entry platforms.
• Ensure that the data collection is conducted in compliance with study protocol and other regulatory requirements.
• Ensure that equipment, supplies and other materials necessary for successful conduct of the field work are available as/when required.
• Provide progress reports and solve reported problems encountered in the field to the supervisor.
• Perform any other study-related duties as assigned by immediate supervisor.

Vacancy Requirements:

• O-Level secondary education with a minimum grade of a D+ (plus)     
• Minimum of one (1) year working experience doing community health work with good understanding of MOH community health strategies and roles, data collection and management.     
• Excellent knowledge and working experience with Microsoft Office suite, tablet-based data entry platforms.     
• Working knowledge of Good Clinical Practice, human subjects research, and related clinical trial regulatory requirements     
• Experience in managing and ensuring data quality.     
• Fluency in English and Swahili, written and spoken. Fluency in the local language (Luhya) spoken in the study area will be an .     
• Ability to ride and maintain a motorcycle and a valid driving license     
• Good computing skills     
• God interpersonal communication skills     
• Be able to work both independently and in a team
• Administer informed consent to potential participants in accordance with GCP and HSP guidelines.
• Collect quality data using tablet-based data entry platforms.
• Ensure that the data collection is conducted in compliance with study protocol and other regulatory requirements.
• Ensure that equipment, supplies and other materials necessary for successful conduct of the field work are available as/when required.
• Provide progress reports and solve reported problems encountered in the field to the supervisor.
• Perform any other study-related duties as assigned by immediate supervisor.

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Vacancy Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Technology or any other related field from a recognized institution     
• Good knowledge in working with relational database management systems such as Microsoft SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL     
• Good programming knowledge in .Net (C#, VB.NET, ASP.Net)     
• Knowledge computer/mobile devices maintenance     
• Good command of English and Kiswahili languages, both oral and written.     
• Be a Kenyan youth below 30 years of age     
• Should have graduated and obtained the degree certificate

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Vacancy Requirements:

• Diploma in Computer Science or Information Technology or any other related field from a recognized institution
• Good knowledge in working with relational database management systems such as Microsoft SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL     
• Good programming knowledge in .Net (C#, VB.NET, ASP.Net)     
• Knowledge computer/mobile devices maintenance     
• Good command of English and Kiswahili languages, both oral and written.     
• Be a Kenyan youth below 30 years of age     
• Should have graduated and obtained the degree certificate

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Key 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

Vacancy Requirements:

• Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics; Statistics, Medical Statistics, Biostatistics, Health statistics, Biometry or equivalent qualification from a recognized Institution     
• 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.     
• Proficiency in computer application; and

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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;
• 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 Medical Laboratory Technology, Medical Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences from a recognized institution in Kenya     
• Must be computer literate     
• Must reside in the study area     
• Must be fluent in oral & written Dholuo     
• Be below thirty (30) years of age

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Vacancy Requirements:

• Diploma in Social work, Community health/development, Health records or related course from a recognized institution in Kenya     
• Must be computer literate     
• Must be willing to reside in the study area     
• Must be fluent in oral & written Dholuo     
• Be below thirty (30) years of age

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Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement data capture, management, analysis and reporting tools and systems
• Trouble shoot, modify/improve already existing electronic systems, train data and field personnel on developed/modified tools and systems.
• Ensure the current systems are connected to various databases with the main ones being MS-SQL.
• Deal with routine problems arising during data handling.
• Work with other team members and investigators on various tasks as requested.
• Perform additional duties as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Vacancy Requirements:

• BSc in computer science/information technology or related field     
• 1 Year experience in Programming     
• Knowledge of Visual Basic® and other programming languages in the NET environment.     
• Demonstrable experience developing friendly and well- designed user interface with connections to MS-SQL database, SQL or other major RDBMSs.     
• Experience with or working knowledge of Portable Digital equipment (including PDA, Tablets, Android phones) based applications, graphics design, and development of web applications will be an added advantage.     
• Proficiency in spoken and written English     
• attention to detail, high levels of intuition and a good work ethic     
• Ability to work independently and in a team.     
• Good judgment in problem solving and strong internal motivation     
• Ability to prioritize tasks and meet set deadlines

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Job Description

This is the entry and training grade in this cadre. An officer at this level will work underguidance and supervision of a senior officer.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop an in-depth understanding of the study’s goals and activities to conduct the study
• Perform screening & consenting and enrollment of participants,
• Perform physical examination, take medical history, prescribe medication and make follow up of enrolled participants
• Make diagnoses and decisions on patient’s management according to study protocols and the recommended national guidelines
• Document applicable study data during all study procedures
• Clinically manage ill participants and conduct clinical procedures including venipuncture, insertion of IV cannulas and collect biological samples when necessary
• Perform screening and assessment of study participant in terms of motor, cognitive, language and social-emotional development using CREDI and BSID tools.
• Respond to and resolve queries about participants’ information documented in the study files
• Any other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor

Vacancy Requirements:

• Diploma in Clinical Medicine.     
• Higher National Diploma in pediatrics an added advantage.     
• Registered and with a valid practicing license from the Clinical Officers Council of Kenya     
• At least 1 year combined post-internship pediatric clinical experience     
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office suite     
• Fluency in English, Swahili and Luo languages, both written and spoken.     
• Must be willing to reside in/within the study sites     
• Experience working in a research study     
• Certificate in “Good Clinical Practice” and/or “Human Subjects Protection”     
• Experience in using a laptop and or tablet (handheld computers)

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Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in identification of potential participants
• Consent and recruit eligible participants
• Schedule participants for follow ups
• Complete study forms accurately & completely
• Ensure he/she has the requisite supplies in good time
• Work closely with the data team to resolve queries
• Maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive research information
• Participate in monthly program meetings
• Relate well with MOH staff and CHVs and the community
• Perform any other duties assigned/delegated by the immediate supervisor.

Vacancy Requirements:

• O-Level secondary education with a minimum grade of a D+ (plus)     
• Excellent working experience with Microsoft Office suite, tablet-based data entry platforms.     
• GCP certificate     
• Fluency in English, Swahili and Luo and be able to translate from any of these languages     
• Ability to ride and maintain a motorcycle and in possession of valid driving license     
• Experience in electronic data collection e.g smartphone, tablets     
• Be a resident or willing to live and work in the study area     
• Experience in working in a research /hospital setting is an added advantage     
• Excellent computing skills     
• Good interpersonal communication skills