Research Interns at Kenya Medical Research - KEMRI

Key Responsibilities:

• Literature reviews and evidence synthesis.
• Development of study protocols, data collection tools, and training materials.
• Coordination of field activities and stakeholder engagement meetings.
• Qualitative data collection.
• Data management, transcription, coding, and analysis.
• Preparation of technical reports, presentations, policy briefs, and manuscripts.
• Community mobilization and advocacy activities.
• Monitoring project activities and documenting lessons learned
• Administrative and logistical support for project implementation.
• Any other duties assigned by the project investigators.

Vacancy Requirements:

• A Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Sociology, Anthropology, Community Development, Health Promotion, Social Sciences, or a related discipline    Mandatory
• Basic knowledge of public health research methods.    Mandatory
• Experience in qualitative data collection, transcription, coding and analysis    Mandatory
• Knowledge of qualitative software (NVivo, Atlas.ti, Dedoose)    Mandatory
• Experience working with Ministry of Health programmes, community health workers, or research institutions    Mandatory
• Knowledge of community engagement, health promotion or health education will be an advantage.    Added Advantage
• Good communication and interpersonal skills    Mandatory
• Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams and community settings.    Mandatory

go to method of application »

Key Responsibilities:

• Literature reviews and evidence synthesis.
• Development of study protocols, data collection tools, and training materials.
• Coordination of field activities and stakeholder engagement meetings.
• Quantitative data collection.
• Data management and analysis.
• Preparation of technical reports, presentations, policy briefs, and manuscripts.
• Monitoring project activities and documenting lessons learned.
• Administrative and logistical support for project implementation.
• Any other duties assigned by the project investigators.

Vacancy Requirements:

• A Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Epidemiology, or another quantitative field.    Mandatory
• Strong interest in implementation research, neglected tropical diseases, community health, and health systems.    Mandatory
• Experience in public health or community-based research.    Mandatory
• Experience using REDCap, KoboCollect, ODK, or similar electronic data collection platforms.    Mandatory
• Knowledge of statistical software (STATA, R, SPSS, SAS, or Python).    Mandatory
• Experience working with Ministry of Health programmes, community health workers, or research institutions.    Mandatory