Scientist – Bioinformatician at International Livestock Research Institute

Responsibilities

• Design and implement bioinformatics pipelines and sequencing methods for quality control, assembly, analysis and interpretation of high throughput sequence data
• Implement platforms for visualizing data outputs
• Design, establish and manage relational databases for storage, sharing and efficient retrieval of information
• Communicate results to the team, students and to researchers via presentations.
• Identify bioinformatics knowledge gaps and needs and develop solutions to address them
• Participate in bioinformatics training workshops for scientific staff at ILRI and students.
• Provide technical guidance and supervise interns and students leading bioinformatics projects at ILRI
• Publish results of research in high quality peer-reviewed international journals and attend meetings and conferences
• Participate in the development of new research proposals to mobilize bioinformatics funding at ILRI

Requirements

• A PhD in Bioinformatics or a related field with a strong interest and experience in laboratory methods development, biological data analysis and biological interpretation of results
• At least 5 year post-doctoral experience in eukaryotic pathogen genomics
• Strong experience working with various data types, pipelines, validation, databases, and dealing with challenges in world of bioinformatics
• Programming skills including Perl, R, Python, Unix/Bash, C or C++. Familiarity with relational databases
• Working within a UNIX environment
• Experience in setting up bioinformatics workflows for large-scale DNA and RNA sequencing data sets using software pipelines in an HPC environment.
• Experience in integrating tools into pipelines and workflows and optimize their interoperability, efficiency, and usability
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and problem solving skills
• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams and experience working in developing countries

Post location: The position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya

Position level: The position level is 4C.

Duration: 3 years with the possibility of renewal, contingent upon individual performance and continued funding.

Benefits: ILRI offers a competitive salary and benefits package which includes 15% Pension, Medical insurance, Life insurance and allowances for: Education, Housing, Relocation, Home leave, Annual holiday entitlement of 30 days + public holidays.