Research Assistant

The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) is a state corporation established through the Science and Technology (Amendment) Act of 1979, which has since been amended to Science, Technology and Innovation Act 2013 as the national body responsible for carrying out health research in Kenya.

Research Assistant – Nairobi

Key Responsibilities:

• Organizing and supervising the implementation of all laboratory 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 manager
• Development of Lab SoPs and training staff on the same.
• 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.

Vacancy Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Science or a health related discipline; Public Health, Nursing, Clinical Medicine, Community Health from a recognized institution
• Training in Good Clinical Practice

Added Advantage

• Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics skills will be an added advantage