Research Assistant

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    Mandatory
• Training in Good Clinical Practice    Mandatory
• Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics skills will be an added advantage    Added Advantage