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. The 1979 Act established KEMRI as a National body responsible for carrying out health research in Kenya.

Key Responsibilities:

• Organizing and supervising the implementation of all field 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 coordinator
• 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.

Requirement Type

• Bachelor Degree in Social science or a health related discipline; Public Health, Nursing, Clinical Medicine, Community Health from a recognized institution
• Good English, Kiswahili and Luo both spoken and written
• Be trained in Good Clinical Practice
• Be willing to reside in the study site
• Have strong written and spoken communication skills