Clinical Officer-Human Genetic Studies
Country:
Kenya
Location:
Kilifi
JOB PURPOSE:
The Clinical Officer in this role will assist in running studies on Sickle cell disease. The post holder conducts daily activities to ensure communication with participants, clinical assessment and care, timely recruitment, data collection, follow up and adherence to study-specific procedures.
Assistant Accountant-Fixed Assets
Country:
Kenya
Location:
Kilifi
JOB PURPOSE:
To provide support to the finance function by recording fixed assets transactions on timely basis, maintaining an accurate fixed assets register and performing Fixed Assets physical verification according to KWTRP finance policy.
Jobs
Assistant Research Officer-Qualitative Digital Health Researcher
Country:
Kenya
Location:
Nairobi
JOB PURPOSE:
As an Assistant Research Officer (ARO) focusing on (UX/HCD/Health Informatics), will drive the creation of user-centered solutions for delivering robust clinical data pipelines and behavior change challenges in information use for routine-decision making. The ARO role is a hybrid role of user-research using qualitative methods, digital health, and design acumen. You must demonstrate proficiency in all aspects for this position.
The ARO will work in the data BRIDGE project under the Principal Investigator to ensure project success. The individual will focus on both strategic and tactical aspects of the research project, attending to the day-to-day delivery while keeping sight of the overall project objectives. You will iterate on solutions, informed by user research, to deliver exceptional solutions to meet the needs of end-users (e.g. healthcare workers, public hospitals etc.) and key stakeholders (e.g. County health officials, MoH staff etc.
Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs) have the potential to improve health data collection and decision-making in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for monitoring health system performance, routine maternal, perinatal, and neonatal death surveillance and response (MPNDSR) and for integrated disease surveillance response (IDSR). However, existing EHRs audits reveal that they are challenging and expensive to sustainably implement in SSA.
Therefore, in the short-to-medium term, paper-to-digital systems will continue to dominate. This project proposes to improve the quality, volume, and range of data collected through paper-to-digital systems in SSA while reducing the workload of information officers and improving data use culture.
This will be achieved by (1) Co-developing with key stakeholders patient-level core dataset(s) for routine-decision making that are valuable to different stakeholders (2) Exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to develop an efficient, user-friendly clinical informatics pipeline that leverages paper-to-digital systems and (3) Identifying how the core dataset(s) from the pipeline can be routinely used for multiple surveillance needs (MPNDSR/IDSR) and QI programmes through optimising Audit and Feedback plan-do-study-act cycles and mechanisms.
This project aims to bridge the gap between data and information by developing a practical and sustainable solution for improving health data collection and use for routine decision-making in Kenya with an initial focus on neonatal care in public hospitals.
Assistant Research Officer – Flow Cytometry
Country:
Kenya
Location:
Kilifi
JOB PURPOSE:
The incumbent will largely be involved in performing cell sorting and phenotypic analysis. Ability to perform and troubleshoot basic flow cytometry and cell sorting procedures will be an added advantage. The job is based at KWTRP in Kilifi, Kenya but the incumbent will also interact and work closely with IAVI collaborating institutions.
Assistant Research Officer-Bioinformatics
Country:
Kenya
Location:
Kilifi
JOB PURPOSE:
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) is one of the leading research centres in Africa. The Programme engages in a wide range of research on the main causes of ill health in Africa. We are seeking to appoint a research officer or assistant in the field of bioinformatics or molecular biology to work in the Biosciences department. The successful candidate will be part of a research team seeking to understand HIV B-cell biology to inform HIV vaccine development.
The candidate will be involved in bioinformatics analysis of HIV-antigen specific immunoglobulin gene usage and naïve B cell repertoires mainly in African populations. The incumbent will also provide bioinformatics support for other ongoing immunological work within the group. He/she will require solid knowledge of bioinformatics, ability to write and execute codes and develop custom analysis suites for projects. Additional knowledge in molecular biology techniques will be an added advantage.
This work is part of a five-year (2022 – 2026) collaborative programme with IAVI and several clinical research centres in Africa and is funded by USAID. The incumbent will have an opportunity to interact and work as part of the larger bioinformatics team within the IAVI consortium.
Lab Quality Assurance Manager
Country:
Kenya
Location:
Kilifi
JOB PURPOSE:
To work with relevant quality staff to develop comprehensive quality programs that will ensure the maintenance of laboratory QMS to internationally recognised GCLP standards. Expansion of the QMS to other areas of the laboratory in order to qualify for GCLP accreditation.
