Office Assistant
Vacancy No. FN-18-02-2023
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Photocopying and filing of office/study documents.
- Maintaining office (compound) cleanliness. Includes cleaning the office, kitchen and bathroom.
- Cleaning and Autoclaving speculums and Biopsy forceps.
- Keeping stock of office supplies (keeping track of things that are running low).
- Running office errands e.g. collecting and sending parcels, purchasing office supplies, etc.
- Supporting project tasks as needed.
Required Qualifications
- Certificate in front office, secretarial, business management, social work or any related field.
Other Required Skills
- At least 1 year experience working as an administrative assistant or similar role in a busy set-up.
- Must have worked in a sexual and reproductive health setting in particular cervical cancer screening program.
- Previous experience working in a research setting (added advantage)
- Honest and of high integrity.
- Fluency in English, Kiswahili and Luo.
- Very flexible and adaptable to the set tasks.
Interviewer
Vacancy No. FN-04-02-2023
Qualifications:
- Diploma in Social Work, Community Health, or related fields
- Language skills: fluency in English, Kiswahili, and Dholuo, spoken and written
- Computer proficient (Microsoft Office, e-mail, Zoom)
- Prior experience with research data collection, preferably with adolescent girls and young women: Must provide reference from prior employer/principal investigator.
Other Required Skills:
- Excellent knowledge of Kisumu town and surrounding peri-urban geographic area
- Experience with informed consent procedures
- Excellent communication skills: Must be able to communicate promptly with Study Coordinator, team members, and PI via email and WhatsApp
- Team player with ability to work closely with study team and other KEMRI staff at sites
- Works well under minimal supervision
- Must be available for entire period of survey completion
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop an in-depth understanding of study design and goals, and ensure that the study is conducted in compliance with study protocols and other regulatory requirements.
- Provide accurate translations of study documents from English to Luo and Kiswahili
- Identify eligible participants for the interviews from the KEN SHE study and health care workers
- Facilitate informed consent and assent processes and documentation with participants
- Conduct online tablet-based survey data collection with adolescent girls and young women aged 15-20; meet appropriate weekly targets through careful planning
- Submit weekly summaries of recruitment and enrollment into the study to the Study Coordinator
- Participate in once to twice weekly Zoom meetings with study team to review study progress, data collection, and data management (these meeting may be as early as 7am and run as late as 6pm)
- Maintain adequate supplies of study documents and other study supplies at site
- Ensure strict compliance with ethical requirements for conduct of research
- Collect and submit receipts from any purchases made on behalf of the study to
Data Clerk
Vacancy No. FN-05-02-2023
Qualifications
- BSc in Computer Science, Biostatistics, Applied Statistics, mathematical sciences or any other related field
- Familiarity with modern database systems and information technologies including USSDs, Cloud computing and cloud server management
- Knowledge of statistical packages/programs such as R, MySQL and STATA will be an added advantage
- A minimum of two years of experience working in a busy clinical research or medical set up
Desirable Qualities
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and a focus on quality and innovation
- Ability to prioritize work, exercise initiative and work with minimal direction
- Adaptability to changes in work duties, responsibilities, and requirements
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with colleagues, including research scientists
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Design, build and implement study databases and data collection tools
- Conduct training of all data clerks and relevant staff on data-specific items, study protocol, SOPs and documents, and equipment use as assigned by the data manager
- Performing QA/QC of eCRFs, chart notes and name charts to ensure quality and accuracy.
- Oversee (in conjunction with technical experts) the use and operation of data capture and storage platforms
- Maintain computers and other equipment used for data collection, ensuring data is backed up daily and CRFs are updated as needed
- Perform regular data reviews and identify problems with the data quality and integrity, communicate the issues and work with the Data manager for timely corrective action/query resolution
- Generate routine statistical reports and custom dashboards as needed for information dissemination
- Work with the study team to ensure that data reporting needs are scheduled and addressed
- Develop and review data related
Other Required Skills:
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Extensive organization skills
- Ability to work in a clinically busy, resource-challenged and demanding environment.
- Commitment to integrity and high-quality performance
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team
- Keen and attentive to detail
- Ability to communicate in a timely manner and submit reports when tasked.
- Proactive, ability to work independently, interact well with other team members
- Familiarity with a multi- department clinical lab setting
Duties and Responsibilities
- Accurate and timely performing of Study specific assays
- Nasal Swab collection of participants
- Ensuring custody of participant specimens and storage/archival
- Appropriate reporting of any abnormal lab result.
- Ensure maintenance and troubleshooting on all lab equipment and report to the supervisor
Study Nurse
Vacancy No. FN-06-02-2023
Qualifications
- Diploma in Nursing – Registered Community Health Nurse (KRCHN) with extensive and recent hands-on clinical experience
- Must be registered with the Nursing officers Council of Kenya.
- More than two (2) years Clinical research experience
- Good Clinical Practice training/Human Subjects Protection training
- Knowledge and ability to counsel clients on Sexual and reproductive health and contraceptive use
- Knowledge and experience in managing STI cases will be an added advantage
Desirable Qualities
- Commitment to integrity and high quality performance
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team
- Keen and attentive to detail
- Ability to follow instructions and procedures
- Articulate in both verbal and written communication in English and Swahili.
- Counseling skills
- Computer literacy
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Register and consent study participants and assist with eligibility determination, screening and enrolment of study participants.
- Informed Consent administration per study protocol and collection of participant medical, surgical and reproductive history.
- Perform HIV/AIDS counseling and testing and STI risk reduction assessment counselling and support as needed.
- Prescreening and screening of participants
- Support in health talks to participants at the clinic and mobilization sources.
- Collect biological samples
- Perform phlebotomy
Counsellor
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Counselling Psychology from a recognized university
- Have at least one year of training experience Skills and Competencies
- Experience in Sexual Reproductive Health counselling
- Good Clinical Practice training/Human Subjects Protection training
Desirable Qualities
- Ideal candidate should have a keen awareness and a good knowledge of psychosocial issues and the complexities of working on these issues
- Strong analytical and report writing skills and proven ability to conduct psychological assessments
- Good team player with excellent cross-cultural interpersonal skills
- Proactive and able to work under minimal supervision while exercising diplomacy, flexibility and assertiveness
- Ability to confront and discuss sensitive issues with respect and able to uphold high standards of confidentiality
- Knowledge of Computer Applications such as MS-ACCESS, MS-EXCEL and MS WORD
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide individual and group counselling services and other short term therapeutic services to refugees referred to the field office and keep continuous counselling notes Conduct psychological assessments and Mental Status Examinations and prepare and submit the reports to the Counselling Psychologist
- Assist in referring clients for provision of social assistance and financial assistance for food, transport, clothes and other material assistance
- Assist protection officers in organizing and mobilizing for committee meetings, dialogues and other activities.
- Ensure efficient case management, documentation and filing at field level
- Assist in the follow up and monitoring of all referral cases and ensure timely turnaround of assessment reports and other interventions
Laboratory Intern
Vacancy No. FN-08-02-2023
Required Qualifications:
A Degree or diploma in Medical Laboratory, Medical Microbiology or Biomedical Sciences.
The Intern will be trained on the following:
- Nasal Swab collection of participants
- Storage/archival of participant specimens
- Identification and reporting of any abnormal lab results
- Troubleshooting on lab equipment
- Running and logging of specimen and controls as per the set SOP.
- Laboratory Waste segregation and management.
- Recording and updating laboratory inventory.
- Review of standard operating procedures in keeping with the protocol for the laboratory, and all lab related documents and manuals.
- Ensure compliance with all the SOPs and respective specimen flow charts
- Projection on consumables and reagents, and re-ordering whenever due
- Familiarize and comply with Biological samples transportation requirements.
- Updating and ensuring quality assurance of the lab data bases
- GCLP compliant
- Familiarize with downloading, and posting/reporting all external lab results/reports
- Transcription of all lab results and communication of the same as per the lab results
How to apply:
- All applicants must meet each selection criteria detailed in the minimum requirements.
- Must include a current CV with the names of at least three referees.
- Must include copies of academic and professional certificates.
- Indicate the Vacancy Number on the subject of the application Email.
A duly signed application letter indicating the vacancy reference with copies of documents listed above should be sent to: [email protected] not later than February 28, 2023.
