Responsibilities
- Support the design, development,
and implementation of field studies, including the selection of
appropriate epidemiological methods for collecting active and passive
antimicrobial resistance and use data using a One Health approach.
- Contribute to quantitative and
qualitative analysis of research data, interpret results, and prepare
reports, manuscripts and presentations.
- Prepare research ethics
applications, data sharing agreements, and progress reports.
- Represent ILRI on a day-to-day
level with project partners and take responsibility for maintaining good
relations with study participants, local authorities, funders, and other
stakeholders.
- Liaise regularly with government
officials.
- Disseminate research findings at
scientific meetings and conferences.
- Co-organize trainings and
workshops in AMR/U data analysis, including providing support to the
epidemiology unit at the department of veterinary services.
- Be willing to spend long days in
the field.
- Perform any other related duties
as may be assigned.
Requirements
- MSc degree program in
epidemiology, data sciences, or equivalent.
- Minimum of five years’ experience
in data analysis in field-based projects with a “One Health” theme.
- Formal training (e.g.,
certificate level) in team/project management, as well as significant
practical experience of team management.
- Proficiency with appropriate
analytic software and tools, especially R.
- Excellent organizational,
analytic, and interpretive skills.
- Excellent written and spoken
English.
- Good interpersonal, facilitation,
and communication skills, especially to diverse audiences and targets.
- Ability to work in a
multicultural environment and foster teamwork.
- Ability to work with limited
supervision and to take initiatives
How To Apply
Applicants should send a cover letter and CV expressing
their interest in the position, what they can bring to the job and the names
and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are
knowledgeable about the candidate’s professional qualifications and work
experience to the Director, People and Organizational Development before 24 March 2024. The
position title and reference number REF: AHH/
1317/2024 should be clearly marked on the subject line of
the cover letter.