NGO Jobs in Nairobi Kenya – KEMRI

KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme is well known internationally for its diverse health studies, including clinical, epidemiological, immunological and health systems research

The Programme invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced persons to fill the following positions based in Nairobi:

1. Research Officer

A Pharmacist (with BPharm) is needed to join the Health Services Unit of the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme to support the work of an emerging ‘Clinical Information Network’ spanning multiple hospitals in Kenya.

The successful applicant will join a team of clinicians, epidemiologists and information technologists and facilitate running the ‘Clinical Information Network’ while being supported to develop their own research linked to the network ideally in one of the areas: epidemiological analysis, health informatics or quality of care.

2. Medical Officer

A Medical Officer (with MBChB) or Specialist Medical Officer (with MMed in Paediatrics) is needed to join the Health Services Unit of the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme to support the work of an emerging ‘Clinical Information Network’ spanning multiple hospitals in Kenya.

The successful applicant will join a team of clinicians, epidemiologists and information technologists and facilitate running the ‘Clinical Information Network’ while being supported to develop their own research linked to the network ideally in one of the areas: epidemiological analysis, health informatics or quality of care.

The work of the ‘Clinical Information Network’ on paediatric / newborn care is being undertaken together with the Ministry of Health, County Hospitals and the Kenya Paediatric Association and is led by Prof. Mike English (KWTRP and Oxford) in collaboration with Dr. Grace Irimu (University of Nairobi) and with the support of multiple collaborators internationally.

Deadline for these applications is 24th January 2014.


For full job descriptions and application procedure details, please check our website (www.kemri-wellcome.org) . Find the vacancies under Jobs, Careers section.