Last Updated on March 15, 2023
Are you interested in working with the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP)? Then you are on the right post. We have exhaustively conveyed all the important and recent updates, related to this recruitment exercise. Kindly read to the end, to get all the necessary information, concerning the requirements, guidelines, qualifications, and application for the 2023 KWTRP recruitment.
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About KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP)
The KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) is based within the KEMRI Centre for Geographic Medical Research – (Coast). Our core activities are funded by the Wellcome Trust. We conduct integrated epidemiological, social, laboratory and clinical research in parallel, with results feeding into local and international health policy. Our research platforms include state-of-the-art laboratories, a demographic surveillance system covering a quarter of a million residents, partnership with Kilifi County Hospital in health care and hospital surveillance, a clinical trials facility, a vibrant community engagement programme and a dedicated training facility.
Our Vision to establish long term sustainable capacity for research in human health that improves global health. Our Mission to deliver high quality research relevant to global health and to build local capacity for undertaking research. Aims of the programme : To conduct research to the highest international scientific and ethical standards on the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the region in order to provide the evidence base to improve health. To train an internationally competitive cadre of Kenyan and African research leaders to ensure the long term development of health research in Africa.
KWTRP Recruitment 2023
KWTRP has been undergoing massive job recruitment intakes annually for the past few years. We’ve received numerous requests from aspirants on various platforms yearning for legit information about the KWTRP application form and guidelines for 2023. Many applicants have been asking us questions like;
- Is KWTRP 2023 job application form out?
- Where can I obtain the 2023 KWTRP Recruitment form?
- When will KWTRP start 2023 Recruitment?
- I need KWTRP 2023 Recruitment updates,
- How can I apply for KWTRP Recruitment 2023? Just to list a few.
These questions will be answered on this page and everything you need to be shortlisted for the KWTRP recruitment will also be clearly stated.
Requirements for KWTRP Recruitment 2023
To qualify for the 2023 KWTRP recruitment, candidates must;
- Be a Kenyan citizen
- Have a Minimum KCSE mean grade of D (plain)
- Possess Upper Second Class Honours Degree and above (or equivalent)
- Have a valid Kenyan National Identity Card and Pin Certificate
- Applicants must be between 18 to 26 years.
How to Apply for KWTRP Recruitment 2023
To apply for KWTRP recruitment 2023, visit the official website at http://kemri-wellcome.org
- Locate Vacancies/Careers page
- Select a vacant job and fill in all requirements.
- Submit and print out the reference form if any.
The names of successful candidates will be published, and these people will be contacted for further recruitment interviews.
Job Opportunity at KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP)
We are currently recruiting to fill the following positions;
- Research Medical Officer II – Clinical Epidemiology / Implementation Science (Neonatal Team)
- Research Officer-Clinical Epidemiology / Implementation Science (Neonatal Team)
- Research Medical Officer I -HSU
Research Medical Officer II – Clinical Epidemiology / Implementation Science (Neonatal Team)
JOB DIMENSIONS:
The Health Services & Implementation Cluster comprises a multi-disciplinary team based in Nairobi. It works closely with the Kenya Paediatric Association, the University of Nairobi, the Ministry of Health and multiple county hospitals in a collaboration called the Clinical Information Network (CIN). The CIN has worked for 10 years to improve paediatric and neonatal inpatient care. Going forward the CIN would like to extend its work to develop a better understanding of the quality of neonatal care and the outcomes of those admitted to newborn units while also developing and testing implementation strategies to improve care.
The CIN (Neonatal) team are looking for a medical officer to help develop new areas of neonatal research. The individual will work with a team of scientists and under the supervision of clinical and non-clinical post-doctoral scientists leading CIN and related research. In particular, the individual is expected to help sustain the collection of high-quality routine data by collaborating with CIN hospital clinicians and hospitals’ information officers so that the CIN platform can support improvement work and evaluation of outcomes and interventions. To do this they will liaise with senior hospital staff and policy-makers and managers at county and national levels too. While doing this they will be expected to learn the principles of data management, data quality assurance, quality measurement and quality improvement.
The individual will also be expected, under supervision, to conduct formative research that will support the development of new research proposals. Potential topic areas include: pragmatic clinical trials (eg.of emollient therapy or antibiotic regimens); implementation of bedside diagnostic technologies, or implementing better clinical practices (eg. optimizing newborn feeding). Specific roles will include:
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Help manage the CIN-N data collection process, ensure the high quality of data, continue to improve the data systems and ensure these are adequately documented and ensure the production of timely hospital feedback reports and aggregate hospital reports for sharing with hospitals and other national stakeholders.
- Help update / adapt the CIN-N data collection system so that it meets the needs of CIN hospitals and new projects
- Work closely with CIN team members and assume some supervisory responsibility for ensuring hospital clerks are effectively managed. This work may include travel to county hospital sites and hardware installation and management.
- Liaise with senior CIN team members, county hospitals’ hospital management teams, paediatricians, senior nurses and HRIOs to ensure the smooth running of the CIN-N
- Ensure the production of reports using CIN-N data for Principal Investigators and for project funders as required
- Help present the data emerging from the CIN-N at internal meetings, in hospitals, and to national and international partners
- Develop one topic and draft a report / scientific manuscript using the CIN-N data to develop analytic and scientific writing skills
- Develop a specific epidemiological / implementation research project as guided senior team members and work towards developing a proposal for future research
As part of a wider contribution to the KWTRP research programme in Nairobi the post-holder may partake in or help conduct internal epidemiological methodological workshops and shared learning sessions and will be expected to contribute to and help organise internal seminars and journal clubs and provide peer review of emerging proposals within KWTRP together with other senior scientists.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- MBChB or equivalent and should have completed internship
- A licensed Kenyan Medical practitioner
- At least two years post-qualification experience in medical practice
- Current registration Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists’ Board
- Demonstrable experience in research including roles in data collection, health data analysis and report writing.
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training and certification
DESIRABLE:
- Strong practical foundation in data collection and quality control, data management, data visualization
- Completion of at least 1 year of work as a medical officer
- Some skills in use of a statistical programme (‘R’ is preferred)
- Experience of using REDCap or of similar data capture tools
- Understanding of DHIS2 and the Kenyan Health Information System
- Evidence of ability to write scientific proposals or for peer-reviewed research publications
- Clear interest in health services or implementation research
- Prior work on team based projects and demonstrable organizational skills and experience managing junior team members
Research Officer-Clinical Epidemiology / Implementation Science (Neonatal Team)
JOB DIMENSIONS:
The Health Services & Implementation Cluster comprises a multi-disciplinary team based in Nairobi. It works closely with the Kenya Paediatric Association, the University of Nairobi, the Ministry of Health and multiple county hospitals in a collaboration called the Clinical Information Network (CIN). The CIN has worked for 10 years to improve paediatric and neonatal inpatient care. Going forward the CIN would like to extend its work to develop a better understanding of the quality of neonatal care and the outcomes of those admitted to newborn units while also developing and testing implementation strategies to improve care.
The CIN (Neonatal) team is looking for a Research Officer to help develop new areas of neonatal research. The individual will work with a team of scientists and under the supervision of clinical and non-clinical post-doctoral scientists leading CIN and related research. In particular, the individual is expected to help sustain the collection of high-quality routine data by collaborating with CIN hospital clinicians and hospitals’ information officers so that the CIN platform can support improvement work and evaluation of outcomes and interventions. To do this they will liaise with senior hospital staff and policy-makers and managers at county and national levels too. While doing this they will be expected to learn the principles of data management, data quality assurance, quality measurement and quality improvement.
The individual will also be expected, under supervision, to conduct formative research that will support the development of new research proposals. Potential topic areas include: pragmatic clinical trials (eg.of emollient therapy or antibiotic regimens); implementation of bedside diagnostic technologies, or implementing better clinical practices (eg. optimizing newborn feeding). Specific roles will include:
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Help manage the CIN-N data collection process, ensure the high quality of data, continue to improve the data systems and ensure these are adequately documented and ensure the production of timely hospital feedback reports and aggregate hospital reports for sharing with hospitals and other national stakeholders.
- Help update / adapt the CIN-N data collection system so that it meets the needs of CIN hospitals and new projects
- Work closely with CIN team members and assume some supervisory responsibility for ensuring hospital clerks are effectively managed. This work may include travel to county hospital sites and hardware installation and management.
- Liaise with senior CIN team members, county hospitals’ hospital management teams, paediatricians, senior nurses and HRIOs to ensure the smooth running of the CIN-N
- Ensure the production of reports using CIN-N data for Principal Investigators and for project funders as required
- Help present the data emerging from the CIN-N at internal meetings, in hospitals, and to national and international partners
- Develop one topic and draft a report / scientific manuscript using the CIN-N data to develop analytic and scientific writing skills
- Develop a specific epidemiological / implementation research project as guided senior team members and work towards developing a proposal for future research
As part of a wider contribution to the KWTRP research programme in Nairobi the post-holder may partake in or help conduct internal epidemiological methodological workshops and shared learning sessions and will be expected to contribute to and help organise internal seminars and journal clubs and provide peer review of emerging proposals within KWTRP together with other senior scientists
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master’s degree in MSc / MPH
- Primary degree in a health-related discipline (eg. Public Health)
- At least (3) three years’ working experience in research work or related experience.
- Demonstrable experience in prior relevant research handling roles in data collection, health data analysis and report writing
DESIRABLE:
- Strong practical foundation in data collection and quality control, data management, data visualization
- Completion of at least 1 year of research work as an employee
- Some skills in use of a statistical programme (‘R’ is preferred)
- Experience of using REDCap or of similar data capture tools
- Understanding of DHIS2 and the Kenyan Health Information System
- Evidence of ability to write scientific proposals or for peer-reviewed research publications
- Clear interest in health services or implementation research
- Prior work on team-based projects and demonstrable organizational skills and experience managing junior team members
COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:
- Excellent interpersonal, written and presentation communication skills
- Ability to work relatively independently to achieve agreed objectives
- Focus on timely delivery of objectives
Research Medical Officer I -HSU
JOB DIMENSIONS:
The Job will involve overall coordination and scientific oversight of the WHO-led sentinel surveillance for the RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine in 6 hospitals in western Kenya. The post holder will also coordinate the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in several hospitals in Kenya. The AMR surveillance seeks to investigate applicability of the ‘hub’ and ‘spoke’ approach as a surveillance approach and to estimate the burden of AMR in hospitalised children. The post is based in Kenya at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP), Nairobi, but involves extensive interactions with collaborators in the Ministry of Health (MoH), county governments, academic research collaborators, and other scientists in the programme. Suitable candidates will be highly driven, with strong negotiation skills, an effective communicator, able to lead teams and with strong research publication skills.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Take overall coordination of the studies in consultation with the Principal Investigator to ensure that overall execution of studies in line with approved protocols
- Work with the Principal Investigator and other relevant staff members to prepare and execute research plans in liaison with other partners in the projects
- Lead the collection, processing, compilation, and analysis of study data/samples and ensure all related records and reports are handled and managed in line with study protocols
- Oversee that the studies are conducted in line with approved protocols and study standard operating procedures including ensuring both internal and external quality standards are met.
- Supervise and manage the study team, conduct performance appraisal, approve, and monitor study activities
- Develop research interests and publish manuscripts linked to the study project.
- Carry out desktop research/ literature reviews and prepare/ draft write-ups as may be required for inclusion in/ to support proposals, presentations/seminars and publications
- Coordinate preparation and submission of reports as required including activity reports, project progress reports etc.
- Oversight preparation of progress reports for submission to funders and sponsors
- Approve budgets for study activities
- Lead liaison with MoH, county hospitals and other stakeholders
- Prepare and convene meetings for feedback to stakeholders
- Presentation of study outputs at scientific meetings
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Medical Degree (MBChB, MBBS or equivalent), and Masters degree MSc in Epidemiology, Public Health, biostatics or related field.
- Research experience with a track-record of publishing in peer-reviewed journals (at least two publications as lead author)
- Current registration Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists’ Board
- At least 4 years’ experience working in a biomedical research environment
- Interests/experience working in Microbiology or microbiology data is an added advantage
- Competence in use of R, STATA or other software applications to undertake statistical analyses.
- An ongoing Doctor of Philosophy (Dphil, PhD) is an added advantage
COMPETENCIES:
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent scientific writing skills and presentation skills (use of Powerpoint or other media)
- Ability to work with limited supervision and meet deadlines
- Excellent diagnostic, analytical and investigative skills
- Strong leadership skills
- Ability to work independently, in a team, and in a multi-cultural environment
- Confidentiality, attention to detail, punctuality and high integrity
Method of Application
Use the link(s) below to apply on company website.
- Research Medical Officer II – Clinical Epidemiology / Implementation Science (Neonatal Team)
- Research Officer-Clinical Epidemiology / Implementation Science (Neonatal Team)
- Research Medical Officer I -HSU
Deadline: Mar 28, 2023