Research Associate – III Health Program

Key Responsibilities:

• Under the guidance of the technical lead, support the design, development, and implementation of field studies, including the selection of appropriate epidemiological methods for collecting field and laboratory data.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of training materials to farmers and animal health practitioners.
• Prepare research ethics applications, data-sharing agreements, and progress reports.
• Contribute to the analysis of research data, interpretation of results, and preparation of reports, manuscripts, and presentations.
• Represent ILRI in daily interactions with project partners and maintain good relations with study participants, local authorities, funders, and other stakeholders.
• Liaise regularly with government officials and project partners.
• Disseminate research findings at scientific meetings and conferences.
• Perform any other related duties as may be assigned

Requirements

• A Bachelors degree in veterinary science or agricultural economics.
• Minimum of three years' work experience in field-based projects
• Some experience in field epidemiology and collection of epidemiological data
• Familiarity with platforms such as ODK/KoboToolbox is desirable
• 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.
• Willingness to spend extended time in the field and periods outside Nairobi.