RESEARCH ASSOCIATES; CENTRE FOR HEALTHCARE QUALITY AND INNOVATION
(CHQI) STUDIES ADVERT, REF: AD/3/216/26, 5 POSTS
The
Project:
The
Centre for Healthcare Quality and (CHQI) based at the Faculty of Health
Sciences is seeking to hire temporary Research Associates for
a three-month period for various studies based in Nairobi, Central and Eastern
Kenya.
Job
Purpose:
To
recruit study participants and collect qualitative and quantitative data.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Operationalize study SOPs on site activation, data extraction,
participant recruitment, and data collection
- Ensure compliance to study protocol and institutional guidelines
- Implement study activities including community engagement,
information giving on obtaining informed consent and sample collection.
- Maintaining accurate records of research procedures, results, and
observations
- Provide study team with regular feedback on study activities
- Participate in regular team calls and meetings
- Other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned
Job Specification:
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) with clinical
research experience; or Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Health Sciences with
clinical research experience; or
- Master’s degree in medical humanities in any of the following fields
sociology, anthropology, health economics); or
- Diploma in Health Professions with at least three (3) years’
experience in infectious diseases (HIV, TB) or NCD prevention and care.
Terms
of Employment:
These
are temporary, full time positions for an initial period of three (3) months
with possibility of extension subject to IMMEDIATE availability &
satisfactory performance.
How to Apply
Notes:
- Applicants should email their application letters, certified copies
of certificates and curriculum vitae (CV max 4 pages) giving details of
their qualifications, experience and three (3) referees indicating their
telephone contacts and e-mail contacts;
- Applications and related documents should be forwarded addressed to
the Director, Human Resource, University of Nairobi;
- Applicants should state their current designations, salaries and
other benefits attached to those designations;
- The application letter must bear the reference code indicated in the
advertisement and CHQI Studies in the Subject Head of your email;
- Late applications will not be considered;
- Applications should be emailed as one file in PDF to:
recruit-raqrchqi@uonbi.ac.ke
CLOSING
DATE: FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2026
