Purpose of position:
This
is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled Scholarly Communications Coordinator who will support the growing research.
Responsibilities:
The
ideal candidate will be expected to:
- Support researchers in transforming scientific work into clear,
accurate, proposals, and reports.
- Understand the scientific publishing process: preparing submissions,
managing revisions, and communicating with journals.
- Work with scientific data—ensuring consistency, accuracy, and
organization.
- Assist in developing and coordinating grant applications, timelines,
and documentation.
- Have strong writing, editing, and project-management skills.
- Collaborate across diverse research teams and manage multiple
projects.
- Be organized, detail-oriented, and skilled at translating complex
scientific ideas into polished
Qualifications
- Masters degree in research intensive field in biomedical sciences
- Strong preference for PhD Holders
- Experience working with International funding bodies
- Budget development skills
- Knowledge of compliance and ethics requirements.
- Has published in peer review journals.
Terms
of Appointment:
- This is a one-year full time contract.
How to Apply
NOTES:
- Applicants should email their application letters, certified copies
of certificates and curriculum vitae (CV) giving details of their
qualifications, research experience and three (3) referees as well as
indicating their telephone and e-mail contacts.
- Cover Letter describing motivation and research interest.
- Applications and related documents be 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.
- Late applications will not be considered.
- Applications should be emailed to as one file in PDF: microbiometudy@uonbi.ac.ke
CLOSING DATE:
MONDAY MAY 11, 2026
