Summary: Graduate Research Assistant role at Moi University in Eldoret, conducting ethnographic fieldwork in primary schools for a comparative research project. Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Translation Studies, Education (Arts), Languages, or related discipline with training or experience in qualitative/educational research. Full-time, field-based role. Apply by 19th August 2026.
- Moi University invites applications for a Graduate Research
Assistant under the four-year comparative research project: “Translating
Education: Multilingual Pedagogies, Terminologies, and World-Making in
Primary Schools in Kenya and Burkina Faso (TRED)”.
- This project is funded by the Cluster of Excellence EXC 2052 Africa
Multiple at the University of Bayreuth and implemented through the Africa
Multiple Research Centres at Moi University and Université Joseph
Ki-Zerbo.
Key Responsibilities
- Ethnographic fieldwork in primary schools in Nairobi, Kisumu and
Uasin Gishu
- Classroom observations, interviews, focus group discussions and data
collection
- Transcription and translation of multilingual classroom and
interview data
- Preliminary coding, literature searches and research documentation
- Ethical management, anonymisation and secure organisation of
research data
- Research meetings, training, fieldwork debriefings and dissemination
activities
Who Can Apply?
Applicants
should have:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Translation Studies, Education (Arts),
Languages, or a closely related discipline
- Training or experience in qualitative/educational research or field
data collection
- Very good spoken and written English and Kiswahili
- Willingness to undertake intensive fieldwork and work respectfully
in primary-school settings
- A strong commitment to research ethics, confidentiality, child
safeguarding, diversity and respectful community engagement
How to Apply
Applications
should be sent to: Prof. Catherine Kiprop, catekiprop@mu.ac.ke, Prof. Mosol
Kandagor, mosolkandagor@mu.ac.ke, and copy to
Use
the subject line: ‘TRED Graduate Research Assistant – [Applicant’s Full Name]’.
Submit
one PDF file containing:
- Application letter
- Detailed CV with two referees
- Certified academic certificates and transcripts
- Valid National ID or passport
- 300–500-word motivational statement
Application
Deadline: 19 August 2026
Expected Start: 1 October
2026, or as soon as possible thereafter
