Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 03, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Background
Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) is a leading research organization in Africa with a strong track record in developing, testing and validating innovations for health. Driven by a core strategic mandate for research, training and services, the Institute’s work now spans a wide spectrum, covering biomedical and ecological sciences, intervention studies, health-systems research and policy translation. .

Job Responsibilities
• Conduct researches based on mosquito borne diseases and its
• Report on progress and outcomes of the projects at the end of every month by way of electronic or printed
• Meet these minimum performance standards for a Research Officer:
• A minimum of second authored article in a recognized peer reviewed journal per
• Participated in the concept or proposal
• Have a collaborative
• Present research findings at least twice a year at weekly departmental meetings and at least once at a national conference during the course of the
• Liaise with the community, government and other stakeholders as
• Undertake at least one professional development opportunity in grant writing, paper writing or data analysis during the course of the project.
• Seek support from PI and other senior scientist to apply for a grant to support master’s program.
• Assist with any other duties as directed by the project

Job Qualification
Holder of Bachelor of Sciences in Biology or Molecular biology or any other related

Job Skills
• Familiar with different assays performed in the laboratory for example ELISA, PCR, Electrophoresis, Microbiological analysis, and Parasites
• Understand Good Laboratory Practices that may result into availability of quality laboratory
• Familiarity with researches conducted at IHI based on malaria vector
• Mosquito identification, collection and
• Identification of different mosquito trap: CDC Light trap, pit trap, resting buckets, MET
• Conducted different insecticide testing: Cone bioassay, tunnel testing and bottle bioassay
• Interpretation of results obtain from PCR
• Research proposal and report
• Computer skills (Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, STATA, R Studio andInternet).
• Work under minimum supervision but also within a
• Excellent attention to details, Good interpersonal and communication
• Adhere to IHI core values (Transparency, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Initiative).

Job Education Requirements:
Holder of Bachelor of Sciences in Biology

Job Experience Requirements:
Holder of Bachelor of Sciences in Biology or Molecular biology or any other related

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
Intrested applicants should email: recruitment@ihi.or.tz 

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