Assistant Research Officer Epidemiologist/Data Analyst Nairobi
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Industry Government Founded 1979 Type Public Website www.kemri.org Address Kenya Medical Research Institute, Off Mbagathi Way Nairobi
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Key Responsibilities: Prepare longitudinal, facility-period epidemiological datasets for mortality, severe morbidity, coverage, readiness, and workforce indicators, applying protocol-defined inclusion criteria and variable transformations. Compute routine epidemiological indicators, including mortality rates/ratios, effective coverage components, case-mix descriptors, referral patterns, admission severity profiles, and event frequencies. Produce descriptive analyses and outputs for trend assessment, quarterly snapshots, and facility-level dashboards that feed into interrupted time series and counterfactual modelling workflows. Contribute summary statistics to quarterly technical updates and annual reports. Support the implementation science workstream by generating routine process indicators, QI-related summaries, and visualisations for facility feedback. Summarise QI findings, operational disruptions, and facility readiness constraints into structured contextual notes to support process evaluation and interpretation. Support the assembly of facility-level implementation indices and descriptive analyses of workforce competency trends. Maintain reproducible analysis notebooks and documentation, and support improvements to data structures, versioning, and quality control workflows. Vacancy Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Epidemiology/Biostatistics/Public Health. Mandatory At least one year experience in research related environment with applied analysis with routine data. Mandatory Statistical software (R/Stata), data visualization, meticulous QC, good writing. Mandatory go to method of application »