Research Officer I - Epidemiology

Responsibilities 

• Support the design, development, and implementation of field studies, including the selection of appropriate epidemiological methods for collecting active and passive antimicrobial resistance and use data using a One Health approach.
• Contribute to quantitative and qualitative analysis of research data, interpret results, and prepare reports, manuscripts and presentations.
• Prepare research ethics applications, data sharing agreements, and progress reports.
• Represent ILRI on a day-to-day level with project partners and take responsibility for maintaining good relations with study participants, local authorities, funders, and other stakeholders.
• Liaise regularly with government officials.
• Disseminate research findings at scientific meetings and conferences.
• Co-organize trainings and workshops in AMR/U data analysis, including providing support to the epidemiology unit at the department of veterinary services.
• Be willing to spend long days in the field.
• Perform any other related duties as may be assigned.

Requirements

• MSc degree program in epidemiology, data sciences, or equivalent.
• Minimum of five years' experience in data analysis in field-based projects with a "One Health" theme.
• Formal training (e.g., certificate level) in team/project management, as well as significant practical experience of team management.
• Proficiency with appropriate analytic software and tools, especially R.
• Excellent organizational, analytic, and interpretive skills.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Good interpersonal, facilitation, and communication skills, especially to diverse audiences and targets.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment and foster teamwork.
• Ability to work with limited supervision and to take initiatives