Jobs and Vacancies in Aga Khan University, Kenya

Aga

Khan University is a private, not for profit, international University

established in 1983, with 11 teaching sites in eight countries. 

Since

2001, AKU has offered academic programmes in nursing, medicine and education

for East Africa. 

AKU

invites applications for the following positions:

Full Time Faculty & Consultant – Gastroenterology

The

successful candidate for the position will support the development of quality

gastroenterology services within Aga Khan University Hospital and as faculty in

the University, s/he will teach and carry out research.

Applicants must have a Masters of Medicine and fellowship training in

gastroenterology. 

S/he

must be registered or be eligible for registration with Kenya Medical

Practitioners’ & Dentists Board as a specialist. 

S/he

should have teaching and research experience and a minimum of 5 years

appropriate clinical experience.
 

Reporting

to the MERL Director the AQCESS Data Manager will develop and manage the

overall AQCESS data infrastructure and operations.

S/He

will develop and maintain the central and field level data handling systems as

well as plan/coordinate all AQCESS data activities.

Applicants for this position must have a Bachelor of Science Degree and/or MSc

in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Medical Informatics

or related field. 

Training

and practical experience in any of the following will be required: REDcap,

MS-Acess,  SQL-Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, Oracle, or any other SQL

compliant DBMS. 

At

least four (4) years progressive senior-level data management experience

preferably in large country projects is required. 

Demonstrated

excellent analytical, planning and organizational skills and good report

writing skills preferred. 

Monitoring,

Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Officer

Guided by the MERL framework, the M&E officer will be responsible for the

implementation of the AQCESS M&E Strategy. 

S/he

will be responsible for continuous monitoring of project implementation,

oversight and coordination of data collection, validation of data and data

analysis, feedback to the field teams and dissemination of results at

sub-county and county levels, The M&E Officer will work closely with the

AQCESS project managers for Kilifi and Kisii counties and will report to the

MERL Programme manager based in Nairobi.

The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree in Public Health; global

health; Social science; epidemiology; Statistics; population studies;

Economics/Health Economics; Health Systems/Management; Development studies or

closely related fields.

Minimum

of 3 years progressive M&E practice in developing countries preferably in

the health sector. Experience in data manipulation with statistical software

(SPSS, Epi Info, Stata, SAS etc) will be a distinctive advantage.

 
For more details about the position and application procedure please visit www.aku.edu. 

Closing

date for applications is Friday, 01st July, 2016.

Only short listed Candidates will be contacted