The Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) was founded in 1970 through the initiative of the Norwegian and Swedish Save the Children organizations seconded by the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia. The Institute got its name from the Norwegian physician, Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, who first described the leprosy bacillus (Mycobacterium leprae). AHRI is a biomedical research institute that works in developing tools for prevention, control and treatment of mycobacterium and other diseases of public healthy importance through applied and basic biomedical research and training.

The employee will work within the Working towards an Ethiopia-Emory Collaboration on Antimicrobial Resistance (WE-CARE) research team at the Armauer Hansen Research Institute.

AHRI would like to hire qualified candidate in the position of Assistant Researcher. The main role of the Assistant Researcher will be:

• Oversee day-to-day management and implementation of assigned project activities in close collaboration with teams’ members and collaborating institutions.
• Facilitate the implementation of project deliverable and activities and monitoring of progress
• The candidate will ensure administrative support is provided for services (procurement and financial management).
• Ensure accurate and complete technical and financial reports are submitted on schedule.
• Present the activities, results and outcomes during project meetings
• Carry out any other duties as may be assigned by the principal investigators to meet the objectives of the project.

Job Requirements

• MD degree with a minimum GPA 3.00 for male and 2.75 for female
• GCP training is required
• Project coordination experience in health research is a plus
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

How to Apply

Interested applicants who fulfilled the above requirements should send the following through ethiojobs.net on or before May 28, 2021.

• A CV/resume (not more than 5 pages)
• A cover letter (not more than one page)
• A one page table summarizing your educational background, technical skills and competencies to facilitate the screening process

References: Please provide three references including their e-mail address.

Employment Type: seven (07) months contract period with possible extension based on performance and budget availability.

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