Job Opportunity at Ifakara Health Institute - Research Officer Dar es Salaam

Research Officer Dar es Salaam  

Job Summary  
Position: Research Officer
Reports to: Project leader (PL/PI)
 Work station: Dar es Salaam
Apply by: March 15, 2020

Institute overview

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.

Position Summary

The research officer will be working under Environmental and Ecological Sciences Department which focus on the ecology and transmission of infectious diseases through developing and testing of surveillance and control measures, mosquito ecology and control, water sanitation and hygiene research. Specifically, the research officer will be working in the ITB Project based in Dar es Salaam branch, conducting research activities on mosquito borne diseases and their surveillances.