Careers at University of Nairobi

ADVERT REF: (AD/12/91/25), 4 POSTS
The Project:

• The Centre for Healthcare Quality and Innovation (CHQI), based at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, seeks to recruit four (4) Software Developers on a three-month temporary basis in Nairobi, reporting to the Senior Systems Specialist.

Job Purpose:

Support front-end interfaces to backend systems, integrations, and data pipelines.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop responsive frontends using React and other modern frontend frameworks;
• Build robust backends with Java, C# and Python, including RESTful APIs;
• Design and implement dashboards and reporting tools to support healthcare providers and other stakeholders;
• Develop and maintain ETL pipelines and contribute to data engineering tasks;
• Work with multiple databases (SQL and NoSQL) to support diverse solutions;
• Integrate with third-party services such as EMRs, bulk SMS providers, payment gateways, and other healthcare systems;
• Contribute to AI and machine learning initiatives (predictive analytics, automation, clinical insights);
• Deploy, monitor, and support solutions in production environments;
• Collaborate in a cross-functional team to design secure, scalable, and user-friendly systems.

Job Specification:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field;
• Knowledge of React or any other frontend development framework ;
• Expert-level competence in C#, Java or Python programming language;
• Familiarity with API design, development, and integration;
• Understanding of databases (relational and NoSQL). Basic experience in AI and machine learning concepts (NLP, predictive modelling, data science workflows).

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ADVERT REF: (AD/12/90/25), 20 POSTS
The Project:

• The Centre for Healthcare Quality and Innovation (CHQI), based at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, seeks to recruit twenty (20) Research Assistants on a temporary threemonth contract to be based in Central and Eastern Kenya, including Nairobi, and reporting to thePrincipal Investigator.

Job Purpose:

• Recruitment of study participants and study implementation

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Operationalize study Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on site activation, participant recruitment, and data management;
• Ensure compliance to study protocol and institutional guidelines;
• Implement study activities including community engagement, information giving on study purpose and conduct, obtain informed consent and sample collection;
• Maintaining accurate records of study procedures;
• Provide study team with regular feedback on study activities;
• Participate in regular team calls and meetings;
• Other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned.

Job Specification:

Applicants must meet at least one of the following qualification pathways to be eligible. These include:

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery ( MBChB) with evidence of research experience; or, a Bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences with at least three (3) years’ relevant research or clinical experience; or
• Diploma in a health profession with three (3) years’ experience in infectious diseases (HIV, TB) or NCD prevention and care.; or
• Masters degree in a social sciences in any of the following disciplines; Sociology, Medical Anthropology, Health Economics, or Gender Studies, with demonstrated qualitative research experience.