Senior Researcher

Job Description

Position: Senior Researcher

Place of work: Armauer Hansen Research Institute.

Term of employment: One year contract with possible extension

Reports to: Vaccines, Diagnostics and Medical Devices R&D Directorate

Salary: 18,671.00

House Allowance: 10,000.00

Mobile & Internet fee: 1,400.00

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 studies, Vaccine, and Traditional Medicine research institute that works in developing tools for research studies, Vaccine, prevention, control, and treatment of neglected tropical diseases and other diseases of public health importance through applied, basic biomedical research, research studies, and training

Role and Responsibility:

·        Design and develop bioanalytical assays in support of early Biological (diagnostics and related products) programs. 

·        Responsible to contribute with limited supervision to all aspects of assay development, technology transfer, and/or troubleshooting. 

·        Conduct state-of-the art technologies and is expected to champion evaluation of new technologies and optimize processes. 

·        Providing expert technical representation on multidisciplinary teams.

·         Contribute to experimental design, data analysis, critical thinking, and problem-solving to improve methods or procedures.

·         Implement Good Laboratory Practices and set up an operational Quality Management System.

·         Monitor the IP and competitive landscape for recent developments.

·         Communicate regularly with the division head to relay project progress, experiment results, and data analysis; openly and thoughtfully discuss challenges.

·         Capable of adjusting to a dynamic working environment and changing priorities, while ensuring timely completion of assigned tasks.

·         Lead, form and coordinate the research and development team to ensure deliverables are met in a timely manner

Job Requirement

Qualification:

·         PhD in Microbial Biotechnology, Medical Biotechnology, Medical Microbiology, Pharmaceutical microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry or Immunology.

Experience:

·         After PhD Degree 2 years and 6 years of working experience in Biological (diagnostics and related products) research and development or related areas.

·         In Biological (diagnostics and related products) or related areas 7 (seven) publication points.

Skills and Abilities:

• Investigative Skills: Identifying problems, assessing risks, defining expected / potential results, inspecting specimens, cataloging information
• Research / Quantitative Skills: Defining problems, designing experiments, utilizing laboratory equipment, using computers for computation / simulation, conducting studies, recording observations, interpreting results, utilizing statistical tests to predict outcomes, and preparing statistical reports.
• Analytical Skills: Examining components of problems / ideas, reasoning logically, categorizing data, making projections from data, organizing ideas / information, and evaluating the effects of phenomena.
• Communication Skills: Writing research proposals, contributing to teams, summarizing research findings, explaining complex ideas for technical and nontechnical audiences, designing charts, graphs and other visual aids, reporting results and conclusions orally and in writing, and presenting alternative explanations.

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