Researcher I

Position: Researcher I

Term of employment: One year contract with possible extension 

Grade XVIII

Salary- 15,340.00.00

 Benefits:-

 House Allowance 6,000.00 

Telephone /Internet 1,000.00

The Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) was founded in 1970 through the initiativeof the Norwegian and Swedish Save the Children organizations seconded by the Ministryof 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 researchinstitute that works in developing tools for research studies, Vaccine, prevention, control,and treatment of neglected tropical diseases and other diseases of public healthimportance through applied, basic biomedical research, research studies, and training.

Qualification:

•  Msc in Veterinary Microbial Biotechnology, Medical Biotechnology, Medical Microbiology, Pharmaceutical microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry or Immunology. 

Experience:

• A minimum of four years of working experience in Associate researcher in vaccines research and development or related areas. 
• Strong background and experience in vaccine development or related areas with a good publication record.
• Five (4) publication points is mandatory.  

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. 

 Required number: one (1)

Duty Station: Addis Ababa

How To Apply

How to Apply

Interested applicants who fulfill the above requirements should send their CV/resume through ethiojobs.net and to facilitate the screening process, applicants should also fill the online application form at the following website