Vacancy title:
Research Associate - Research Coordination and Advocacy
Jobs at:
Kenya Education Network (KENET)Deadline of this Job:
14th December, 2019
Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, December 05, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
The Kenya Education Network (KENET)is a not-for-profit membership organization that is also the National Research and Education Network (NREN) of Kenya. It builds and operates a national broadband network that interconnects member institutions and provides access to the global Internet. KENET’s mission is to catalyse the transformation of education and research in Kenya using ICT.
KENET provides broadband Internet services, ICT capacity building, and community cloud services such as web hosting, Infrastructure as a Service and Video/Web Conferencing as a Service and advanced research services to member institutions that includes all the major universities and research institutions.
KENET promotes and supports research and education collaboration in all academic areas and conducts ICT in education research in partnership with faculty and researchers drawn from member institutions. This part-time research position reports to the Executive Director. The key responsibility of the successful candidate shall be to coordinate and facilitate academic activities of KENET Special Interest Groups in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) areas and to prepare and disseminate data-driven research advocacy reports for different stakeholders (e.g., government, Vice Chancellors, and donors) using advanced research analytics tools and open data available in Kenya. He/she shall also be part of the team prepare research grant proposals at KENET. Job reference No. 1001504.
Job Responsibilities: Not Specified
Job Skills: Not Specified
Job Qualifications:
• A Master’s degree in statistics, engineering, physics, computer science or information systems. A PhD degree shall be an added advantage
• Full-time faculty member at a Kenyan university with at least three years’ experience at the rank of Lecturer
• Recent recipient (individually or as part of a research team) of a research grant from an external donor (i.e., outside the university)
• At least two refereed journal or conference publications in the last two years
• Demonstrated excellent writing and oral communication skills in English
• Demonstrated high ethical and moral standards
• Available for at least two days per week for at least two calendar years (2016 and 2017)
Job Education Requirements: Not Specified
Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified
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Job application procedure
The applications should be submitted not later than December 14, 2015. Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted to attend interviews at KENET within one month from the deadline for applications date.
KENET is an equal opportunity employer and promotes diversity. Female candidates as well as candidates from marginalized or semi-arid areas are encouraged to apply.
A competitive remuneration package commensurate with the position shall be offered to the successful candidates.
Faculty members who plan to be on sabbatical leave in the year 2016 are especially encouraged to apply. All applications shall require the approval of the heads of respective department.
A competitive compensation package shall be offered commensurate with the rank and experience of the successful candidate.
NB: Applications submitted in hard copy format will not be considered.
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