Website Ifakara Health Institute
Ifakara Health Institute
Responsibility:
Responsibilities
- To conduct research based on mosquito borne diseases and its surveillance.
- Ensure all data and samples collected from the experiments are properly recorded and stored.
- To comply with adherence to mosquito borne diseases and surveillance project implementation protocol.
- To support M&E teams on generating summaries and reports emanating from mosquito surveillance implementation data for guiding operations.
- To ensure systematic and proper handling and management of data.
- To support Field Supervisor/Researc.h Officer in data analysis and report writing.
- To assist with any other duties as directed by project investigator.
Skill :
Required Skills
- Good in laboratory and semi-field rearing of mosquito colonies.
- Mosquito sorting using identification keys.
- Mosquito dissection by using kits.
- Field mosquito trapping using different traps.
- Familiarity with research conducted at IHI based on malaria vector control will be an added advantage.
- Computer skills (Microsoft office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint,). Skills on STATA, R Studio etc. will be an added advantage.
Qualification Required:
Essential Qualification
- Holder of Secondary Education or Certificate or Diploma of sciences in Laboratory Technology or any other related field.
Experience :
Required Experience
- A candidate must have 2 years’ research experience in vector control and biology and rearing laboratory mosquito colonies.
Preferred Language Skill :
Preffered Language
- Fluent both writting and verbal (English & Swahili)
Job Opening date : 17-Feb-2026
Job closing date : 24-Feb-2026
How to Apply:
To submit your application, please follow the link provided below.
To apply for this job please visit recruitment.ihi.or.tz.