Vacancy title:
Project Administrative Assistant (PAS), MEI Project

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Education, and Training, Category: Admin & Office, Business Operations, Human Resources]

Jobs at:
University of Nairobi

Deadline of this Job:
Monday, July 13 2026

Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi

Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, June 30 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

The Project:

The University of Nairobi – MEI Project is undertaking collaborative research evaluating a multicountry implementation of a health system strengthening package for maternal and newborn care in hospitals. To successfully implement, the project seeks to competitively fill the above position.

The Position:

This is a full-time position based in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support project grant management
• Coordinate project operations at the University of Nairobi
• Assist in maintaining accurate and up-to-date employee records, both physical and electronic while ensuring confidentiality and compliance with data protection regulations
• Manage and monitor an electronic register of postgraduate research projects, schedules and training
• Performing any other related duty as assigned.

Job Specifications:

At a minimum, the Project Administrative Assistant will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in any of the following fields: Social Sciences/Humanities, Business Management, Project management, Office Management, or any other related field plus at least two (2) years’ experience providing program implementation in Human Resource OR a Diploma in Management, Accounting, Project Management, Office Management or any other related field plus 5 years’ experience in a large program implementation environment will be considered.
• Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheets, Excel.

Terms of appointment:

This a position whose tenure is one (1) year contract renewable based on performance and by mutual consent.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure
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• Applicants should their application letters, certified copies of certificates and curriculum vitae (CV) giving details of their qualifications, experience and three (3) referees indicating their telephone contacts and contacts;
• Applications and related documents should be forwarded addressed to the Director, Human Resource, University of Nairobi;
• Applicants should state their current designations, salaries and other benefits attached to those designations;
• The application letter must bear the reference code indicated in the advertisement;
• Late applications will not be considered.
• Applications should be sent as one file in PDF

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