Vacancy title:
Project Clinician Scientist (PCS)

[Type: PART_TIME, Industry: Education, and Training, Category: Healthcare, Science & Engineering, Education]

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 part time position (40% FTE) based in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Development of standardized maternal and neonatal indicators, medical records and databases embedded in routine health information systems
• Working with the data team in the provision of clinical input for data quality assurance, monitoring reports and dashboards
• Tracking updates in clinical practice guidelines and how these relate to quality of care
• Support multisite maternal and neonatal quality improvement including fostering of peer to peer networks, data use, QI reviews and cross-site learning sessions
• Participate in analysis of data and developing written outputs
• Participate in related training activities and study workshops or meetings
• Performing any other related duty as assigned.

Job Specifications:

At a minimum, the PCS will have:

• Registered specialist medical practitioners and should possess MMed (Obstetrics Gynaecology) or its equivalent from a recognized institution
• Master’s degree in Public Health or Epidemiology
• They should have at least 2 publications in referred journals
• Clear interest in health systems and health services research
• Prior work on team-based projects and demonstrable organizational skills

Terms of appointment:

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

Notes:

• Applicants should email 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 e-mail 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 emailed as one file in PDF: recruit-pcsmei@uonbi.ac.ke

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 12

Level of Education: postgraduate degree

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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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