Project Entomologist - Malaria Consortium: London, UK

Τετάρτη, Ιανουαρίου 25, 2012

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Malaria Consortium is one of the world's leading non-profit organisations dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia.

Malaria Consortium works with communities, government and non-government agencies, academic institutions, and local and international organisations, to ensure good evidence supports delivery of effective services, providing technical support for monitoring and evaluation of programmes and activities for evidence-based decision-making and strategic planning. The organisation works to improve not only the health of the individual, but also the capacity of national health systems, which helps relieve poverty and support improved economic prosperity.

Malaria Consortium is keen to contribute to efforts towards malaria elimination in areas with high transmission potential. The Beyond Garki Project was developed to monitor changes in malaria epidemiology in relation to multiple interventions in selected African countries with high malaria endemicity and assessment of the necessary conditions to reduce transmission below the critical level.

To provide technical assistance to the Beyond Garki Project, especially in study design of the entomological component, setting up and maintenance of a field laboratory, training of staff, coordination and supervision of entomological activities in all project sites, conducting special entomological experiments, laboratory processing of mosquitoes, and management and analysis of entomological data and developing scientific reports.

The successful candidate will have:

A post-graduate degree in medical entomology.
•Field research experience in malaria entomology.
Experience in teaching of malaria entomology field and laboratory techniques.
Advanced skills in laboratory processing of anopheline mosquitoes, including species identification using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques, infection rate determination and blood meal analysis.
Insectary maintenance skills.
Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
Skills in the use of Microsoft Office, especially Excel.

How to apply:

For more information please visit our website where you will have access to the full Job description.

Please send a covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification along with your CV to Human Resources at HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org

Please quote the position and country in the subject line of your application.

We appreciate your application however, only short listed candidates will be contacted within three weeks after the closing date.

As this post is UK based non-EC nationals will require current and valid permit to work in the UK.

Place: United Kingdom, East London

Closing date: 01 Feb 2012

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