Closing date: 14 Mar 2025

 

Background

Vector-borne animal diseases, including animal trypanosomiasis, surra, and anaplasmosis, compromise camel and other livestock resilience to climate change shock through morbidity, mortality, and abortion, significantly impacting the livelihoods of pastoralists with severe long-term consequences, such as food and nutrition instability and poverty.  This research aims to develop a novel way to designing a control tool aimed at manipulating the behavior of many vectors to avoid camel vectors interaction to block disease transmission by understanding conserved detection and perception of signals.

 

The successful candidate is expected to undertake a comprehensive literature review and develop a concept/proposal for the study, conduct experiments, data curation and analysis, write a report, a thesis, and at least one manuscript, and communicate research findings to the project partners and other stakeholders.

 

Eligibility criteria

• Should be a national of an African country.
• Completed a Bachelor’s degree in parasitology/entomology, and scored at least a second-class (upper division)
• Knowledge in molecular biology is a plus
• Registered for MSc in a recognized University
• Completed course work/year one of study awaiting research
• Experience with experimental design, data collection, and statistical analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to articulate research findings, prepare detailed reports.
• Candidates who are staff members of a public university, or considered for university teaching or research staff recruitment, are encouraged to apply.
• Qualified female candidates and candidates from less privileged regions or groups as well as candidates with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply.

 

The MSc position is based in Kenya. 

 

How to apply

Applications will be accepted up to 14^th March 2025.

• Fill in the application form.
• A concise letter of motivation.
• A detailed CV (name, contact details, age, and gender), the names of at least 3 relevant referees.
• Copies of BSc and MSc diplomas and transcripts indicating all courses and obtained degrees.
• Do not submit your application by email. Only applications and supporting documents submitted online will be accepted.
• Applications submitted by email will be rejected.

Please note that: -

• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
• Short-listed candidates are subject to an interview/written assessment.

 

Timeline

Closing date for applications 14^th March 2025.

 

Questions

If you have any questions regarding the Programme or your application to icipe, kindly contact Ms. Vivian Atieno, Capacity Building Officer, icipe. Email: vatieno@icipe.org