Assistant Research (Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology)

Job by Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) 

Bioinfomatician with biomedical background

The Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) was founded in 1970 through the initiative of the Norwegian and Swedish Save the Children organizations seconded by the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia. The Institute got its name from the Norwegian physician, Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, who first described the leprosy bacillus (Mycobacterium leprae). AHRI reorganized by the decree of the Council of Minister’s Regulation No. 376/2016 as biomedical research, clinical trial and research capacity building under the Federal Ministry of Health. AHRI, over its 50 years in service, is well known for its hub function for skill and technology transfer and partnership embracing research agendas with direct impact in the development and transformation of population in Ethiopia and beyond. The cancer and other Non-communicable Diseases (N C D) Research Division is one of the departments in the institute and currently has different research projects on podoconiosis and cancer and none communicable diseases funded by international partners. Therefore, the Cancer and NCD Division is looking for self-driven, motivated, innovative and energetic researchers to join our team as Research assistant on Molecular Biology/Genomics/bioinformatics

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform bioinformatics analyses of genomics, transcriptomics, and metagenomics data across various research projects within the group.

• Assist in planning and performing laboratory experiments 

• Assist in the project management

• Assist in the field task work supervision

• Analyzing and interpreting experimental data

• Providing technical support to other researchers

• Writing reports, reviews and summaries to report to the PI and CO PI

• Writing scientific manuscripts and technical reports and publish in reputable journals

• Keeping up to date with relevant scientific and technical developments relevant to the project

• Liaising with national and international project partners in relation to the project

• Assisting the PI and Co-PI in preparing draft manuscripts and following-up the process of publishing in scientific journals

• Assisting the PI in writing research proposals or grant applications for submission to external bodies

• Develop bioinformatics scripts and pipelines tailored to specific research projects.

• Launch and refine bioinformatics pipelines for use by the scientific community.

• Manage genomics datasets and related clinical metadata, ensuring proper submission to public databases.

• Perform other duties of the PI as required. 

Job Requirement

 Qualification and Experience:

• Master’s degree in Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Computational Science, Biological Sciences, or a related field, with a strong background in biomedical research.

• Over 5 years of research experience in Genomics and Bioinformatics at the MSc level,.

• Worked on pathogen and  human genomics 

• Desired Skills and Experiences in molecular biology and dry lab 

• Experience in molecular biology and genomics laboratory techniques such as isolation and analysis of DNA, RNA, next generation sequencing, or protein samples

• Well versed in library preparations and the use of sequencing machines

• Manage and implement bioinformatics workflows using tools such as Nextflow.

• Work efficiently on high-performance computing cluster servers.

• Possess programming skills in Bash, R, and Python 

Positions available: 1 (one)

 Duty station: Addis Ababa

 Salary: as per the organization scale

Terms of employment: one year contract period with full time employment basis with possibility of extension based on performance and budget availability

How to Apply

Interested applicants who fulfilled the above requirements should send the following through THIS LINK

• A CV/resume (not more than 5 pages)

• A cover letter (note more than one page)

• A one page table summarizing your educational background, technical skills and competencies to facilitate the screening process

•  Provide names of three reference with their e-mail address

• Publications (if any) should be listed in your CV