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Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council
VETERINARY ENTOMOLOGIST, KENTTEC GRADE 6
Variuos locations within Kenya, Kenya
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Kenya Medical Research Institute
CLOSEDData Clerk (Community Interviewer)
Kisumu, Kenya
Closing: May 21, 2024
11 days remainingPublished: May 8, 2024 (2 days ago)
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This is the entry and training grade for degree holders
in this cadre. An officer in this level will work under
the guidance of a senior officer.
Responsibilities
This is the entry and training grade for degree holders
in this cadre. An officer in this level will work under
the guidance of a senior officer.
I.
T&T Research
i.
Implementing projects and programmes
on assessment and improvement of T&T control
technologies;
ii.
Implementing standards
and guidelines for T&T eradication;
iii.
Promoting collaboration and partnership among stakeholders on T&T eradication research;
iv.
Implementing programmes for sustainable land use; and
v.
Developing data collection tools, data collection, data analysis and dissemination of T&T research
findings.
II.
Advisory and Advocacy
i.
Promoting collaboration and partnership among stakeholders on T&T eradication research;
ii.
Enhancing awareness, knowledge and information on T&T control;
iii.
Implementing T&T
eradication awareness creation
plans to facilitate land use management and sustainable livelihoods;
iv.
Organizing and participating in outreach programmes including exhibitions, symposiums, fairs, field days, Agricultural shows and Livestock Trade shows; and
v.
Implementing T&T
eradication awareness programmes.
III.
Tsetse surveillance
i.
Participating in promoting collaboration and partnerships with stakeholders to establish tsetse
flies’ densities & trypanosomiasis prevalence;
ii.
Participating in implementation of strategies, guidelines and programmes to assist in establishment of tsetse flies’
densities & trypanosomiasis prevalence;
iii.
Implementing protocol
for African Animal
Trypanosomiasis (AAT) screening
and implement the international standards for AAT screening;
iv.
Participating in collaboration with County governments in establishing tsetse flies
densities & trypanosomiasis prevalence;
v.
Participating in Entomological and Epidemiological baseline
surveys in the areas with gaps in densities of tsetse flies and prevalence of AAT;
vi.
Collecting test samples from the surveillance activities;
vii.
Participating in undertaking capacity
gaps analysis for Counties;
viii.
Working with Stakeholders for the purpose
of AAT and Human African
Trypanosomiasis (HAT) testing;
and
ix.
Participating in training personnel
on samples collection.
IV.
Regional offices
i.
Managing collaboration and partnerships in the implementation of T&T eradication programmes;
ii.
Implementing strategies, guidelines and programmes related to T&T
eradication;
iii.
Implementing protocol
for African Animal
Trypanosomiasis (AAT) screening
and implementing the international standards for AAT screening;
iv.
Managing collaboration with County governments on control and eradication of T&T;
v.
Co-ordinating T&T
eradication related activities of Government departments, agencies and other
stakeholders at the Regional and County levels;
vi.
Promoting sustainability of T&T freed
areas for increased productivity;
vii.
Undertaking in socio-economic and land
cover baseline surveys;
viii.
Collaborating with relevant stakeholders in sustainable land management initiatives; promotion of complementary sources of livelihoods in reclaimed areas;
ix.
Promoting establishment of integrated bio-farms
by communities;
x.
Undertaking in Entomological
and Epidemiological baseline surveys in the areas with gaps in densities of tsetse flies and prevalence
of AAT;
xi.
Guiding on technologies for use in T&T control;
xii.
Monitoring and evaluation of tsetse control
and eradication programmes and projects;
xiii.
Coordinating stakeholders for the purpose of AAT and Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) testing at the County levels;
xiv.
Engaging and training personnel on samples collection; and
xv.
Mobilizing communities to form community
groups and train on vectors
control and groups
management in collaboration relevant Stakeholders.
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