19 Feb 2026

Field Worker at Ifakara Health Institute

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Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary

Ifakara Health Institute is looking a Field Worker who will be based at Bagamoyo Branch to support Transmission Zero Project in conducting research activities on mosquito borne diseases and its surveillance.

Responsibility:

Responsibilities

To conduct research based on mosquito borne diseases and its surveillance.
Ensure all data and samples collected from the experiments are properly recorded and stored.
To comply with adherence to mosquito borne diseases and surveillance project implementation protocol.
To support M&E teams on generating summaries and reports emanating from mosquito surveillance implementation data for guiding operations.
To ensure systematic and proper handling and management of data.
To support Field Supervisor/Researc.h Officer in data analysis and report writing.
To assist with any other duties as directed by project investigator.

Skill :

Required Skills

Good in laboratory and semi-field rearing of mosquito colonies.
Mosquito sorting using identification keys.
Mosquito dissection by using kits.
Field mosquito trapping using different traps.
Familiarity with research conducted at IHI based on malaria vector control will be an added advantage.
Computer skills (Microsoft office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint,). Skills on STATA, R Studio etc. will be an added advantage.

Qualification Required:

Essential Qualification

Holder of Secondary Education or Certificate or Diploma of sciences in Laboratory Technology or any other related field.

Experience :

Required Experience

A candidate must have 2 years’ research experience in vector control and biology and rearing laboratory mosquito colonies.

Preferred Language Skill :

Preffered Language

Job Opening date : 17-Feb-2026

Job closing date : 24-Feb-2026

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Closing Date : 25th February, 2026.