Research Scientist Intern at Ifakara Health Institute February 2026
Ifakara Health Institute is looking a qualified Research Scientist Intern who will be based in Dar es Salaam to support Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) Node, an African-based regional office for MAP responding to the growing demand for country-specific subnational risk mapping analyses, the necessity to bolster the technical support provided to national programs, and enhancing leadership, R&D in advanced modelling and analytical capacity for endemic-country modelers and institutions.
Responsibility:
- Practice dissemination and research skills and capacities while actively responding to the questions from the malaria control programs (NMPs) and other malaria stakeholders from endemic countries in Africa.
- Practice dissemination and research skills and capacities while actively responding to the questions from the malaria control programs (NMPs) and other malaria stakeholders from endemic countries in Africa.
- Enhance their analytical, programming.
- Perform data gathering and extraction.
- Perform data management, and visualization.
- Have opportunity to design and implement small projects with time-bound deliverables that contribute to the overall objective and scope of the two projects.
- Abide by institutional policies and procedures.
- Attend conferences and meetings.
- Take reasonable care for your own safety and health and avoid harming the safety and health of others through any act or omission at work.
- Identify and assess workplace hazards and apply hazard controls.
- Report every workplace injury, illness or near miss, no matter how insignificant they seem.
- Abide by institutional policies and procedures.
Skill :
- Ability in using tools to examine, analyse and process data such as R, Python, QGIS; developing dashboards, machine learning tools and eagerness to expand those skills.
- Ability to keep attention to details, self-scrutiny, and with time management abilities.
- Must adhere to IHI core Values.
Qualification Required:
- Master’s degree in relevant fields including statistics, mathematics, data science, or similar quantitative disciplines.
- ‘Knowledge of public health, disease epidemiology, vector-borne diseases and ecology is desirable.
Preferred Language Skill :
- Multilingual – English, Swahili, French, Portuguese.
Job Opening date : 18-Feb-2026
Job closing date : 28-Feb-2026
