Job Description

Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) is recruiting 3 Senior Principal Research Scientist staff at KMFRI Grade 4. The role may be deployed in Oceans, Coastal Systems & Blue Economy, Freshwater Systems, Aquaculture, and Socioeconomics Directorates.

What you'll do

• Supervise and mentor scientists, technologists, postgraduate students, and interns.
• Coordinate staff performance appraisals, training, and professional growth.
• Lead strategic plans, multidisciplinary projects, and institutional priorities.
• Support quality assurance for fieldwork, data collection, audits, risk management, and reporting.
• Review research proposals, technical reports, and standards for fisheries, ecosystems, and blue economy activities.
• Advise management on research, policy, and development matters.
• Mobilize resources through proposal development, donor engagement, consultancy services, and revenue-generating initiatives.
• Prepare budgets, work plans, procurement plans, and donor reporting.
• Produce technical reports, peer-reviewed publications, policy briefs, and value-use documents.

What you'll bring

• Ability to supervise and mentor research personnel and learners.
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary projects and institutional priorities.
• Knowledge of fieldwork, data collection, audits, risk management, and reporting.
• Capability in proposal development, donor engagement, budgets, procurement plans, and expenditure control.

About Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI)

KMFRI is a State Corporation under the Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs. The Institute undertakes marine and freshwater fisheries, aquaculture, environmental and ecological studies, and marine research.