Field Entomologist

**Reference**:
**MAR20243984**
- Expiry date:
- 11:00, Wed, 17th Apr 2024- Location:
- Liverpool- Salary:
- £37,099.00 - £42,978.00 Per Annum- Benefits:
- 30 Days holiday + Bank Holiday and additional Christmas closure days**Field Entomologist**

**IVCC (Innovative Vector Control Consortium)**

**Salary: £37,099 - £42,978**

**Full time, permanent position**

**Based in Liverpool, hybrid working with 3 days per week based on-site**

**Some local and international travel required as per project needs**

IVCC (Innovative Vector Control Consortium) was established in 2005, through an initial $50million grant to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

IVCC is the only Product Development Partnership (PDP) working in vector control, which is a key part of the global fight against malaria, a disease which affects some of the most vulnerable communities in the world.

Following huge success and impact with the PDP model; bringing together partners from the industry, scientific research institutions, country programs, and other stakeholders for the development of new public health products, IVCC has a robust pipeline of new product opportunities, and are on track to support the development of novel vector control tools for the market. This will ultimately save lives and increase prosperity for some of the poorest communities in the world, which is the vision IVCC strive for.

To achieve this, IVCC has identified a need to strengthen the Technical Development Team, and we are so excited to be hiring for two brand new Field Entomologist positions to support us on this journey.

The primary focus of these roles will be to support technical activities in the core pillars of IVCC’s strategy. One position will focus on the development of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) products, whilst the other will work on the development of tools to address outdoor transmission and spatial emanators.

These positions will support laboratory and field trials (primarily in the area of entomology) designed to support vector control product development projects with partners.

**Responsibilities include**:
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**Technical communication**
- Support the reviewing, reporting and presentation of research findings for project meetings, stakeholder meetings, and IVCC’s External Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC) meetings.
- Report regularly to appropriate project teams and Senior Technical Manager

**Technical resource coordination and expertise**
- Support the development of scientific publications, reports, data analysis and other research outputs as required.
- Manage, review and contribute to the development of protocols for laboratory and field studies.
- Contribute to project close-out reports, ethics submissions, and annual funder reports as required.

**Relationship management**
- Support the field research programme, managing meetings and tracking progress.

**Technical coordination responsibilities**
- Support information management, review of data, reports and manuscripts.

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- BSc in biological sciences or equivalent appropriate area
- Experience in the development and testing of insecticide products for pest or mosquito control.
- A familiarity with insect vector control, malaria or NTDs
- Experience of field-based work in a malaria-endemic country or the demonstration of equivalent malaria-endemic country experience
- Exposure to the development of data management plans and statistical analysis of study data
- Experience of working in sub-Saharan Africa
- A collaborative approach, and previous involvement in working with manufacturers of vector-control products.

**_ (For a full list of essential and desirable criteria please refer to the job description and person specification)_**

**In return we offer**:
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- A salary of £37,099 - £42,978 depending on experience
- 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and additional Christmas closure days
- Generous occupational pension schemes
- Government backed “cycle to work” scheme
- Affiliated, discounted staff membership to the University of Liverpool Sports Centre
- Plus, a host of additional family friendly policies

**Application Process**:
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