Population Council is implementing research in
Kenya to strengthen the evidence of HIV and sexual and reproductive health
service integration and the benefits and costs of voucher-based reproductive
health service delivery.
To implement these projects we wish to urgently recruit a highly competent, proactive and self-driven person to fill the following position:
Senior Analyst
Key Responsibilities
To implement these projects we wish to urgently recruit a highly competent, proactive and self-driven person to fill the following position:
Senior Analyst
Key Responsibilities
- Provide
techncial assistance for the implementation of rigorous operations
research studies under the INTEGRA project to assess the relative benefits
of different models of integrated SRH and HIV services
- Manage
research activities for systematic evaluation of health facility
assessment and cohort data from Kenya and Swaziland.
- Work
with voucher and acreditation (V&A) partners in Kenya/Uganda and
elsewhere to implement evaluation of Reprodutive Health (RH) to assess the
effect of the V&A approach on increasing access to quality of, and
reducing inequities in, the use of selected RH services.
- Collaborate
with RH Team to ensure the appropriate data collection and analysis for
reporting against the two Project Frameworks and on information
dissmenination and utilization of results.
- Prepare
activity workplans, budgets, reports and other required documents.
- Enhance
utilization of project findings through working with Ministries of Health,
donors and partners.
- Engage
in other Council activities that contribute to improved understanding of
V&A activities and integrated SRH/HIV in the region.
- Demonstrate
intellectual leadership in disseminating and communicating the Council’s
results at national, regional and international levels through
presentations, preparation of reports, and publications of papers in high
impact peer reviewed journals.
- Contribute
to the development of fundraising for, and implementation of, the
Council’s RH Program within the country and the region.
Qualifications:
- Doctoral
degree in demography, social science, public health, or related field with
training relevant to reproductive health, family planning, HIV and AIDS,
poverty, gender, and youth.
- Minimum
of two years’ relevant postdoctoral professional experience.
- Demonstrated
ability to design, implement, analyze, publish, and disseminate operations
research results.
- Understanding
of bureaucratic systems in Africa and a demonstrated ability to work in a
multicultural environment.
- Excellent
English written and oral communication skills including the ability to
translate technical information for non-technical audience.
- Willingness
to travel within East Africa and elsewhere
Human Resources /Logistics Manager
P.O. Box 17643-00500
Nairobi.
Or email: jobs-nairobi@popcouncil.org
Applications must be received no later than October 14th 2011.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Population Council is an equal opportunity employer.
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