Operations Research Manager
Reports To: PMNH+ Project Director
Direct Reports: None
Based In: Marakwet, North Rift Valley, Kenya
Classification: Full Time Employee
Organizational Overview:Reports To: PMNH+ Project Director
Direct Reports: None
Based In: Marakwet, North Rift Valley, Kenya
Classification: Full Time Employee
HealthRight International is a global health and human rights organization working to build lasting access to health for excluded communities.
Since its founding in 1990 by the late Dr. Jonathan Mann,
HealthRight has worked in over 30 countries with current projects in Asia,
Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the United States.
HealthRight works closely with communities and establishes local
partnerships to deliver health services, while providing training and equipment
to improve systems and enable our partners to deliver services on their
own.
Our goal is to build lasting access to health, helping to
realize the right to health for excluded communities.
Outline of Role:
The Operations Research Manager (ORM) is responsible for overseeing the design, implementation, monitoring, and dissemination of the PMNH+ Operations Research in the field, in collaboration with the HQ Technical Backstop and the Principal Investigator (PI).
Outline of Role:
The Operations Research Manager (ORM) is responsible for overseeing the design, implementation, monitoring, and dissemination of the PMNH+ Operations Research in the field, in collaboration with the HQ Technical Backstop and the Principal Investigator (PI).
The ORM will provide technical oversight in the field of all
stages of the operations research and will ensure the quality of the research
design and implementation.
The four-year PMNH+ project seeks to improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes in Marakwet County by creating a comprehensive continuum of services from households to hospitals, through the establishment of 8 model facilities and 20 new teams of community health workers.
The four-year PMNH+ project seeks to improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes in Marakwet County by creating a comprehensive continuum of services from households to hospitals, through the establishment of 8 model facilities and 20 new teams of community health workers.
PMNH+ will generate evidence of the effectiveness of task
shifting a package of MNC services to community health workers at the facility
and community levels in improving MNH outcomes.
Responsibilities and Duties
Formative Stage:
Responsibilities and Duties
Formative Stage:
- With
the HQ Technical Backstop, the Project Director and the PI, assist in the
completion of the CSHGP baseline assessment at household, community and
facility levels.
- For
the HQ Technical Backstop and the PI, provide input for the detailed
Operations Research plan including:
- Assistance
to the Project Director in the organization of Kenya stakeholders’ and
Advisory Board meetings to outline the project’s research objectives and
refine strategies
- Selection
of intervention and non-intervention sites with collaboration from PD and
local partners
- Establishment
of final research indicators to test the effectiveness of the OR
initiative
- Development
of data collection plan and
- Finalization
of data collection tools for use at all levels, drawing from established
data sources including the Ministry of Health system.
- With
the Project Director, achieve and maintain buy in for the operations
research among all key stakeholders in Kenya including local communities,
facility staff and national level MOH.
- Work
collaboratively in the development of the project’s detailed
implementation plan (DIP), approving final drafts prior to submission to
USAID.
Implementation of Operations Research
- Oversee
OR data collection and ensure the use of effective data collection tools
by all project staff and partners
- Participate
in quarterly strategy review and planning meetings with the project
research team consisting of the HQ Technical Backstop, the PI and the
Project Director
- Work
with the PI in development of IRB submission based on research protocols,
including review of final documents
- Review
and analyze monthly and quarterly data from the project for submission to
the Project Director
- Offer
suggestions to the PI and Project Director on the research plan or the
project work plan based on results from ongoing data collection and
challenges in the field
- Based
on OR data, suggest additional relevant research questions to complement
the project for completion by academic partners or student research teams.
- Based
on OR data, suggest additional analyses and highlight interesting
findings.
- Assist
HQ Technical Backstop in the completion and submission to USAID of all
project and OR final reports.
Dissemination (Years 3 – 4)
- Draft
technical documents for submission to the PD, PI and HQ Technical Backstop
as needed in the dissemination through technical working groups, global
networks, and for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
- Present
project results at international conferences and meetings.
- At
the national level, work with the Project Director, to lobby Kenya health
ministries and offices to incorporate project and research findings into
current practice.
Representation (Years 1 – 4)
- Attend
national level technical meetings and conferences, as needed, to
disseminate OR results.
- Assist
the Project Director to respond to technical research questions from local
donors, partners, international agencies or academic researchers related
to the OR (including research design, sample/group design, data
management, confidentiality and other research ethics issues, and data
analysis).
- Assist
the Project Director as needed to represent HealthRight to the USAID Kenya
Mission, national-level working groups, HENNET, and national level MOMS
and MOPHS
- Attend
USAID-organized OR work shop in Year 1.
Note:
The above listed duties constitute an outline of the core tasks
and responsibilities associated with this position.
These may be adjusted, modified, expanded or otherwise revised
at any time as deemed necessary by the organization.
The employee may also receive a document stating program
priorities and expected achievements for specific projects during the initial
six months of employment and thereafter.
Required Experience:
Required Experience:
- MPH,
or Masters of relevant health field
- 4-years
experience implementing community or facility-based research in Kenya
- Previous
experience leading at least one quantitative and qualitative research
study
Required Skills:
- Technical
expertise in maternal and neonatal health
- Ability
to write research briefs for publication
- Ability
to live and work in Chebiemit, Kenya
- Excellent
English writing skills required.
- Proficiency
in MS Office Word, MS Excel, SPSS or SASS or other relevant data analysis
software.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CVs, cover letter and salary history on or before October, 19th 2012 to humanresources@HealthRight.org clearly indicating the position for which you are applying.
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CVs, cover letter and salary history on or before October, 19th 2012 to humanresources@HealthRight.org clearly indicating the position for which you are applying.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
