The African Population and Health
Research Center (APHRC) is an international non-profit, nongovernmental
organization that carries out high quality, policy relevant research on
population, health, education and development issues facing sub-Saharan
Africa.
The Center seeks to recruit two Research Officers, one with
excellent qualitative and another with excellent quantitative skills to work
within its Population Dynamics and Reproductive Health Program.
Responsibilities
- Lead the process of obtaining ethical approval
- Develop study tools, training manuals and
field guides to use for data collection
- Coordinate the recruitment, training and
supervision of field team
- Coordinate field work and be responsible for
data quality
- Mobilize and educate the community in relation
to the research project
- Participate in the development of research
proposals
- Conduct literature review and participate in
writing scientific papers
- Prepare regular field and project reports
- Participate in dissemination of research
findings and policy dialogue with appropriate audiences
- Prepare policy briefs and fact sheets from the
projects’ findings
- Other duties as required.
Required
- Master of Science in Sociology, Demography,
Economics, Public Health, Nursing, Social Work, Anthropology or related
disciplines
- At least 3 years’ post qualification
experience, preferably in a research setting
- Good computer literacy and knowledge of
multiple statistical and/or qualitative software packages such as STATA,
SPSS or NVivo
- Experience conducting field research and
managing a research team
- Excellent oral and written communication in
English
- Ability to work independently, set priorities,
juggle tasks and meet tight deadlines.
APHRC seeks to fill the position of Working Group Coordinator in
urban areas within its Education Research Program (ERP).
The successful candidate must be
self-motivated and flexible with ability to mobilize, manage and coordinate
diverse groups of urban education stakeholders in East Africa.
The position will be based in Nairobi
with frequent travel to Tanzania and Uganda.
Duties and responsibilities
- Support in mobilization and creation of
regional and country specific Education Working Groups (EWG) in three East
African Countries with a focus in urban areas
- Implement Memorandum of Understanding between
country specific EWG and the APHRC
- Take lead in coordinating the activities of
the EWGs
- Rapporteur and develop clear policy
messages/recommendations emanating from working group discussions in order
to advance the working groups agenda
- Develop policy and communication tools that
the working groups will use in their engagement
- Support the working groups to individually and
jointly develop action plans based on the key messages
- Support in identifying and engaging key policy
makers in each of the countries using various forms such as breakfast
meetings
- Contribute to developing dissemination
materials such as policy briefs and conducting literature review
- Contribute to developing donor project
reports.
Qualifications
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in education,
communications, journalism or related field.
- Must have at least three years post
qualification experience in institutional mobilization, policy work and/or
coordination
- Excellent mobilization and communication
skills (written and verbal)
- Strong editing and facilitation skills
- Experience working with research, advocacy or
academic institutions will be an added advantage.
Interested candidates are invited to
send applications via email no later than 15th September 2015, enclosing a
detailed CV, quoting current and expected salary and providing contacts details
of three referees to jobs@aphrc.org.
Please indicate job applied for eg Working Group Coordinator on the
subject line of the email.
Only short-listed candidates will be
contacted.
Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Cover letters should be addressed to:
The Human Resources Officer
African Population and Health Research Center
P.O. Box 10787 – 00100 GPO,
Nairobi
Website: www.aphrc.org