The African Population and
Health Research Center (APHRC) is an international non-profit, non -
governmental organization that carries out high quality, policy-relevant
research on population, health and education issues facing sub-Saharan
Africa.
Our goal is to generate
evidence for meaningful action to improve the lives of all Africans.
APHRC seeks to recruit a Data Analyst to manage and analyze secondary and primary data for an impact evaluation of an intervention that aims at reducing the incidence of HIV among adolescent girls and young women living in urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya.
Key Responsibilities
- Participate in
the development, review and translation of research tools
- Participate in
the pre-testing of the data collection platform
- Data cleaning
including doing all required consistency checks for project data
- Document
project data sets according to the Center’s guidelines on data
documentation, archiving and sharing
- Extract data
and prepare analytical files
- Develop
template syntax files for research staff to use in creating various data
sets
- Perform
exploratory and advanced statistical analysis of data
- Assist in
training other staff members on data analysis
- Participate in
scientific writing.
Key Competencies
- Strong
conceptual and analytical skills including the ability to analyze and
interpret large data sets
- Proactive and
self-motivated
- Strong verbal
and written communications skills.
Qualifications and Experience
- Master’s degree
in statistics or equivalent in a relevant area
- A minimum of 5
years relevant post-qualification experience
- High level
quantitative skills (managing, analyzing and interpreting data), such as
multivariate and longitudinal analyses (preferably with STATA)
- Computer
literacy in Microsoft packages (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
- Experience
using Open Data Kit (ODK) software and Nesstar is highly desirable.
How to Apply
Interested applicants are
encouraged to apply through our recruitment portal http://hrs.aphrc.org by October 24, 2016.
We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Cover letters should be
addressed to:
The Human Resources Officer
African Population and Health Research Center
P.O. Box 10787 – 00100
Nairobi
For more information about APHRC visit www.aphrc.org
APHRC is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to the protection of
children