Population Council
Job Title: Program Officer III
Duration: Two years
Job Summary: The Population Council’s Poverty, Gender and Youth program is
looking to hire a Program Officer 3 in the Nairobi office to work on a growing
body of adolescent girls research studies.
The position will be expected
to work at very high research standards, with energy and commitment to the growth
and success of the overall program.
The successful candidate will
report to the Program Associate.
This position is a local hire position.
Candidates must be Kenyan
nationals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with the
PGY team to design studies and data collection instruments related to PGY
work in Kenya and the region, especially focused on studies related to
vulnerable adolescent girls.
- Oversee data
collection and entry related to programmatic studies.
- Work closely
with intervention staff and partners to ensure that intervention
components of the study are being implemented at a high quality and with
fidelity to the research design
- Work with
senior program staff to clean, manage and analyze data
- Author
in-country reports and policy research briefs related to studies.
- Work with
senior staff in papers for peer reviewed journals and dissemination
events.
- Author, assist
with, or edit routine donor reporting related to PGY program activities in
Kenya and the region
- Work with
senior staff in both sub-Saharan Africa and New York to develop
programmatic activities and proposals for funding, with a view to
expanding the PGY program.
- Represent the
Council in various stakeholder policy or technical working groups and/or
networks.
- Other duties as
may be required by the position.
Qualifications, Knowledge,
Experience
- Doctorate or MD
degree with minimum of two years relevant experience or Masters degree
with equivalent experience in a relevant field and a minimum of eight
years research experience.
- Experience with
management of research studies, data collection and publication of papers
in peer-review journals.
- High-level
quantitative data analysis skills – such as multivariate analysis, event
history analysis and analysis of longitudinal data using STATA.
- Qualitative
data analysis skills – such as coding and analysis of transcripts using
Atlas.ti, NVIVO, or similar software.
- Candidate must
have at least two years of expertise in adolescence, gender, women’s and
girls’ empowerment, social development, public health, and/or education,
including specific knowledge and experience working in the Kenyan
context.
- Ability to
lead, motivate, and supervise a team working on both intervention and
research activities.
- Excellent
diplomatic, representational, problem solving, management, and
interpersonal skills.
- Excellent
written and oral English-language communications skills, including top
quality writing and presentation skills.
- Skills with
multiple kinds of software for both quantitative and qualitative
analysis.
- Willingness to
travel within Kenya and across the region as needed.
The Population Council is an
international, nonprofit, nongovernmental institution that seeks to improve the
well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations around the
world and to help achieve a humane, equitable, and sustainable balance between
people and resources.
The Council conducts
biomedical, social science, and public health research and helps build research
capacities in developing countries.
If you know of a qualified
candidate or are interested in applying for this position, please send resume
and cover letter to:
jobs-nairobi@popcouncil.org
by October 21st, 2016.