The African Population and Health
Research Center (APHRC) is an international non-profit organization that
carries out high quality and policy-relevant research on population, health,
education and development issues facing sub-Saharan Africa.
The Center seeks to recruit a Data
Analyst to work within its Population
Dynamics, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Unit.
Duties / Responsibilities:
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Participate in the development,
review and translation of research tools;
·
Participate in the pre-testing of
data collection platforms;
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Data cleaning including conducting
all the 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 basic and advanced
statistical analysis of data;
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Assist in training other staff
members on data analysis;
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Participate in scientific writing;
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Write technical reports on data
issues; and
·
Participate in proposal development
and review.
Qualifications, experience and
skills:
·
Master’s degree in statistics or
equivalent;
·
At least 5 years’ post qualification
experience in high level quantitative skills -managing, analyzing and
interpreting data- such as multivariate and multilevel/ longitudinal analysis,
preferably with STATA;
·
Proficiency in MS Office; and
·
Experience using Open Data Kit (ODK)
software and Nesstar is highly desirable.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are encouraged
to apply by email to jobs@aphrc.org with the subject ‘Data Analyst’ by December
03, 2019.
Only short listed candidates will be
contacted.
Cover letters should be addressed to:
The Human Resources Officer
African Population and Health Research Center, Inc
APHRC Campus, Manga Close, off Kirawa Road, Kitisuru
P. O. Box 10787-GPO, Nairobi
African Population and Health Research Center, Inc
APHRC Campus, Manga Close, off Kirawa Road, Kitisuru
P. O. Box 10787-GPO, Nairobi
Website: www.aphrc.org
APHRC is an equal opportunity
employer and is committed to the protection of children