The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is a leading Africa-based, African-led, international research institution headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. APHRC conducts policy-relevant research on population, health, education, urbanization and related development issues in sub-Saharan Africa.
The APHRC seeks to recruit an Associate Research Scientist to work in the Maternal and Child Wellbeing Unit within the Research Division.
Responsibilities
- Begin
to define own area of research interest through developing proposals,
concept notes and publishing in the area;
- Mentor
junior staff including postdoctoral researchers and research officers;
- Represent
the Center in high-level national and regional forums;
- Initiate
and lead research proposals in the program and manage relevant budgets;
- Oversee
the review and translation of research tools;
- Oversee/lead
development of field and training manuals;
- Ensure
ethical approvals and research permits are obtained;
- Ensure
the recruitment, training and supervision of field interviewers;
- Oversee
fieldwork in the execution of the research projects to ensure timely
implementation of field activities;
- Ensure
community mobilization and education of the community in relation to the
research project is done;
- Conduct
literature reviews;
- Lead
and contribute to scientific paper writing;
- Lead
the development of project reports;
- Lead
and participate in dissemination of research findings and policy dialogue
with appropriate audiences;
- Contribute
to institutional publications (i.e. lay dissemination materials such as–
policy/research briefs and fact sheets) in relation to the projects one is
working on;
- Oversee
data cleaning and analysis;
- Monitor
project budgets and expenditure;
- Contribute
to proposal development in the program; and
- Prepare project progress
reports to donors.
Qualifications
- PhD
in Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology or other relevant
areas; a minimum of 2 years’ post-doctoral experience.
- Demonstrated
skills and expertise in both quantitative and qualitative data analysis
and related statistical software.
- Demonstrated
experiences in mental health research, with peer-reviewed publications on
the subject will be an added advantage.
CARTA therefore seeks to recruit a Project Coordinator to coordinate course
review, transition to blended and ToT development activities. S/he will also
coordinate the CARTA activities in the Virtual Learning Academy and in the
partner institutions that will be implementing the ToT
course.**Responsibilities:**
1.Provide administrative support to the
process of review of courses and development of ToT courses through:
- Coordination of meetings, including town halls and
team meetings;
- Ensure documentation of resolutions made at
meetings, taking charge personally or ensuring there is appropriate
representation when the meetings conflict;
- Liaison with the team coordinators and
administrative officer on administrative and logistics matters of the
process;
- Carrying out follow-ups with team members on the
review and ToT development processes;
- Liaison with external experts who will be supporting
the project; and
- Compilation of outputs of the course review and ToT
development processes.
- Coordinate the ToT and local training activities at
the partner implementing institutions according to the NORHED plan, in
collaboration with the institutional-based coordinators:
- Monitor implementation of ToT and local training
activities at partner institutions and coordinate the Monitoring and
Evaluation activities related to the NORHED activities, liaising with the
M&E officer to ensure collection of complete data about the required
indicators;
- Be the liaison person between the implementing
institutions and the CARTA Secretariat; and
- Report on ToT and local training activities to the
Program Managers.
- Coordinate the Virtual Learning Academy activities
that relate to CARTA including:
- Coordinate participation of CARTA representatives in
the Phase I of the transition to blended to inform the framework of
competencies;
- Coordinate the participation of CARTA facilitators
in the needs assessment of Phase I of the transition to blended;
- Coordinate participation of CARTA facilitators in
Staff Academy capacity building activities;
- Compile the outputs of the course development;
- Liaise with consultant and IT support to load the
generated courses in the APHRC Training Academy;
- Liaise with consultant and IT support to coordinate
the establishment of the CARTA Community of Practice; and
- Manage the CARTA Community of Practice.
- Support further institutionalization of CARTA
interventions at partner institutions:
- Support fundraising to facilitate
institutionalization activities at CARTA partner institutions; and
- Liaise with CARTA focal persons and university
representatives to promote and support institutionalization activities at
CARTA partner institutions.
- Research on impact of CARTA training interventions
and institutionalization activities of the CARTA program.
Qualifications and Experience:
·
Doctorate degree in Education related fields.
·
Experience and strong interest in research, research capacity strengthening and
instructional/curriculum design.
·
Demonstrated prior experience in curriculum development, training, and
implementation.
·
Hands-on experience coordinating different short course training workshops.
·
Experience with various training methods (including virtual, in-person
training, and blended offering) and up-to-date with new training methods and
techniques.
·
Strong writing skills and good record of publications (at least 3 lead author
publications in peer-reviewed journals and over 5 conference presentations in
defined area of interest).
·
Computer literacy in Microsoft packages (e.g. MS Word, MS PowerPoint, & MS
Excel).
Desired
- Familiarity with postgraduate training in health
and/or social science related fields.
- Strong research quantitative skills and quantitative
skills.
- Experience with e-learning platforms.
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
and ability to work in a culturally diverse team.
Interested candidates
are invited to submit their application through our recruitment portal https://aphrc.org/vacancies/ by August
18, 2021. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted;
shortlisted candidates will be required to have a Police Clearance Certificate.
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
Website: www.aphrc.org**
APHRC is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to the
protection of vulnerable persons**