Job Vacancy: Senior Research Officer
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.
APHRC
seeks to recruit a Senior Research Officer to support the APCC (African
Population Cohorts Consortium) project’s program management activities, as well
as lead stakeholder engagement and capacity strengthening activities.
Duties
/ Responsibilities
· Engage
stakeholders and lead in the co-creation of governance arrangements;
· Enablement
of trans disciplinarily in APCC operations;
· Develop
standard operating procedures for research cohorts participating in the APCC;
· Develop guidelines for consistency in data and bio-specimen governance across the APCC (sharing, ownership, commitment to harmonizing);
· Support
the development of guidelines dealing with and resolving conflict
(dispute/grievance mechanisms with sufficient independence to adjudicate less
or more serious issues regarding sharing data);
· Develop
guidelines for authorship and publications using APCC materials;
· Provide
templates for APCC rational and proposed activities in line with in-country
data protection and sharing guidelines;
· Develop
guidelines for onboarding and managing country specific principal investigators
and data producers;
· Development
of guidelines of how unexpected challenges such as epidemics, may influence
governance principles and structure;
· Develop
communication products e.g. blogs on data governance in an ecosystem with
multi-disciplinary datasets;
· Represent
the Centre in high- level national and regional forums including relevant
technical working groups and expert committees;
· Lead and
participate in dissemination of research findings and policy dialogue with
appropriate audiences;
· Plan
and coordinate the APCC program and its activities including supporting
activities of the governance and capacity building cores;
· Ensure
implementation of policies and practices as per Wellcome Trust regulations;
· Maintaining
budget and tracking expenditures/transactions by working closely with the
project grants and financial officers;
· Manage
communications on APCC through media relations, social media and the APHRC
Policy Engagement and Communication team;
· Schedule
and organize meetings/events and maintain agenda for APHRC related activities;
and
· Prepare
monthly/quarterly project reports.
Qualifications,
Skills, and Experience
· At
least seven years’ post-master’s degree experience in a research setting.
· Experience
conducting field research and managing data collection teams.
· Experience
in engaging policy makers and key stakeholders with research evidence.
· Good
writing skills and experience in developing standard operating procedures in
relevant subject areas.
· Ability
to work independently, set priorities, juggle tasks and meet tight deadlines.
· Excellent
interpersonal and organizational skills and ability to work in a culturally
diverse team.
This
position is classified under Nationally Recruited Positions (NRP), Grade III in
our scales.
Interested
candidates are encouraged to apply through our recruitment portal
by
February 17, 2023.
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.
