Evaluation Research Position - FP/RH BPs
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is an
international non-profit, nongovernmental organization committed to conducting
high quality and policy relevant research on population, health, education and
development issues facing sub-Saharan Africa.
APHRC seeks to recruit a Senior Lead for Strategic
Planning & Evaluation to lead a five-year (2011-2016) program
entitled “Evidence to Action for Strengthened Family Planning and Reproductive
Health Services for Women and Girls (E2A)”, with Pathfinder International as
the prime partner.
The position is based at APHRC’s offices in Nairobi, Kenya.
Project Overview: E2A’s ultimate goal is to
reduce unmet need for family planning (and thereby, unintended pregnancies), by
enabling women and girls to make - and act on - informed decisions about their
reproductive lives at all stages of the life cycle.
It will work at the global, country and community/facility
levels to achieve three main objectives:
1) Increase global support for the use of FP/RH evidence-based
best practices (BPs) to strengthen service delivery;
2) Synthesize and disseminate knowledge about the use of FP/RH
BPs to strengthen service delivery; and
3) Apply and scale up FP/RH BPs in ways that strengthen service
delivery.
Position Purpose: In collaboration
with, and reporting to, the Program Leader at APHRC and the E2A’s M&E
Director in the project office in Washington, DC, the Senior Lead for Strategic
Planning & Evaluation is the project’s focal person at APHRC.
Her/his primary responsibility is to: Organize, facilitate or
conduct literature reviews as well as operations, evaluation and implementation
research around FP/RH BPs; Document and disseminate reviews, case studies and
other syntheses that build knowledge on FP/RH BPs; and Contribute to advocacy
activities at the global, regional and country levels.
S/he also supports the design and implementation of the
project’s M&E plan, data collection and data systems to measure overall
project performance against established goals and objectives.
S/he coordinates the requests and support needs from in-country
partners for research, evaluation and documentation of BPs, and with guidance
from the E2A Director of M&E, ensure that the needs are timely and
adequately met.
Key Responsibilities
1. Conduct literature and systematic reviews on FP/RH BPs, and
produce synthesis for use in the project’s activities at the global, country or
local levels;
2. Plan, design and implement or facilitate operations,
evaluation and implementation research on FP/RH BPs in the Africa region.
3. Support the project’s dissemination, communication and
advocacy activities;
4. Contribute to the development and implementation of the
project’s Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Plan, and the production of
quarterly reports to USAID;
5. Oversee, when applicable, the work of in-country partners’
M&E related staff, and coordinate the implementation of quality control
measures;
6. Provide technical assistance to in-country partners on
research, evaluation and documentation of best practices, among others;
Qualifications and Experience
1. PhD in Demography, Statistics, Public Health, social sciences
or related discipline;
2. At least three years of experience in monitoring and
evaluating health and development projects, and health service delivery in particular;
3. Strong writing skills and good record of publications on
population, family planning and reproductive health in developing countries,
with demonstrated ability to conduct systematic reviews;
4. Good experience in designing and conducting impact
evaluation, and operations and interventions research;
5. Proven ability to work effectively with various
constituencies including funding agencies and international partners, host
country government agencies, and other national and local stakeholders and
decision-makers;
6. Strong quantitative skills and extensive familiarity with MS
Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Statistical Packages (STATA or SPSS);
7. Availability to travel internationally about 30-40% of time.
Interested candidates are invited to send via email or mail
their letter of application (1 page); a statement of research interests and
goals (1-2 pages); and their CV with contact details of three referees to
jobs@aphrc.org to:
The Human Resources Officer
African Population and Health Research Center
P.O. Box 10787 – 00100 GPO, Nairobi
Website: www.aphrc.org
African Population and Health Research Center
P.O. Box 10787 – 00100 GPO, Nairobi
Website: www.aphrc.org
Please, indicate E2A Evaluation Research Position – FP/RH BPs on
the subject line of the email or on the envelope.
The position comes with an attractive, internationally
competitive remuneration package including employer paid medical, travel, life
insurance cover and retirement benefits.
Allowances toward inrelocation, home leave travel and
dependants’ education, are provided. Preference will be given to nationals of
sub-Saharan African countries, and females are particularly encouraged to
apply.
Only short-listed candidates will be notified.