Operations Research Manager Job in Marakwet, North Rift Valley, Kenya

Title: Operations Research Manager
 
Reports To: PMNH+ Project Director
 
Direct Reports: None
 
Based In: Marakwet, North Rift Valley, Kenya
 

Classification: Full Time Employee
 
Organizational Overview:
 
HealthRight International is a global health and human rights organization working to build lasting access to health for excluded communities. Since its founding in 1990 by the late Dr. Jonathan Mann, HealthRight has worked in over 30 countries with current projects in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the United States. 

HealthRight works closely with communities and establishes local partnerships to deliver health services, while providing training and equipment to improve systems and enable our partners to deliver services on their own. 

Our goal is to build lasting access to health, helping to realize the right to health for excluded communities.
 
Outline of Role:
 
The Operations Research Manager (ORM) is responsible for overseeing the design, implementation, monitoring, and dissemination of the PMNH+ Operations Research in the field, in collaboration with the HQ Technical Backstop and the Principal Investigator (PI). 

The ORM will provide technical oversight in the field of all stages of the operations research and will ensure the quality of the research design and implementation.

Required Skills and Experience:
  • MPH, or Masters of relevant health field
  • 4-years experience implementing community or facility-based research in Kenya
  • Previous experience leading at least one quantitative and qualitative research study
  • Technical expertise in maternal and neonatal health
  • Ability to write research briefs for publication
  • Ability to live and work in Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya
  • Excellent English writing skills required.
  • Proficiency in MS Office Word, MS Excel, SPSS or SASS or other relevant data analysis software.
For full details of this position and instructions on how to apply please go to www.healthright.org or www.hennet.or.ke
 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.