Senior Policy Analyst at Kenya Public Policy Research and Analysis Institute (KIPPRA)

(Ref. 1/SPA/4/2017)

Position Summary

Management of ongoing research and evaluation of project to include supervising and evaluation of projects, contributing to new proposals, preparing evaluation reports and carrying out research on the area of specialization.

Key Responsibilities

• Overseeing the day-to-day execution of research projects;
• Communicating the divisional research plan and its details to stakeholders;
• Managing the collection of quantitative and qualitative data;
• Dissemination of research findings and their implications to relevant stakeholders;
• Writing research grant applications;
• Reviewing and abstracting published research;
• Supervising junior researchers;
• Participating in capacity building programmes;
• Serving in committees and task forces as appointed by the Executive Director;
• Publishing public policy research and analysis papers;
• Participate in the preparation of annual work plans, quarterly and annual performance reports;
• Participate in the Training of Young Professional.

Key Requirements

1. PhD in Economics, Actuarial Science, Institutional Economics, Transport Economics, Macroeconomics, or any other related discipline from a recognized academic institution
2. Minimum of six (6) years of experience in a policy research and analysis or 9 years teaching at a recognized university, three of which must be post PhD.
3. Minimum of 9 (nine) publications, two (2) of which must be refereed journal articles.

All the above positions will require the following key skills/competencies:

a) Good time management
b) Assertiveness and self-drive
c) Honesty, reliability and dependability
d) Good interpersonal skills
e) Sound analytical and numerical skills.
f) Good communication skill