Research Program Coordinator at Jacaranda Health

Overall Purpose: The Research Program Coordinator will work with other members of Jacaranda Health’s QI Team to support projects with partner facilities.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Facilitation: Interact with and facilitate meetings with QI teams comprising clinicians and support staff
• Monitoring and evaluation: Coordinate data analysis, track and interpret key data to demonstrate performance improvement
• Logistics: Coordinate planning and execution of QI project events, including collaborative learning sessions, facility meetings, and trainings
• Reporting: Collate data, insights and experiences in routine stakeholder reports

REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Strong IT literacy and experience of presenting and interpreting data
• Demonstrated ability to work with a team to achieve results in low resource settings

Advantages

• Understanding of public health or maternal and child health
• Knowledge of statistical process control methods
• Masters level education in relevant field
• Formal training in Quality Improvement (e.g. Lean Six Sigma, Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Improvement Advisors Course, Total Quality Management, Kaizen)
• Experience in applying QI methodology to secure sustainable results in healthcare
• Authorized to work in Kenya