Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Ecd) at African Population and Health Research Center

Major Responsibilities:

• Lead and contribute to proposal development;
• Engage in evaluations of interventions with young children and families;
• Participate in the design of scientific research and training tasks within the Unit;
• Lead and contribute to the implementation of ECD and other related projects. Tasks include project design and activities related to project management such as field work and data management;
• Contribute to scientific writing, and production of donor reports; and,
• Lead in policy engagement and dissemination of research findings to appropriate audiences.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Ph.D. in Early Childhood Development, Child Psychology or closely related fields. The fellowship should be taken up within two years of completion of doctoral degree;
• Strong writing skills and a good record of publications on relevant areas in sub-Saharan Africa;
• Experience and a strong interest in the areas of ECD and nutrition;
• Proven experience in conducting household surveys;
• Strong quantitative skills (managing, analyzing and interpreting data), with extensive familiarity with quantitative statistical packages (e.g. STATA, SAS or SPSS); and
• Computer literacy in Microsoft packages (e.g. MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel).

Desirable:**

• Expertise in maternal, infant and young child nutrition will be an added advantage;
• Experience and familiarity with a diverse set of health and social science data sets;
• Expertise in qualitative methods, including familiarity with qualitative analysis software packages (e.g. NVivo);
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and ability to work in a culturally diverse team; and
• Experience in developing proposals and attracting research grants.

This fellowship comes with an attractive, internationally competitive remuneration package including employer paid medical, travel and life insurance cover. Allowances toward in-relocation (for those recruited from outside Kenya) and dependents’ education are provided. Preference will be given to nationals of sub-Saharan African countries.