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Africa’s Voices emerged out of four years of research at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Governance and Human Rights (CGHR), on Politics and Interactive Media in Africa. With strong interest from initial collaborators, in 2014 Africa’s Voices launched as an independent, non-profit research organisation and registered UK charity....
Job Description
Position Overview:
AVF is launching a new 6-month programme supporting civic engagement for land health interventions in Kenya. Africa’s Voices Foundation (AVF) will deploy interactive radio shows – shows in which audiences participate by submitting SMS responses to questions asked on air – to collect and analyse the perceptions and beliefs that affect community practices related to land health. This engagement via interactive radio will seek to understand farmers’ beliefs that relate to changes in land use can enrich the insights from biophysical data on carbon stocks or storage. Moreover, evidence on farmers’ perceptions of land productivity could support more effective, tailored, and sustainable interventions designed to enhance yield, and limit degradation.
The research officer will support the delivery of this programme, including the research design in its initial inception phase, the qualitative analysis of data collected through radio listeners’ engagement via SMS and the final evaluation and reporting. Fluency in Gikuyu, English and Kiswahili are essential.
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Essential experience, skills and qualifications:
Location
This post will be based in Nairobi, Kenya, with some travel to the Upper Tana river basin (Nyeri, Murang’a, Kirinyaga)
Please send your CV and Cover Letter explaining why you are interested in AVF and this position, and how you fulfil the selection criteria to careers@africasvoices.org. Please include “Research Officer” in the title of your email.
The application deadline is 5pm (EAT) on 21 January 2019. Applications may be considered after this date only if a suitable candidate has not been found.
AVF is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity. All applications for vacant positions will be welcomed and will be considered on the relative merits of the applicant against the role profile for the position regardless of colour, race, nationality, ethnic origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, parental responsibilities, age, religion, or belief.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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