Research Officer at African Population and Health Research Center

The APHRC seeks to recruit a Research Officer with expertise in Early Childhood Development (ECD) to work in the Maternal and Child Wellbeing Unit within the Research Division.

Responsibilities

• Manage an early childhood development (ECD) integrated project including recruitment and training of field workers, supervision of field work, data management and scientific writing.
• Contribute to proposal development to strengthen scientific knowledge in ECD or related fields.
• Coordinate policy engagement and dissemination of project research findings to appropriate audiences.
• Take lead in preparing progress and end-of-grant reports to donors.

 Qualifications

• Master’s degree in ECD or other relevant fields or Bachelor’s degree with extensive experience in ECD or related research.
• Good writing skills on relevant subject areas in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Experience in working with young children, with a strong interest in ECD.
• Experience in conducting literature reviews, particularly on ECD or related fields.
• Proven experience in conducting household surveys and/or community-based surveys.
• Either (i) strong quantitative skills (managing, analyzing and interpreting data), with extensive familiarity with statistical packages (Stata, SAS or SPSS); or (ii) expertise in qualitative methods, specifically, familiarity with common qualitative analysis software packages e.g. NVivo.
• Computer literacy in Microsoft packages (MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel).
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and ability to work within a culturally diverse team.

Desirable

• Experience working in slum or rural contexts or with pastoralist communities in Kenya.
• Experience in collecting observational data.
• Experience in community and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience and familiarity with diverse health and social science datasets.
• Experience in developing proposals and attracting research grants.
• Publication record in peer-reviewed journals focusing on ECD or related fields