Program Coordinator at African Population and Health Research Center

APHRC seeks to recruit a Program Coordinator to work in its Research Capacity Strengthening Division  to  support  the  management  and  coordination  of  the  Training  Program.  This  is  an opportunity  to  join  an  existing  team  dedicated  to  conducting  research-related  short  course
training focusing on postgraduates and early-career researchers.

Major Responsibilities:

1. Support  the  curriculum  development  process  for  select  courses  (i.e.  lead  the  planning, content and method development, testing, implementation, and course evaluation);
2. Support the recruitment of facilitators and/or participants, instrument development, data collection, data analysis, and report preparation;
3. Support facilitation of sessions during short course training (i.e. serve as lead trainer in at least  one  training  area  e.g.  Grants  Proposal  Writing,  Impact  Evaluation,  Implementation
4. Research, Mixed Methods Research, Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis, Scientific Writing, or others);
5. Conduct formative assessment (e.g. training needs assessment prior to training to identify skills  and  knowledge gaps  to  be  addressed) and  summative  assessment (e.g.  end  of training/follow up evaluation survey to assess effectiveness and impact of the training on
6. participants and/or institutions);
7. Communicate with APHRC unit heads to identify the center’s training needs and map out development plans;
8. Manage  the  curriculum  database  and  training  records  and  maintain/update  in-house training materials and equipment;
9. Contribute to program sustainability by supporting training-related proposal development;
10. Contribute to scientific writing based on data collected routinely as part of training M&E;
11. Lead  in  policy  engagement  and  dissemination of  best  practices to  appropriate  audiences; and
12. Support marketing of APHRC short course offerings to potential individuals and institutions. 

 
Qualifications and Experience:

The  ideal  candidate  will  have  up  to  2  (two)  years’  relevant  post-doctoral  experience  facilitating research methodology workshops and possess strong analytical skills (quantitative or qualitative):

1. PhD in Education or Public Health (preferably with emphasis in curriculum & instruction) or related field.
2. Experience  and  strong  interest  in  research  capacity  strengthening  and  instructionaldesign.
3. Demonstrated prior experience in training curriculum development and
4. implementation (e.g., experience in facilitating short course training to graduate
5. students, or other practicing researchers).
6. Hands-on experience coordinating different short course training workshops.
7. Experience  with  various  training  methods  (including  virtual,  in-person  training,  and blended offering) and up-to-date with new training methods and techniques.
8. Strong writing skills and good record of publications (at least 3 lead author publications in  peer-reviewed  journals  and  over  5  conference  presentations  in  defined  area  of interest).  
9. Computer literacy in Microsoft packages (e.g. MS Word, MS PowerPoint, & MS Excel).  
10. Strong  quantitative  skills  (managing,  analyzing  &  interpreting  data),  with  extensive familiarity with quantitative statistical packages (e.g. Stata, SAS, or SPSS).

Desirable:

1. Expertise in mixed methods research approaches.
2. Experience with e-learning platforms.
3. Excellent  interpersonal  and  organizational  skills  and  ability  to  work  in  a  culturally diverse team.
4. Ability to facilitate training sessions in French.