Researcher (Maternal, Infant and Child Nutrition) at African Population And Health Research Center (APHRC)

Duties/Responsibilities

• Conduct research on nutrition and related areas which may include community-based, school based or desk-based research. Tasks may include study conceptualization and design, project management and coordination including training of field workers, supervision of field work and data management, data analysis, report writing.
• Develop and test strategies to inform policy & practice to optimize breastfeeding, maternal & child nutrition, adolescent nutrition, and food security as appropriate.
• Lead and contribute to proposal development.
• Lead and contribute to scientific writing.
• Supervise, mentor and train junior research staff at the Center.
• Lead policy engagement, knowledge translation and communication to appropriate audiences.

 Qualifications, Skills, and Experience 

• PhD in Nutrition, Public Health or closely related fields.
• Strong writing skills and good record of publications on relevant areas in sub- Saharan Africa.
• At least three years’ post-doctoral experience in research in maternal, infant and young child nutrition/nutrition in the first 1000 days plus and nutrition of children under five years.
• Experience in developing proposals and attracting research grants, particularly in maternal, child and adolescent nutrition.
• Demonstrated experience in managing research teams and partnerships.
• 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).
• Computer literacy in Microsoft packages (e.g. MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel).
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and ability to work in a culturally diverse team.

Desirable

• Expertise/experience in adolescent nutrition.
• Expertise in nutrition of school going children.
• Expertise in human-rights based approach to food systems.
• Experience with work on climate change including linking climate change and nutrition and health.
• Expertise in qualitative methods, including familiarity with qualitative analysis software packages (e.g. NVivo).