Jobs at African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Support in talent recruitment and selection;
• Assist in the management of the HRIS;
• Participate in the preparation of periodic reports on various HR activities; and
• Provide administrative support to the HR unit as well as any other duties that may be assigned.

Qualifications, experience and skills:

• BSc in Human Resources Management or relevant field; should have graduated in the last six (6) months.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite applications.
• Familiarity with Human Resource Information System (HRIS) software is an added advantage.
• Good interpersonal and organizational skills and ability to maintain confidentiality.

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Duties/Responsibilities
The Board Secretary is expected to operate in line with the Board Charter and other relevant documents. S/he shall report to the Chair of the Board of Directors but administratively, to the Executive Director. 

Board Functions

• Assess and advise on corporate governance best practices, including training directors and members of the senior leadership team on corporate governance matters.
• Update the Board on pertinent issues and emerging trends relevant to the work of APHRC. Regularly advise Board and management on legal and regulatory issues.
• Guide the Board and ensure that mandatory procedures are followed. This 
• includes identifying matters that need Board decisions, declaration of conflict of interest and adoption of committee reports.
• Work with Management, the Board and its committees to prepare annual work plans and ensure their implementation. 
• Organize and convene regular and extraordinary general Board Meetings. This includes preparing the agenda for Board Meetings in consultation with the office of the Executive Director. 
• Coordinate and attend Board and Committee Meetings as Secretary to the Board.
• Take minutes of all Board and Committee meetings and ensure that the proceedings and resolutions of the Board are recorded accurately and circulated to the Board. 
• Track and report on the implementation of Board decisions and governance recommendations. 
• Ensure good flow of information within the Board and its committees.
• Ensure effective induction of new Board members and organize relevant Board development forums for Board members.
• Coordinate Board appointments and oversee their succession planning.
• Update and maintain the Board Members’ register.
• Develop and recommend updates to governance documents including Board policies and other governance instruments. Formulate and recommend updates to procedures to guide Board functions relevant to Board objectives.
• Ensure (light) Board and Board Committee assessments are conducted after every meeting.
• Facilitate comprehensive Board and governance assessments conducted every 3-5 years. Coordinate the implementation of recommendations from such assessments. 

Compliance Functions

• Assess and ensure compliance with Kenya’s Companies Act 2015, including preparing and ensuring timely filing of statutory returns with the registrar of companies.
• Support regional/country offices of APHRC in ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Support the internal Legal Officer in ensuring legal and regulatory compliance and the management of legal risks for APHRC.

Update statutory registers.

• Oversee and/or support compliance with institutional policies with legal 
• implications such as Data Protection and Safeguarding among others as may be identified from time to time. 
• Custodial Functions
• Act as the custodian of important Company documents, including: 
• Certificate of Incorporation.
• By-laws.
• Company Seal.
• Statutory registers of the Company.
• Maintain record of original minutes of the Board Meetings and Board Committee meetings.

Risk Management

• Contribute to the Risk Management function.
• Participate in risk identification and management. This will entail the support of 
• the units’ quarterly risk register preparation, fourth quarter consolidated risk register approved by the Board.
• Review of risk appetite statements.
• Review of risk management framework and the risk policy.

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Bachelor of Laws. Master of Laws is preferred.
• Member of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya (ICPSK) in good standing.
• An advocate of the High Court with at least 10 years’ experience.
• Member of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) with a current practicing certificate.
• An advocate with experience in corporate and commercial law.

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Duties/Responsibilities

• Conduct research on food systems which may include community-based, school based or desk-based research including applied 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.
• Conduct research to understand linkages between climate change, food systems and nutrition to inform food systems transformation and climate action.
• Develop and test strategies to inform policy & practice to catalyze food systems transformation to enhance food security and nutrition 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, Food Systems 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 Food Systems including research related to food production, distribution, value addition, consumption and relationship with nutrition and health.
• Experience in developing proposals and attracting research grants, particularly in maternal, child, adolescent nutrition or food systems.
• 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 maternal, infant and young child nutrition/nutrition in the first 1000 days plus, child nutrition including preschool and school going children, and adolescent nutrition.
• 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).

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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).