Job Opportunities at African Population And Health Research Center (APHRC)

• The Implementation Network for Sharing Population Information from Research Entities (INSPIRE) network aims to create a population-based health data sharing infrastructure, and an environment where data can be used effectively for decision making. INSPIRE brings together Longitudinal Population Cohorts Africa with a goal of producing Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) data that can be used by researchers and policy makers by capacitating data users with skills and tools for appropriately using the shared data and metadata.
• The INSPIRE Learning Health System (LHS) project aims to improve data use and analytical capacity for multiple sources of population health data to optimise public health response to infectious diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. The LHS comprises an organisational architecture that supports the formation of communities of data scientists, healthcare professionals, and policy makers, collaborating to explore large data collated from Longitudinal Population Cohorts to inform country-level decision making and planning.

Through the LHS project, we welcome applications from HDSS sites and LPCs that would like to build a niche or innovate within their sites. We are particularly interested in proposals that are;

• Technologically innovative
• Scalable, replicable and sustainable
• Community driven and inclusive

The funding may be used to implement the following ideas, among others;

• Strengthening HDSS data linkage- to facilitate linking individuals’ HDSS records to their clinic records at health facilities in the demographic surveillance area.
• Evidence generation and sharing- to facilitate analysis of site-specific data or development of data visualization tools or evidence products that describe population health trends within the DSA.
• Capacity building- to enhance/promote staff capacity in data analysis and visualization.
• Development of Data governance framework and tools.
• Policy engagement practices – develop advocacy tools, promotional activities and forums for site-specific activities.
• Strengthening HDSS surveillance systems
• Contribution to strategic data collection in the HDSS- domains can include mental health, climate adaptation, and climate mitigation among others.
• The maximum available budget is $60,000 which will be equally split to the four most promising ideas/sites
• Please submit maximum of two-page concept note, including a work plan, a budget and deliverables. The ideas should be implemented within a period of

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• The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is a premier research-to-policy institution, generating evidence, strengthening research and related capacity in the African research and development ecosystem, and engaging policy to inform action on health and development. APHRC seeks to recruit three consultants to support research on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH). The consultants will work together with researchers in the Sexual Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child and Adolescent Health (SRMNCAH) Unit and researchers co-leading the Sexual and Reproductive Health workstream under the Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing.

The consultants will support work on a stocktaking review to draw out lessons that can inform multi-sectoral action to address health system, and wider social and economic determinants of ASHR. The stocktaking review entails:

• Cross-national analyses of recent trends in select ASRH indicators that considers heterogeneity around the indicators among adolescents (e.g., age, urban/rural differences, socioeconomic, education, sub-regional etc.), as well as identifies data gaps and needs in specific indicators.
• Desk-based analyses to understand key drivers of the changes observed in three countries that have made progress on multiple ASRH indicators (Benin, Nepal and Peru) to draw out lessons for multi-sectoral action including youth engagement to improve ASRH outcomes. We will also consider inclusion of one country that has experienced stalls and/or reversals across several indicators.

Scope of work

The consultants are expected to:

• Conduct the desk-based research to understand key drivers of the changes observed in Benin, Nepal and Peru countries, including changes in policies, and to draw out lessons for multi-sectoral action including youth engagement to improve Adolescent SRH outcomes. Each consultant will focus on one country.
• Draft a report (no more than 5 pages single-spaced, Calibri font-size 11) summarizing changes in select ASRH indicators in the country and documenting key lessons for multi-sectoral action.

Deliverables

• Draft report with a comprehensive list of references.

Duration of the consultancy

• The consultancy is for 20 working days from the start of the contract. This consultancy is home-based.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• PhD in Public Health, Sociology, Demography or related fields. Advanced doctoral students who have completed their thesis work are also eligible.
• Experience conducting research on ASRH preferably in the focus countries (Benin, Nepal, and/or Peru).
• Excellent scientific writing skills.
• Experience conducting literature reviews.
• For consultant working on desk-based research on Benin] Excellent written and spoken French language skills
• For consultant working on desk-based research on Peru] Excellent written and spoken Spanish language skills

Supervision

The consultant will work closely with a Senior Research Scientist at APHRC and co-leads of the Commission’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Workstream.

Expression of Interest

Interested candidates should submit an Expression of Interest accompanied by their CV or resume via email to consultancies@aphrc.org and copy procurement@aphrc.org with the email subject ‘Research Consultancy in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.’ Applications will be considered until September 26, 2023. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Cover letters should be addressed to:

The Human Resources Officer

African Population and Health Research Center, Inc.

APHRC Campus, Manga Close, off Kirawa Road, Kitisuru

P.O. Box 10787-GPO, Nairobi

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Duties and Responsibilities

• Obtain and document informed consent/assent from the study participants prior to the sample collection.
• Shipping of samples to the lab, processing, and analysis.
• Carry out microbial and chemical analysis on samples according to standard operating procedures.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Principal Investigator

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Biomedical sciences, Medical Laboratory Science or related disciplines.
• Ability to collect and analyze samples according to standard operating procedures.
• Experience working in a laboratory environment.

Application documents should include:

• Cover letter
• CV with contact details of three referees
• Copy of ID
• Copies of your academic certificates and relevant testimonials.

Interested candidates are invited to submit the above documents via email to cvs@flexi-personnel.com by 25th September 2023. Please indicate on the subject line of the email “Temporary Laboratory Technologist”. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.