Jobs at African Population And Health Research Center (APHRC)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of information systems and provision of analytical methodological support and advice to researchers.
• Lead and contribute to proposal development and fundraising for research projects in the unit.
• Provide statistical advice and support to researchers developing proposals and writing scientific papers.
• Supervise and mentor junior staff to contribute to the design of proposals for grant applications, scientific writing analytical support and/or information systems development.
• Supervise and mentor junior staff to conduct literature reviews.
• Lead the recruitment, training and supervision of field interviewers.
• Oversee/lead development of field and training manuals.
• Ensure ethical approvals and research permits are obtained.
• Oversee fieldwork during the execution of the research projects to ensure timely implementation of field activities.
• Participate in community mobilization and education of the community in relation to the research.
• Contribute to the development of project reports.
• Contribute to institutional publications including and not limited to lay dissemination materials such as policy/research briefs and fact sheets.
• Contribute to policy engagement and the unit’s strategic planning.
• Contribute to cultivation of relations with key institutional donors.
• Represent the Center at high-level national, regional and international forums, including relevant technical working groups and expert committees.
• Begin to define own area of research interest through developing proposals, concept notes and publishing.

Qualifications and Experience

• PhD in Demography, Populations studies, Public Health, Sociology, Statistics, Data Science, Econometrics, or equivalent in related disciplines
• Have at least 2 years of relevant post-doctoral experience.
• Strong writing skills and good record of publications, which utilize defined analytical methodologies.
• Experience in developing proposals. Evidence of previous successful grants will be an advantage.
• Demonstrated experience in managing research projects, including experience in conducting, coordinating and managing surveys.
• Proven experience in conducting desk reviews.
• Strong quantitative skills (managing, analyzing and interpreting data), with good familiarity with quantitative statistical packages (e.g. STATA, R) and working with large dataset.
• Expertise in political economy research or qualitative methods, including familiarity with qualitative analysis software packages (e.g. NVivo) will be an advantage.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and ability to work in a culturally diverse team.
• Experience in immunization research will be an advantage.
• Experience working with surveys data (DHS and MICS).
• Experience working with the Health Management Information Systems (DHIS2) data will be an advantage.
• Experience working in Francophone West Africa.
• Fluentcommunication and writing in French is necessary.

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• APHRC is seeking to recruit a Full Stack Software Developer for the Measurement, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Web Platform. This position will offer technical support on the MEL Web Platform through design and implementation of new modules and modification of existing ones, based on the end user’s requirements, during rollout and its operationalization.

Duties/ Responsibilities

• Design and implementation of new modules and modifications of existing ones in the MEL Web Platform and align it to APHRC’s processes and procedures.
• Maintain the integration of the portal with the Microsoft Dynamics365 ERP and the database through web services.
• Maintain/ make relevant changes to the links between the performance indicator tracking and alliances modules and their data entry forms.
• Create or update the authentication module through active directory service to allow existing user to re-use their Active Directory usernames and passwords.
• Modify, when necessary, data entry forms and customize the database based on the various data needs.
• Configure and maintain the GIS module to visualize the progress on key performance indicators and their trends.
• Maintain the data import module in the system for the existing Excel database.
• Set quality assurance parameters (e.g., approval and acceptance of data) and data validation rules.
• Make changes to the existing dashboards or create new visualization using Tableau and embed the new or updated visualization dashboards to the Web platform.
• Configure the data visualizer for the database to generate the required reports.
• Configure/modify the user rights module used to assign the access of the database to the users as per their role in the organization.
• Configure the data administration module to ensure the proper administration of the database.
• Integrate the MEL Portal with the knowledge management and learning portal (knowledge repository, knowledge sharing platform, subject matter expert locator and AI Chatbot).
• Integrate the knowledge base with the AI to enhance functionality and retrieval of knowledge.
• Support the configuration and enhancement of the Knowledge Management and Learning AI Chabot.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• A degree in related disciplines e.g. Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or any relevant field.
• Must be proficient in Python programming language with Django Rest Framework, Vue.js, and Bootstrap CSS, PostgreSQL database or any other DBMS.
• Must have experience working as a frontend developer responsible for building and enhancing the applications using vue.js (Preferred 3+).
• Strong experience in Object Oriented Software Development in ASP, PHP, JavaScript Frameworks and HTML.
• Hands-on experience with architecture styles/APIs (REST, RPC).
• Utilize established development tools, guidelines and conventions including but not limited to ASP.NET, SQL Server, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and C#/VB.NET.
• Ability to create web pages to show online reports to application users using pivot reports, detailed data pages, grid views and tables.
• Developed user authentication mechanism using web services.
• Experience with jQuery to bring dynamic behavior to the web page and also perform AJAX calls to the MVC controllers.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies.
• Hands on experience on the use of AI Chat bots.
• Excellent analytical, detail-oriented, presentation and problem-solving skills.
• Proven work experience as a Data/System analyst and developer including use of web enabled systems
• MSSQL development, 5 years (Preferred)
• Production Support, 3 years (Preferred)
• Azure DB, 2 years (Preferred)
• Stored Procedures, 5 years (Preferred)
• Skilled at writing SQL code, designing new systems, understanding front-end-users’ requirements and have a problem-solving attitude.
• Create complex functions, scripts, stored procedures and triggers to support application development.
• Excellent skills in debugging and troubleshooting user sessions and solving bugs.
• Ability to analyze and critique requirements and make recommendations on possible solution designs.
• Ability to complete work independently, incorporate client feedback, and deliver on time.
• Excellent skills and experience in training facilitation, mentoring and capacity development.
• Demonstrate oral and written communication skills, including presentations.
• Prior experience in development of an information management system for humanitarian organization will be an added advantage.

DEADLINE:  December 14, 2023

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and will be required submit a Police Clearance Certificate at a certain stage of the recruitment process. 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

PO. Box 10787-GPO, Nairobi

Website:  www.aphrc.org

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Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the routine research projects activities such as leading the development of field and training manuals, obtaining ethical approvals and research permits, training and supervision of field workers, data management, data analysis and scientific writing.
• Coordinate policy engagement and dissemination of project research findings to appropriate audiences.
• Take lead in preparing progress and end-of-grant reports to donor.
• Develop study tools on topical issues in immunization and skills development, training manuals and field guides to use for data collection.
• Coordinate the recruitment, training and supervision of field teams.
• Coordinate fieldwork and be responsible for data quality.
• Mobilize and sensitize immunization stakeholders about research projects.
• Participate in the development of research proposals.
• Conduct literature review and participate in writing scientific papers.
• Carry out policy analysis on specific issues in immunization areas of work.
• Prepare regular field and project reports.
• Prepare policy briefs and fact sheets from the projects’ findings.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Master’s degree in any of the following areas: Demography, Epidemiology, Applied Statistics, Sociology, Measurement and Evaluation, or related disciplines.
• At least 3 years’ post qualification experience, preferably in immunization.
• Good computer literacy skills.
• Knowledge of multiple statistical such as STATA, SPSS, R, e.t.c. Knowledge of qualitative software packages NVivo or ATLAS.ti. will be an added advantage.
• Good quantitative analytical skills.
• Experience working with survey data (DHS, MICs, e.t.c) and routine health facility data information systems (DHIS 2).
• Experience in conducting field research and managing research projects and teams.
• Experience in engaging policy makers with research evidence.
• Excellent oral and written communication in English and/or French, and at least one African language.
• Ability to work independently, set priorities, juggle tasks and meet tight deadlines.

DEADLINE:  December 4, 2023