Career Opportunities at African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

Responsibilities:

1. Supervise and coordinate clustering for more than 35 current and prospective partners based in the four countries. The five clusters to be created include: teacher development and support, transitions, life skills and youth leadership, flexible and adaptable learning approaches, and inclusion and accountability in education.

2. Convene partner organizations to advance networking, learning, and engagement with key stakeholders. This will include convening organizations semi-annually, once at the regional level and at the level of individual countries to encourage in-depth networking and information exchange.

3. Provide follow-up and coordination of technical support to individual partner organizations: This includes identifying new technical support needs and opportunities that emerge during the convening in collaboration with subcontractors (including Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) officers, cluster leaders, and synthesis agents.) The Coordinator will, in consultation with the subcontractors and an external funder, identify and coordinate the ways in which the support officers will respond to those needs in annual plans of action.

4. Facilitate connections between partner organizations, stakeholders, and MEL officers equipped to provide capacity building support: Coordinate linkages between partner organizations in need of technical assistance or capacity building support and other in-country organizations/consultants with relevant expertise. The Coordinator will need knowledge of and relationships with those in-country entities best able to assist partner organizations in filling gaps in their ability to carry out a given project, including connections to resources to support partner organizations in taking their work to scale.

5. Manage all sub-contractors, including issuing timely payments, to ensure deliverables are met.

Key Competencies

• Extensive knowledge of the field of Education, with special emphasis on education issues in East Africa
• Ability to do complex analysis of multi-country education issues and synthesis
• Good writing skills
• Excellent meeting facilitation skills
• Knowledge/relationships with in-country organizations working on education in the region
• Proven track record of developing and managing complex event schedules/logistics and producing work under demanding timelines
• Reliable financial accounting
• Ability to regularly report and synthesize developments for different partners
• Ability to manage sub-contractors
• Working knowledge of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
• Proven ability to bring education policymakers and stakeholders to the table

Requirements

• Masters degree in Education, Sociology, Psychology, Economics or any other relevant field. Candidates who have completed their PhD studies in the mentioned fields will have an added advantage.
• At least 5 years’ experience working in the field of education as a researcher and/or development practitioner

Timeline

This will be a one year contract renewable subject to performance and availability of resources. The position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is identified.

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Responsibilities:

1. Supervise and coordinate clustering for more than 35 current and prospective partners based in the four countries. The five clusters to be created include: teacher development and support, transitions, life skills and youth leadership, flexible and adaptable learning approaches, and inclusion and accountability in education.

2. Convene partner organizations to advance networking, learning, and engagement with key stakeholders. This will include convening organizations semi-annually, once at the regional level and at the level of individual countries to encourage in-depth networking and information exchange.

3. Provide follow-up and coordination of technical support to individual partner organizations: This includes identifying new technical support needs and opportunities that emerge during the convening in collaboration with subcontractors (including Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) officers, cluster leaders, and synthesis agents.) The Coordinator will, in consultation with the subcontractors and an external funder, identify and coordinate the ways in which the support officers will respond to those needs in annual plans of action.

4. Facilitate connections between partner organizations, stakeholders, and MEL officers equipped to provide capacity building support: Coordinate linkages between partner organizations in need of technical assistance or capacity building support and other in-country organizations/consultants with relevant expertise. The Coordinator will need knowledge of and relationships with those in-country entities best able to assist partner organizations in filling gaps in their ability to carry out a given project, including connections to resources to support partner organizations in taking their work to scale.

5. Manage all sub-contractors, including issuing timely payments, to ensure deliverables are met.

Key Competencies

• Extensive knowledge of the field of Education, with special emphasis on education issues in East Africa
• Ability to do complex analysis of multi-country education issues and synthesis
• Good writing skills
• Excellent meeting facilitation skills
• Knowledge/relationships with in-country organizations working on education in the region
• Proven track record of developing and managing complex event schedules/logistics and producing work under demanding timelines
• Reliable financial accounting
• Ability to regularly report and synthesize developments for different partners
• Ability to manage sub-contractors
• Working knowledge of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
• Proven ability to bring education policymakers and stakeholders to the table

Requirements

• Masters degree in Education, Sociology, Psychology, Economics or any other relevant field. Candidates who have completed their PhD studies in the mentioned fields will have an added advantage.
• At least 5 years’ experience working in the field of education as a researcher and/or development practitioner

Timeline

This will be a one year contract renewable subject to performance and availability of resources. The position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is identified.

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Key Responsibilities

• Manage the Program Leader’s office and respond to queries in his/her absence;
• Schedule appointments for the Program Leader and other members of the team as necessary;
• Manage meetings of the Program, including preparing documentation and taking minutes as necessary;
• Identify action points during meetings and follow up with the concerned parties to ensure that action is taken;
• Maintain an effective record and filing system for contracts, project activities, correspondences, and documents for quick and easy reference;
• Provide support in preparation and formatting of reports;
• Assist in proposal development process taking responsibility for administrative sections of proposals developed and ensuring all application requirements are met;
• Assist in contract preparations
• Manage conference and workshop logistics by preparing draft budgets, making travel and hotel bookings, sending invitations, preparing workshop materials and arranging for per diems and other reimbursements;
• Maintain grant reporting requirements and schedules in the Project Management System (PMS) and follow-up on project reports to ensure submission by due dates and;
• Help in monitoring project implementation including review of burn rates on the online management accounting system and seeking from the project teams the rationale for projects that are delayed;

Essential Skills**

Diploma in Business Administration;

• At least 5 years of relevant post-qualification experience in a busy office environment, preferably in an INGO, research organization or large research program;
• Good planning, financial and organizational skills;
• Good computer skills;
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal);
• Excellent interpersonal skills;
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment will be an added advantage.

Desirable Skills:

• Detail oriented, discreet, tactful, courteous;
• Ability to work independently, set priorities, juggle tasks, meet deadlines;
• Initiative and innovation in assessing situations, troubleshooting, conflict resolution, teambuilding; and