APHRC Associate Research Scientist and Post-Doctoral Fellow Jobs in Kenya

African Population & Health Research Center (APHRC)

Promoting the well-being of Africans through policy-relevant research on population and health

Research Positions

Family Planning & Reproductive Health

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

The African Population & Health Research Center (APHRC) is an international nonprofit, non-governmental organization committed to conducting high quality and policy relevant research on population, health, education and development issues facing sub-Saharan Africa.

APHRC seeks to fill two research positions:

1) Associate Research Scientist to support its family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) related programs; and

2) Post-doctoral Fellow to support projects on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).

Associate Research Scientist

Major responsibilities:

In collaboration with and reporting to the Program Leader:

1. Support the implementation of FP/RH projects in terms of data collection, data analysis and report writing, synthesis of knowledge, and monitoring and evaluation of the impact of the Interventions across target countries, among others;
2. Lead activities around knowledge generation and sharing, documentation and dissemination of best practices across the target countries, in the region, and within the global community of practice;
3. Lead the planning of country and regional dissemination workshops;
4. Support proposal writing and fundraising activities on unmet need for family planning and unintended pregnancy.

Qualifications and Experience

1. PhD and at least two years of post-doctoral experience in Demography, Public Health or a related discipline, with focus on population, family planning and reproductive health in developing countries in general and sub-Saharan Africa in particular;
2. Strong writing skills and good record of publications on population, family planning and reproductive health in developing countries;
3. Strong quantitative skills and good familiarity with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Statistical Packages (STATA, SPSS);
4. Some level of familiarity with economics, econometrics and impact evaluation.

Please, indicate FP/RH Researcher on the subject line of the email or on the envelope.

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Major responsibilities:

In collaboration with and reporting to the Program Leader:

• Support the implementation of SRHR projects in terms of data collection, data analysis, report writing and writing of papers for peer-reviewed publications;
• Support proposal writing and fundraising.

Qualifications and Experience

• PhD in Sociology, Demography, Public Health or a related discipline, with interest in SRHR in sub-Saharan Africa in general, and Kenya in particular.
• Good writing skills and record of publications on population and SRHR;
• Mix of quantitative and qualitative research skills
• Familiarity with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Statistical Packages (e.g. STATA, SPSS) and qualitative data analysis software (e.g. NUDIST).

Please, indicate SRHR Researcher on the subject line of the email or on the envelope.

Interested candidates are invited to send via email or mail no later than July 15, 2011, their letter of application (1 page); a statement of research interests and goals (1-2 pages); and their CV with contact details of three referees to jobs@aphrc.org (copy jcfotso@aphrc.org),

or to:

The Human Resources Officer
African Population and Health Research Center
APHRC Campus, 2nd Floor
Kirawa Road, off Peponi Road
P.O. Box 10787 – 00100 GPO,
Nairobi

Website: www.aphrc.org

These positions come with an attractive, internationally competitive remuneration package including employer paid medical, travel, life insurance cover and retirement benefits.

Allowances toward in-relocation, home leave travel and dependants’ education are provided.

Preference will be given to nationals of sub-Saharan African countries, and females are particularly encouraged to apply.

Only short-listed candidates will be notified.