Research Position
Ref: FP/RH BPs
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is an international
non-profit, 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 recruit a Senior Lead for Strategic Planning & Evaluation
to lead a five-year (2011-2016) program entitled “Evidence to Action for
Strengthened Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services for Women and
Girls (E2A)”, with Pathfinder International as the prime partner.
The position is based at APHRC’s offices in Nairobi, Kenya.
Project Overview: E2A’s ultimate goal is to reduce unmet need for family
planning (and thereby, unintended pregnancies), by enabling women and girls to
make – and act on – informed decisions about their reproductive lives at all
stages of the life cycle.
It will work at the global, country and community/facility levels to achieve
three main objectives:
1) Increase global support for the use of FP/RH evidence-based best practices
(BPs) to strengthen service delivery;
2) Synthesize and disseminate knowledge about the use of FP/RH BPs to
strengthen service delivery; and
3) Apply and scale up FP/RH
BPs in ways that strengthen service delivery.
Position Purpose: In collaboration with, and reporting to, the Program
Leader at APHRC and the E2A’s M&E Director in the project office in
Washington, DC, the Senior Lead for Strategic Planning & Evaluation is the
project’s focal person at APHRC.
Her/his primary responsibility is to:
- Organize,
facilitate or conduct literature reviews as well as operations, evaluation
and implementation research around FP/RH BPs; - Document and
disseminate reviews, case studies and other syntheses that build knowledge
on FP/RH BPs; and Contribute to advocacy activities at the global,
regional and country levels. - S/he also
supports the design and implementation of the project’s M&E plan, data
collection and data systems to measure overall project performance against
established goals and objectives. - S/he coordinates
the requests and support needs from in-country partners for research,
evaluation and documentation of BPs, and with guidance from the E2A
Director of M&E, ensure that the needs are timely and adequately met.
Responsibilities
- Conduct
literature and systematic reviews on FP/RH BPs, and produce synthesis for
use in the project’s activities at the global, country or local levels; - Plan, design and
implement or facilitate operations, evaluation and implementation research
on FP/RH BPs in the Africa region. - Support the
project’s dissemination, communication and advocacy activities; - Contribute to
the development and implementation of the project’s Performance Monitoring
and Evaluation Plan, and the production of quarterly reports to USAID; - Oversee, when
applicable, the work of in-country partners’ M&E related staff, and
coordinate the implementation of quality control measures; - Provide
technical assistance to in-country partners on research, evaluation and documentation
of best practices, among others;
and Experience
- PhD in
Demography, Statistics, Public Health, social sciences or related
discipline; - At least six
years of experience in monitoring and evaluating health and development
projects, and health service delivery in particular; - Strong writing
skills and good record of publications on population, family planning and
reproductive health in developing countries, with demonstrated ability to
conduct systematic reviews; - Good experience
in designing and conducting impact evaluation, and operations and
interventions research; - Proven ability
to work effectively with various constituencies including funding agencies
and international partners, host country government agencies, and other
national and local stakeholders and decision-makers; - Strong
quantitative skills and extensive familiarity with MS Office (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint) and Statistical Packages (STATA or SPSS); - Availability to
travel internationally about 30-40% of time.
candidates are invited to send via email or mail no later than February 20,
2012, 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
with copy to jcfotso@aphrc.org, or
to: The
Human Resources Officer
African
Population and Health Research Center
P.O.
Box 10787 – 00100 GPO, Nairobi
Website: www.aphrc.org Please,
indicate Evaluation Research Position – FP/RH BPs on the subject line of the
email or on the envelope. The
position comes 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 dependents’ 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.