Deadline: September 6, 2024
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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.
The Center is Africa-based and African-led, with its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, and a West Africa Regional Office (WARO), in Dakar, Senegal. APHRC seeks to drive change by developing strong African research leadership and promoting evidence informed decision-making (EIDM) across sub-Saharan Africa.
APHRC is seeking to fill the position of Research Officer for its regional office based in Dakar, Senegal. The Research Officer is going to work within the Environment Climate and Health (ECH) Unit of the West Africa Regional Office. The Unit’s research work focuses on environmental health including climate change and health, impact of land restoration on human health amongst other topics.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Manage the routine activities of the Unit research projects;
• Ensure ethical approvals and research permits are obtained;
• Develop study tools, training manuals and field guides to use for data collection;
• Coordinate the recruitment, training and supervision of field teams;
• Coordinate field work and be responsible for data quality;
• Mobilize and inform the community about the research project
• Prepare regular field and project reports;
• Lead the quantitative and/or qualitative data management and data analyses of the
assigned projects;
• Lead and collaborate with the institutional partners to ensure quality deliverables;
• Contribute to proposal development to strengthen scientific knowledge in
environment, climate and health research work or related fields;
• Take lead in preparing progress and end-of-grant reports to funders;
• Assist in the translation of project documents from English to French and vice versa
• Conduct literature review and participate in writing scientific papers;
• Prepare policy briefs and fact sheets from projects findings and participate in
dissemination of research findings and policy dialogue with relevant audiences;
• Perform other duties as required assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications, skills and experience:
• Master’s degree in any of the following areas: Public health, Environmental Health,
Geography, Sociology or related disciplines;
• At least 3 years of professional experience following completion of the Master’s
degree, preferably in a research setting;
• Experience in conducting field research/surveys for both qualitative and quantitative
data and in managing research projects and teams;
• Experience in managing teams of fieldworkers;
• Proficiency in oral and written communication in French and English;
• Ability to work independently, prioritize, balance multiple tasks and meet tight
deadlines;
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and ability to work with people from
diverse cultures;
• Good computer literacy skills;
• Knowledge of multiple statistical and/or qualitative software packages such as STATA,
R, and NVivo. will be an added advantage;
• Experience in engaging policy makers with research evidence;
• Ability to work independently, set priorities, juggle tasks and meet tight deadlines.
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply through the below link:
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
APHRC is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to the protection of vulnerable person