AMREF Research and Learning Officer Jobs in Kenya
AMREF Research and Learning Officer Jobs in Kenya
Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and has since grown to become the largest Africanbased international health development organization, currently implementing more than 120 programs, directly reaching more than 12 million people across 35 African countries.
Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Amref Health Africa has offices in ten countries in Africa and
an additional eleven advocacy and fundraising offices in Europe and North America. In the spirit
of Ubuntu, partnership and networking are key elements of our approach. Amref has a staff
complement of over 1,500.
Amref Health Africa is driven by its vision of ‘Lasting health change in Africa’ and its mission ‘To increase sustainable health access to communities in Africa through solutions in human
resources for health, health service delivery, and investments in health’.
Project Overview
With funding from FCDO and Unilever, Amref and its partners seek to implement the Hygiene and Behavior Change Coalition (HBCC) II project with a focus on improving hygiene, and increase vaccination uptake to prevent/contain any possible spread of COVID-19 variants in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
It will leverage on hygiene and behavior change platforms and networks based on a three pronged approach; mass media, digital hygiene behavior change, and interpersonal programs to propagate wide scale personal and environmental
hygiene improvement, incorporating vaccine uptake messaging. The project responses will include strengthening of country capacities by working closely with government and institutions, systems change and advocacy for an enabling environment for sustained WASH, vaccination uptake and other key public/social measures for limiting COVID-19 spread.
Main Purpose of Job
The Research and Learning Officer is expected to establish and execute a one-year learning and research agenda for the Hygiene and Behavior Change Coalition (HBCC) II project. You will oversee all research functions and development knowledge products for sharing and use to inform actions. You will act as the focal person for general research and learning support working with local and global project implementing and academic partners.
Key Areas Main Tasks
Planning and coordination
Provide technical leadership as well as coordination of the research activities within the project
Lead in development of research and learning agenda to guide generation of evidence and learning on hygiene, WASH programming, and public health emergencies to provide longer-term legacy in wider programming, policy and practice.
Coordinate needs assessments and research processes including development of study protocols, tools, SOPs, data collection and analysis, reports, manuscripts, publication reviews, and study closeouts working with the Research unit and Community of Practice at Amref, technical officers and research consultants to execute earmarked research projects.
Liaise with relevant research ethics bodies and ensure compliance with all ethical regulations and research-specific standard operating procedures in
studies
Prepare budgets and work plans to implement Research and Learning agenda, and ensure adequate
and timely support and resourcing of component implementers.
Knowledge generation and sharing
Liaise with the network of local implementing partners and external research and learning experts to generate and contribute to global best practices, and share lessons.
Lead in generation and packaging of knowledge products mainly policy briefs, opinion pieces and
case studies in collaboration with local and international implementing and academic partners.
Work closely with the covid-19 hygiene hub to ensure project lessons and experiences are
documented and shared globally and locally
Lead in packaging of study findings and analytics, and knowledge products into audience-friendly communication to be shared internally and externally
Translate the research work into relevant policy briefs and position papers.
Capacity building
Lead in development of standardised training materials and curriculum on WASH and Public health
emergency response learning and delivery of the training for continuous professional development
Coordinate all trainings related to research and learning projects in conjunction with the team and consultants.
Monitoring and reporting
Work with the project team to develop periodic progress update reports on the learning and research agenda, and ensure recommendations of the report are followed and/or implemented.
Organize and participate in routine meetings on learning and research, and provide progress
updates, and defining/tracking key actions as per execution plans.
Required Qualifications
Education and knowledge
Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Biostatistics, Public Health or related field with relevant experience in executing and coordinating research studies, and documentation in similar organizations.
Master’s degree in any of the above will be an added advantage.
Required Qualifications and Experience
At least four (4) years demonstrated experience in Research, Statistical/quantitative and qualitative methods, designing and implementing studies.
Proficiency in data analysis using at least two of these software’s; SPSS, R, Stata and EPI Info and including MS Office (Word, PowerPoint and Advanced Excel) skills.
Ability to complete multiple tasks under pressure and work in a multi-cultural team environment.
Excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Skills and Competences
Strong interpersonal skills.
Team player.
Excellent communication skills.
Excellent communications skills.
Analytical skills.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; AMREF Research and Learning Officer Jobs in Kenya
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