APHRC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - ECD Jobs in Kenya

The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is an international non-profit, non-governmental research 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 Post-doctoral Research Fellow with expertise in early childhood development (ECD) and nutrition to work in the Maternal and Child Wellbeing Unit within APHRC’s Research Division. This is an opportunity to join an existing research group dedicated to research in early childhood development and nutrition, with a special focus on birth through age 3 populations.

Major Responsibilities:

Lead and contribute to proposal development;

Engage in evaluations of interventions with young children and families;

Participate in the design of scientific research and training tasks within the Unit;

Lead and contribute to the implementation of ECD and other related projects. Tasks include project design and activities related to project management such as field work and data management;

Contribute to scientific writing, and production of donor reports; and,

Lead in policy engagement and dissemination of research findings to appropriate audiences.

Qualifications and Experience:

PhD in Early Childhood Development, Child Psychology or closely related fields. The fellowship should be taken up within two years of completion of doctoral degree;

Strong writing skills and good record of publications on relevant areas in sub-Saharan Africa;

Experience and strong interest in the areas of ECD and nutrition;

Proven experience in conducting household surveys;

Strong quantitative skills (managing, analyzing and interpreting data), with extensive familiarity with quantitative statistical packages (e.g. STATA, SAS or SPSS); and

Computer literacy in Microsoft packages (e.g. MS Word, MS PowerPoint and MS Excel).

Desirable:

Expertise in maternal, infant and young child nutrition will be an added advantage;

Experience and familiarity with a

diverse set of health and social science data sets;

Expertise in qualitative methods, including familiarity with qualitative analysis software packages (e.g. NVivo);

Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and ability to work in a culturally diverse team; and

Experience in developing proposals and attracting research grants.

This fellowship comes with an attractive, internationally competitive remuneration package including employer paid medical, travel and life insurance cover.

Allowances toward in-relocation (for those recruited from outside Kenya), and dependents’ education are provided. Preference will be given to nationals of sub-Saharan African countries.

How to apply

Interested candidates are invited to send via email, their letter of application, a statement of research interests and goals (1-2 pages), and CV with contact details of three referees to jobs@aphrc.org. Please indicate ‘Post-doctoral Research Fellow (ECD)’ on the subject line of the email. Cover letters should be addressed to:

The Human Resources Officer
African Population and Health Research Center, Inc
APHRC Campus, Manga Close, off Kirawa Road, Kitisuru
P.O. Box 10787-GPO,
Nairobi

NB: The position will be open until a suitable candidate is identified. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. APHRC is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to the protection of children.

For more information and job application details, see; APHRC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - ECD Jobs in Kenya

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