Who we are
We’re Population Services International (PSI), the world’s leading non-profit social marketing organization. We work to make it easier for people in the developing world to be healthy by providing access to products and services that range from mosquito nets to HIV testing.
There are over 9,000 “PSI’ers” around the world. It’s a diverse group of entrepreneurs and professionals with an unusually wide range of backgrounds – from the medical industry to the music business – all with unique skills we bring to the job.
Join us!
We seek an Associate Regional Researcher to work alongside the Regional Researcher to provide strategic leadership and technical oversight for research done across nine PSI network members in East Africa (Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somaliland, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Rwanda, and Burundi).
This position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Sound like you? Read on.
Your contribution
Provide strategic leadership for research planning
- Support research and M&E activities, including strategic research planning, study design, questionnaire development, data analysis, research dissemination, and logframe development;
- Work with country-level research teams to develop annual research portfolios and manage regional and local research subcontractors;
- Provide strategic advice on research budgeting and staffing decisions to country representatives to ensure country research teams can deliver on research portfolios;
- Review and provide research inputs to proposals for funding from supported countries to ensure proposed research activities are strategic, fit-for-purpose, and budgeted adequately.
- Interface with global technical and research teams to ensure alignment between global strategy, central research projects, and regional research activities.
Provide technical inputs and oversight for research activities
- Design qualitative, marketing, quantitative and mapping research studies in collaboration with country-level researchers and programmers;
- Ensure studies are in compliance with ethical and internal quality standards;
- Build capacity among country-level research teams and partners to design studies, oversee data collection, and analyze/interpret/disseminate results;
- Assist with piloting and expanding use of newer technologies including mobile data collection, telephone surveys, etc.;
- Interface with research agencies to improve the quality of services provided within the region;
Ensure research results are disseminated for programmatic use
- Support country research teams with dissemination of research results internally and externally;
- Provide technical assistance to country platforms to build skills in interpreting research results and using evidence to guide marketing and program decisions and activities;
- Work with the Regional Monitoring Advisor to develop data dashboards and promote use of routine data for programmatic decision-making;
What are we looking for?
The basics
- You have at least 3 years of experience in the design, management, analysis, and dissemination of research in marketing or public health, including experience in a developing country (experience in East Africa strongly preferred)
- You have an MA, MPH, MSc or other relevant degree in public health, behavioral sciences, population studies, psychology, communication, or a related field (PhD is a plus)
- You have designed health research with a wide range of methodologies, with a preference for qualitative health research design, implementation
- You have experience analyzing qualitative data (in Atlas TI, NVivo, or similar program)
- You have experience designing and implementing marketing research. Experience in 2 or more of the following methodologies or approaches is preferred: segmentation, consumer panels, human centered design, journey mapping, retail surveys, journey mapping, pre-testing, communication effectiveness studies, pricing research, and mystery shopper/client studies.
- You have demonstrated your ability to inform programmatic decisions using research results
- You are an excellent writer and presenter
- You are fluent in English
- References will be required
- A technical test of knowledge and skills in research design and analysis may be required
- Must have work authorization for Kenya.
What would get us excited?
- French and KiSwahili language skills are a major plus
- You have strong quantitative analysis skills including multi-variate analysis of health survey data (Stata preferred)
- You have experience working with research or M&E systems for a wide variety of public health programming, including HIV, family planning, malaria, or child survival programs
- You have substantial programmatic or research experience in WASH programming
- You have worked on behavioral segmentation research, process evaluations, operational research, evaluations of communications effectiveness, mapping studies/GIS, and mobile health technologies
- You have substantial experience with electronic data collection
- You are familiar with MIS systems and processes (especially DHIS2)
- You have experience in capacity building or training, especially structured long-term capacity building activities
STATUS
- Exempt
- Level 6
PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions or breastfeeding, genetic information, amnesty, veteran, special disabled veteran or uniform service member status or employment status.
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