REACH KENYA PROGRAMME – AD/5/52/22 – (1 POST) ( R E – A D V E R T I S E M E N T )
Roles and Responsibilities
The Research Fellow will work within the Social Science stream and be required to:
Manage and co-ordinate a socio-economic in-person household survey on water security inequalities in Turkana through:
Supporting the development of the survey tool in collaboration with a global team of social researchers, including arranging translations and ensuring context specificity;
Providing support for community mapping, water audits and key informant interviews in preparation for the survey
Contributing tthe survey implementation work plan and the sampling strategy
Co-facilitating training of enumerators with the wider Kenyan and international research team
Managing data collection, working with a site manager, including managing a team of enumerators and supervisors;
Frequent within-country travel tTurkana County.
Collaborate on advancing research methodologies, ideas and materials with academic colleagues for high-quality research publications and presentations in public forums or academic conferences;
Be an active member of REACH WISER team: participate in workshops, meetings, and events. Travel tOxford is anticipated
Develop high-quality research publications as a lead author and co-author with global team from REACH, HWISE and more
Engage with REACH’s research impact agenda including participation in the development of stakeholder engagement activities
Adhere tthe requirements of the Research Fellow Policy of the University of Nairobi.
Essential Skills and Qualifications
M.Sc. in economics, statistics or quantitative social science field. Ph.D. is an added advantage. Minimum tw0(2) years of experience in the design and implementation of household surveys.
Competency in all stages of the survey process – questionnaire design, sampling, fieldwork, data management, data analysis, and project administration.
Demonstrated ability tidentify and resolve survey implementation and data quality issues.
Skills in Stata and/or R are required.
Awareness of key issues and ideas within the social development agenda in Kenya;
Excellent communication skills.
Desirable Requirements
Experience implementing household surveys in developing countries, particularly Africa
Experience implementing panel household surveys
Experience in the implementation of tablet-based/online surveys including design and programming using Survey Solutions, CsPro, SurveyCTor related applications.
Ability twrite for publication, present research results, and represent the research group.
Terms of appointment
This a contractual position whose tenure is up tDecember, 2023. Salary will be as per the project scale
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NOTESApplications should be emailed to recruit-prssrkp@uonbi.ac.ke as one file in PDF
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recruit-prssrkp@uonbi.ac.ke
