Job Summary
The Institute for Human Development (IHD) was established to advance knowledge about human development, focusing—particularly in its foundational years—on children, families, communities, and the institutions that support them within resource-poor regions of the world. The Institute is dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge with direct relevance for policies, programmes, and practices that enhance life experiences at all stages of human development. IHD’s vision is to improve the quality of individual lives, strengthen families and communities, and contribute to the building of successful pluralistic societies by building capacity and driving innovation in research.
In East Africa, like many other low- and middle-income regions of the world, there is a shortage of highly skilled human development expert who can generate the evidence to advise policy and programming. To address this critical gap, IHD would like to invest in training the “next-generation” of researchers. Through a hands-on, participatory apprenticeship model, the Institute will incubate a program of advanced research preparation at the post-doctoral level. We would like to build a sustainable, free-standing interdisciplinary programme to prepare post-doctoral fellows for academic positions. While each programme will be individualized to each post doc’s need we anticipate at least that in general each post-doc will
Have a fulltime 2-year programme
Be involved advanced training in grant writing, academic writing, and research methodology including advanced statistical analysis
Have access to high quality research data
Have access to mentors from within and outside AKU
Have the possibility of going for a short term (3-6 months visit) to other institutions to gain relevant experience
Deliver very specific scientific outputs including scientific publication, conference presentations, policy briefs
Contribute to supervision and mentorship of a master fellow or junior research scientist.
These post-doctoral fellowships are funded through a generous gift from the Harold Armstrong Estate.
Responsibilities
Lead and contribute to the implementation of an integrated ECD intervention and evaluation activities
Contribute to proposal development, grant writing, and strategic planning
Support the project and project team in stakeholder/community engagement and communication activities
Lead with designing, planning, and supervising data collection activities
Support with data management and analysis
Contribute to scientific writing for publication and production of reports (donors, review boards etc)
Support with scientific communication and engagement in different fora (conferences, technical meetings, and policy makers)
Offer mentorship and training to project junior researchers/assistants
Support with any other departmental activities when needed
Requirements
A PhD degree (or comparable research doctorate) in behavioural, social and health sciences that contribute to the knowledge base on children’s development in the earliest years of life (defined here as birth to age 8 years). Some of these field include early childhood education, nutrition, psychology, public health, epidemiology, medical sociology, and medical anthropology among others.
Track record of publication in peer-reviewed journals
Track record in designing and implementing high quality research studies
Demonstrated strong interest and experience in the field of early childhood development.
Competence in use of quantitative and/or qualitative statistical software.
Fluency in English and Kiswahili
Closing date: 9 May 2022
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