RESEARCH OFFICER - The National Family Planning Board

The National Family Planning Board, A Statutory Agency of the Ministry of Health is seeking to identify a motivated, results-orientated and qualified professional to fill the following vacancy: RESEARCH OFFICER

The Research Officer will be required to collect, analyse and interpret data to inform the development and evaluation of Sexual Health Policies, as well as performing on-going evaluations and preparing draft statements on the impact of Sexual Health initiative.

Technical/Professional Responsibilities         

• Assist the Director, Monitoring, Evaluation & Research in developing/updating the research agenda for sexual and reproductive health issues         
• Assist in undertaking research for the organisation.        
• Develop links with and ensure effective collaboration through working partnership with other agencies.         
• Liaise with research institutions to co-ordinate the implementation of projects to implement the research agenda, collate and analyse research findings.        
• Manage Special Projects identified as priorities by the Research Agenda.         
• Analyse qualitative as well as quantitative information and prepare user-friendly summaries for dissemination to external audiences using a range of channels.         
• Design and implement research to evaluate educational material (produced by the organization) as they are being developed.         
• Compile periodic updates on project progress and performance         
• Prepare abstracts for conference presentation/publication         
• Represent the organization at meetings, seminars, workshops from time to time.

Required Competencies:         

• Good negotiation and persuading skills         
• Ability to identify and analyse work related problems and generate innovative or appropriate solutions.         
• Ability to clarify the scope of research contracts and adhere to established timeframes for completion.         
• Excellent interpersonal skills.         
• Ability to work as a member of a team.         
• Ability to use initiative by taking action when necessary without prompting.         
• Proficiency in the use of personal computer and relevant software applications for statistical analysis (SPSS 6 or higher) report writing and target setting.         
• Sound knowledge of demography, population studies and sexual health.
  

Minimum Required Education and Experience         

• First degree in Social Sciences or any related discipline from a recognised tertiary institution.         
• Three (3) years’ experience in research and statistical analysis with emphasis on social research. Experience should also be in the areas of qualitative and quantitative data gathering.

Applications should be emailed to nfpbapplications@jnfpb.org to the attention of The Director, Human Resource Management & Administration no later than May 20, 2016

We thank all candidates for responding, however only short-listed applicants will be contacted.