Research Manager - The Population Council in Kampala

Job Title: Research Manager Uganda

The Population Council seeks fulltime experienced health and social scientist to manage the Uganda operations research activities for Link Up-a multifaced project addressing intergration of sexual and reproductive health and HIV services for young people .
Responsibilities
• Collaborate and with implementing partiners to ensure alignment of research activities and programmatic aims ;
• Contribute to the development of project evaluation and OR methords, tools and protocols;
• Oversee local ethical review processes and requirements .
• Manage local research activities according to established work plans , budgets and timelines;
• Manage recruitment and supervision of study staff and subcontractors
Qualifications
• PhD in social sciences , public health , or related field plus 5 years relevant research and/or training experience ;
• Demonstrated ability to design , implement , analyze and disseminate research;
• Experience supervising and monitoring data collection and data management.
• Technical expertise with HIV and/or SRH program preferred ;
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative research and evaluation skills to colleagues, partiners, and local organizations ;
How to apply
Interested candidates should send their resume and cover letter to the attention of
Human Resource Manager
Population Council
P. O. Box 17643-00500 Nairobi, Kenya or email:jobs-nairobi@popcouncil.org
Deadline: 08/ 05 /2013