Maternity Care in East Africa Study Team Leader Job in Nairobi Kenya

Team Leader Job Description
 

Background: Harvard School of Public Health is conducting a study in collaboration with Jacaranda Health, a social venture that aims to set a new standard for maternity care in East Africa. 

Jacaranda Health combines business and clinical innovations to provide affordable maternity and reproductive health services to low-income urban women. 

As it builds a network of maternity hospitals, Jacaranda Health has launched one clinic in Nairobi in 2012, a second in 2014, and two more are in process in other locations in the region. 
 

Location: Nairobi

Job Summary: This study is seeking a Team Leader (TL) to report to our Program Manager for Research and Evaluation. 

This individual will work closely with the Program Manager to manage a team of surveyors and conduct research on maternal birth planning. 

TL roles for this evaluation will include but are not limited to:

• Organizing logistics of recruitment days
• Managing data collection activities including transportation and communication disbursement, recruitment/data collection targets, and logistic support to research assistants
• Managing day-today research activities of surveyors
• Collecting and organizing data; performing data entry
• Ensuring data quality
• Working with Program Manager to improve and refine data collection and entry tools

We are looking for someone who is interested in building up their research management skills. 

This person should be an intelligent, proactive, and flexible individual with experience in managing a team and in conducting health research and evaluations.

Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities 
 

General

• Arrive to work promptly and reliably
• Interact with community members with the highest level of integrity, sensitivity and understanding
• Recruit eligible women into study and obtain informed consent using proper ethical standards
• Manage team of research assistants by ensuring targets are met, logistical matters are handled efficiently including distribution of resources (stipends, cash transfers, airtime, etc.), and that daily challenges are overcome
• Collect data through means such as household surveys, phone calls, and observation
• Collaborate with colleagues to improve one another’s data collection and data entering skills
• Work with the Project Manager to implement improvements to data collection tools and methods
• Conduct data entry and data quality checks using computer data entry system
• Attend to other administrative duties, as assigned
• Submit weekly reports on research activities including performance of Research Assistants

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelors’ degree or college diploma/certificate
• 3-5 years work experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in both English and Kiswahili
• Experience with data collection through household and/or phone surveys, exit interviews, focus groups, observation
• Experience managing a team and in a leadership role (research team a plus)
• Experience organizing logistics of a program/project (health program/study a plus)
• Innovative problem-solving skills and high attention to detail
• Proactive, self-motivated and team-oriented
• Ability to recognize when questions are difficult or unclear to participants
• Excellent note taking ability during interviews
• Willingness to travel within Nairobi
• Dependable and upholding highest level of honesty and confidentiality
• Ability to multi-task effectively
• Comfortable with interviewing individuals in a variety of locations
• Ability to withstand demanding targets; thrives well under pressure
• Flexible – there will be times when the workload is very demanding and other times when it will be slower

Strongly Desired

• Experience or familiarity with maternal or newborn health
• Experience with all data entry methods mentioned above
• Experience with pilot studies, especially related to improving data collection tools
• Proficient in Microsoft (MS Excel in particular); familiarity with database management programs is a plus

To Apply 

Interested candidates may apply by:

1. Completing the online form available by clicking here: Field Officer Application Form - Dec 2014 or by pasting this link into your web browser: http://goo.gl/forms/FJPNAdP3nt
2. Submitting their CV and cover letter to job@jacarandahealth.org with subject title, “BIRTH PLANNING TL APPLICATION – FULL NAME”. Please copy and paste this title in the email subject and replace “FULL NAME” with applicant’s full name.

Only applicants that have completed the online form and submitted their CV will be considered. 

No calls please. 

Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications received, we will be unable to confirm all submissions. 

Submission should be received by November 18, 2014