Title: Operations Research Manager
Reports To: PMNH+ Project Director
Direct Reports: None
Based In: Marakwet, North Rift Valley, Kenya
Classification: Full Time Employee
Organizational Overview:
HealthRight International
is a global health and human rights organization working to build
lasting access to health for excluded communities. Since its founding in
1990 by the late Dr. Jonathan Mann, HealthRight has worked in over 30
countries with current projects in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin
America, and the United States.
HealthRight works closely
with communities and establishes local partnerships to deliver health
services, while providing training and equipment to improve systems and
enable our partners to deliver services on their own.
Our goal is to build lasting access to health, helping to realize the right to health for excluded communities.
Outline of Role:
The Operations Research
Manager (ORM) is responsible for overseeing the design, implementation,
monitoring, and dissemination of the PMNH+ Operations Research in the
field, in collaboration with the HQ Technical Backstop and the Principal
Investigator (PI).
The ORM will provide
technical oversight in the field of all stages of the operations
research and will ensure the quality of the research design and
implementation.
Required Skills and Experience:
- MPH, or Masters of relevant health field
- 4-years experience implementing community or facility-based research in Kenya
- Previous experience leading at least one quantitative and qualitative research study
- Technical expertise in maternal and neonatal health
- Ability to write research briefs for publication
- Ability to live and work in Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya
- Excellent English writing skills required.
- Proficiency in MS Office Word, MS Excel, SPSS or SASS or other relevant data analysis software.
For full details of this position and instructions on how to apply please go to www.healthright.org or www.hennet.or.ke
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.