Maternal Birth Planning Research Field Officer Job in Nairobi Kenya - Harvard School of Public Health and Jacaranda Health

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 Field Officer (FO) to report to our Program Manager for Research and Evaluation. 

This individual will work closely with the Program Manager to conduct research on maternal birth planning. 

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

• Collecting and organizing data
• Conducting 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 methods skills. 

This person should be an intelligent, proactive, and flexible individual with experience conducting surveys for 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
• 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 using computer data entry system
• Attend to other administrative duties, as assigned

Qualifications
 

Required

• Bachelors’ degree or college diploma/certificate
• 1-2 years of work experience (preferably in research)
• 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
• 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
• High attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Proactive, self-motivated and team-oriented
• Ability to multi-task effectively
• Comfortable with interviewing individuals in a variety of locations
• Ability to withstand demanding targets; does well under pressure

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 - Jan 2015 or by pasting this link into your web browser: http://goo.gl/forms/6sCuUp6d82
 

2. Submitting their CV to jobs@jacarandahealth.org with subject title, “BIRTH PLANNING FO APPLICATION – FULL NAME”. Please copy and paste this title in the email subject and replace “FULL NAME” with applicant’s full name.

“Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply”

Only applicants that have completed the online form as well as 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 December 1, 2014.