Research Coordinator – Quantitative At Partners for Health and Development in Africa

PHDA is a Kenyan NGO affiliated with the University of Manitoba (UoM), Canada. PHDA works to improve access to healthcare for disadvantaged communities in Africa through systems strengthening, research, programme development, and partnerships.

We are seeking a Research Coordinator with quantitative research skills to design and oversee the implementation of this specific research project. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated professional with extensive experience in managing quantitative research projects and a passion for contributing to a growing organization that offers opportunities for career development. For your reference, the job description is also available on the PHDA website at http://www.phdaf.org/careers/ .

Using a Program Science approach, this research project aims to better understand how physical, organizational, social, and relational dimensions of place shape ecologies of risk and safety for adolescent girls and young women (15-24 yrs), female sex workers, and their male sexual partners in Nairobi County. The study intends to generate evidence for prioritizing place-based strategies for HIV and sexually transmitted infections programming to optimize programme coverage and address unmet needs among study populations.

Key responsibilities of the position:

• Overall coordination of the research project including development of workplans, management of research team, timely implementation, and reporting
• Conceptualize, design, and implement quantitative research for this project in collaboration with the local and UoM research team.
• Conduct literature reviews to contextualize the research goal and objectives.
• Develop study tools, research protocols, and ethical approval documents for quantitative data collection.
• Train quantitative researchers, including community researchers in quantitative methods for data collection, analyses, and interpretation.
• Manage the quantitative research team including overseeing the data collection process, quality of data collected and troubleshooting where necessary
• Analyze and interpret quantitative data and make critical observations, in close partnership with community researchers, PHDA and UoM research team.
• Design and conduct regular meetings and workshops with the community to share findings and interpret the results
• Design and conduct regular meeting with co-investigators to share progress of the project and findings when available
• Develop and deliver professional presentations on research results.
• Prepare research reports and manuscripts for publication in peer-
• reviewed journals.
• Conduct community consultations to develop processes for data collection, and to validate and contextualize the results.
• Translate research findings into programmatic recommendations to refine programme strategies.
• Support the team in developing new research proposals.
• Perform any other tasks assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications, Skills & Competencies:

• Postgraduate degree in Statistics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Biostatistics, or a related quantitative field.
• 7–10 years of experience in conducting quantitative research.
• Strong knowledge of various quantitative research methods and study designs.
• Experience handling field-based quantitative data collection and ensuring quality assurance.
• Proficiency in statistical software such as SPSS, STATA, R, or SAS.
• Strong analytical and research skills, including statistical analysis and data interpretation.
• Excellent communication skills for presenting data to diverse stakeholders, including technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience of managing research teams including community researchers
• Experience conducting quantitative research with key populations, adolescent girls and young women and men is an added advantage.
• Experience of conducting research embedded within a health programme is an added advantage.
• Experience of working in collaboration with global teams is an added advantage