Job Description

Internship Opportunity: Statistician Intern

The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is an international non-profit organization that carries out high quality and policy-relevant research on population, health, education and development issues facing sub-Saharan Africa.

APHRC is implementing a member-driven initiative in education dubbed the Regional Education Learning Initiative (RELI).

RELI brings together several institutions working towards improving learning outcomes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

RELI’s long-term goal is to empower its members to become more effective and influential organizations in improving education outcomes in the region.

RELI seeks to engage a Statistician Intern to learn and work closely with the project team for an initial period of three months.

The intern will be engaged in the following:

• Contribute to the establishment of an online repository of data and evidence for RELI members;


• Together with the project team, support RELI member organizations and thematic groups to generate evidence through capacity strengthening on documenting evidence/scientific writing and proposal development;


• Work closely with the Research Officer to support in data management related activities, equity and inclusion related activities, and engagements with implementing partners and decision-makers; and


• Perform other project duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum qualifications required:

• First degree in Mathematics, Bio/Statistics, Economics, Demography, Population Studies, Education, Public Health, Computer Science or related field.


• Interest in quantitative data analysis and management.


• Interest in programming and data visualization.


• Basic knowledge on statistical software and any data programming language will be desirable.

Skills the intern will learn:

• S/he will be trained to undertake and support data management in STATA or R,


• The intern will also be trained to undertake and support data documentation using NESTAR.


• Project documentation – study design, methodologies, and goals and objectives.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their cover letter and CV through our recruitment portal https://aphrc.org/vacancies/ by March 30, 2021.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Cover letters should be addressed to:

The Human Resources Officer
African Population and Health Research Center, Inc
APHRC Campus, Manga Close, off Kirawa Road, Kitisuru
P. O. Box 10787-GPO, Nairobi

Website: www.aphrc.org

APHRC is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to the protection of vulnerable persons.

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