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APHRC Temporary Research Officer Jobs vacancy in Kenya 2019

Career Employment APHRC Temporary Research Officer Nairobi Kenya July 2019

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

Our goal is to generate evidence for meaningful action to improve the lives of all Africans.

The Center seeks to fill the position of Temporary Research Officer to support one of its projects.

Core Competencies

• Proficiency in GIS and Remote sensing analysis and software (QGIS; ESRI ArcGIS suite, ENVI, ERDAS Imagine, IDRISI)


• Experience in capacity building/training and guidance development for: GIS data collection and GIS data analysis


• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and maintain a system of tracking, monitoring, and prioritizing tasks and projects


• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and ability to work in a culturally diverse team


• Excellent writing and oral communication skills

Major Responsibilities

• Process, extract and analyse data from satellites, or ground-based platforms, using image analysis software and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)


• Develop and maintain databases for remote sensing and related geospatial project information.


• Coordinate collection of supporting field survey data, to corroborate remote sensing data analyses


• Development, review and translation of research tools, field and training manuals for data collection


• Recruitment, training and supervision of GIS field interviewers


• Coordinate field logistical activities and prepare routine progress reports


• Develop training manual to train non-technical stakeholder on the use of geospatial technology


• Participate in conducting literature reviews and report writing


• Assist the research team in other project-related activities

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Geomatic, Geospatial Engineering, GIS, Geography, Surveying or other Earth Sciences


• At least one-year experience in GIS data collection, management, analysis, capacity building, and mapping


• Experience in handling large health and household survey data


• Experience in capacity building/training and guidance development for: GIS data collection and GIS data analysis

The successful candidates will be engaged for a period of 1 year 8 months.

Interested candidates are invited to submit their application letter and CV with contacts of three referees, via email to cvs@flexi-personnel.com, by close of business July 11th, 2019.

Please indicate the job title on the subject of your email.

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

PLEASE NOTE: APPLICANTS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO MAKE ANY PAYMENTS TO ANYONE DURING ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS.

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