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The Aquaya Institute is a non-profit research and consulting organization dedicated to improving health in the developing world. We deliver the knowledge and tools that are required to achieve universal access to safe water and sanitation.
Aquaya is one of the only organizations in the water sector that combines proven innovations in scien...
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About the position
We are recruiting a Research & Program Manager for a full-time position based in Nairobi. The Research & Program Manager will report to Aquaya’s Director of Programs and mange field research in multiple developing countries. We are searching for an individual who is passionate about collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data that builds the evidence base for water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions. The ideal candidate will demonstrate experience is designing and implementing field research that comprises the following key activities:
The Research and Program Manager will work collaboratively with other staff members and consultants on a range of research topics that will vary over time. In other words, this position is not focused on a specific program, research activity or time period. Some of our current programs are described below:
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Partnerships and Learning for Sustainability (WASHPaLS)
WASHPaLS is a five-year (2016-2021) USAID funded program that seeks to build evidence for high-impact environmental health interventions and services. Tetra Tech, an engineering and development-consulting firm, manages WASHPaLS. Aquaya serves as a sub-contractor to Tetra Tech, with primary responsibilities for developing and evaluating strategies that improve the impacts of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) programs for reducing open defecation in rural settings.
Monitoring for Safe Water (MfSW)
Aquaya’s MfSW program strengthens local capacity for water quality monitoring and water safety management in Africa. Aquaya initiated research on monitoring performance among African water suppliers and public health agencies in 2012 with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. We are now applying our research results to build monitoring capacity in Ghana, Uganda and Burkina Faso with a five year grant (2017 – 2022) from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
Urban Sanitation Costs and Low-Income Consumers’ Willingness-to-Pay
Aquaya is comparing the amounts that low-income urban residents in Bangladesh (city of Rangpur), Ghana (city of Kumasi), and Kenya (cities of Kisumu, Malindi, and Nakuru) are willing-to-pay for sanitation products and services with the costs of providing these services. The results of these comparisons will inform strategies for making safely managed sanitation more affordable for the urban poor and also guide sanitation planning in the study cities.
Incentivizing Private Sector Provision of Fecal Waste Emptying Services to Low-income Customers in Kisumu, Kenya
Most households in the city of Kisumu, Kenya, particularly those in low-income planned settlements, rely on pit-latrines, which are generally emptied by informal manual pit emptiers. These unregulated service providers dump waste illegally in convenient locations. As a result, most of the fecal waste generated in Kisumu contributes to environmental and public health challenges. Aquaya is developing and testing strategies for transitioning household and latrine pit emptiers to safe and regulated practices.
AquayaLEARN
Each year, Aquaya provides fellowships to outstanding Kenyan graduate students to support three – six-month research collaborations with our Nairobi-based research staff. Our objectives for AquayaLEARN (Leading an Empowered African Research Network) are to inspire African researchers to tackle the water and sanitation challenges facing their countries while also expanding their research skills and opportunities.
Criteria for the position
The following qualifications are necessary for this position:
We are also looking for the following skills and attributes:
Compensation and Benefits
This is a full-time, exempt position. Aquaya offers competitive salaries that are commensurate with experience. Benefits include medical insurance, enrollment in a retirement plan, and reimbursements of annual home leave travel expenses.
Please submit your resume via e-mail to jobs@aquaya.org along with a thoughtful cover letter. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2020.
In your cover letter, please explain why you are interested in Aquaya’s mission and activities. Please also tell us why your skills, background, and accomplishments make you the ideal candidate for this position, specifically highlighting your experience in developing countries, your background in quantitative data analysis, and any abilities to work in languages other than English.
Please note that we will not consider applications without a cover letter. In your e-mail subject line, please specify “Research & Program Manager 2020”. No phone calls please.
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