Research Coordinator at Women Educational Researchers of Kenya

Specific Responsibilities

• Review the design, planning and undertake the coordination of research study protocols, and the establishment of operating policies and procedures within AHEEN partners.
• Prepares research ethics and research authorization applications for research across AHEEN members.
• Reviews plans, implementation, and maintains data collection and analysis systems in support of research protocols; may coordinate the collection and analysis of research data.
• Develop and implement data-collection instruments in coordination with partners.
• Collect and analyze data adhering to ethical data management processes for research studies originating at WERK, and review these processes for those originating with other AHEEN members
• Plans and coordinates the staffing of research studies originating at WERK and reviewing those of other AHEEN members, to include, as the case may be, the recruitment and administration of research support staff, as appropriate to the activity.
• Recruits, instructs, and coordinates research subjects and/or volunteers, as appropriate to specific study objectives and work scope for research projects originating at WERK
• Supervises and coordinates the provision of support services to researchers.
• Monitors the progress of research activities; develops and maintains records of research activities, and prepares periodic and ad hoc reports, as required by AHEEN partners, funding agencies, and/or regulatory bodies.
• Prepares reports and presentations in collaboration with network members, for donors and external stakeholders.
• Implements quality control processes throughout the research processes of the AHEEN RDP Pathways research portfolio.
• Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with research protocols in the geographical contexts of AHEEN members in liaison with research organizations, funding agencies and regulatory bodies.
• Collaborates with the MERL lead to manage the research budget and timelines during the project studies.
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure successful project completion.
• Promotes research capacity strengthening among AHEEN network members.

Qualification and Competencies

• Masters in relevant fields, both quantitative and qualitative research experience required.
• 3-6 years of experience with at least 2 years’ experience managing research projects in low-income or developing countries especially in the Eastern Africa Region.
• At least 2 years of field experience in low income or humanitarian settings preferred.
• Demonstrated internal and external communication and coordination capabilities
• Demonstrated technical expertise in at least some of these areas; study trial management, statistical analysis and data interpretation, electronic data capture systems, participatory research methods and study design for fragile contexts and implementation and research capacity strengthening
• Experience conducting or supporting primary data collection in challenging environments
• Data analysis skills, both quantitative and qualitative
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.