Researchers (Early Childhood Development) - 2 Positions at African Population And Health Research Center (APHRC)

• APHRC seeks to recruit two Researchers to work within the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Program of our Human Development Theme.

Responsibilities (dependent on level appointed):

• Provide leadership to scientific research teams or projects in an area related to early childhood development (ECD);
• Contribute to policy engagement and the Theme’s strategic planning activities;
• Lead and contribute to proposal development and fundraising for research projects in the Theme;
• Mentor young researchers, and facilitate sessions in the Center’s training programs as needed;
• Secure and manage the necessary human, financial and material resources in the Theme, project or program;
• Represent the Center at high level national, regional and international forums, including relevant technical working groups and expert committees;
• Contribute to institutional publications including and not limited to lay dissemination materials such as policy/research briefs and fact sheets; and
• Oversee data quality and analyses.

Qualifications and Experience:

• PhD in developmental psychology, educational psychology, early childhood development, or any other related discipline;
• Experience working in a research institution, conducting research, leading or managing research programs or projects;
• Experience with conducting impact evaluations of ECD and/or early years’ interventions will be an added advantage;
• Fluency in English. Being multilingual (English and French) will be an added advantage;
• Excellent scientific writing skills;
• Good quantitative or qualitative skills. Experience with mixed methods will be an added advantage provided one is very strong in either quantitative or qualitative methods;
• Strong proposal writing skills and a track record of winning research grants.
• Successful candidates may be appointed as postdoctoral (0-2 years after PhD), Associate Research Scientist (3-5 years after PhD), Research Scientist (6-11 years after PhD) or Senior Research Scientist (12+ years after PhD) levels depending on experience and track record. These positions are classified under Internationally Recruited Positions (IRP), Grades III to VI in our scales.