The Population Council is an international, nonprofit, nongovernmental institution that seeks to improve the well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations around the world and to help achieve a humane, equitable, and sustainable balance between people and resources. The Council conducts biomedical, social science, and public health research and helps build research capacities in developing countries. Established in 1952, the Council is governed by an international board of trustees. Its New York headquarters supports a global network of country offices. We are seeking an individual to fill the position described.
Job Title: Operations Research Advisor
Job Type: Full-Time
Reporting to: Monitoring and Evaluation Director Country Director, Ghana
Assignment Length: Two years, depending on funding
Location: Accra, Ghana
Job Description:
The Operations Research Advisor will lead the development of the operations research (OR) portfolio for the 5-year USAID-funded project: Strengthening HIV/AIDS Continuum of Care Services in Ghana, which aims to provide targeted, relevant technical assistance and institutional support to the Government of Ghana and its partners to sustain the low national prevalence of HIV with increased epidemic control among key populations (KP) through the provision of comprehensive, high quality and sustainable HIV/AIDS services for key populations across the continuum of care engaging clinical and community settings.
The Operations Research Advisor will lead the development of the operations research (OR) agenda and portfolio, and work with the project’s leadership team, USAID/Ghana, and country stakeholders to ensure research utilization. S/he will ensure the quality, methodological rigor, ethical standards, and program and policy relevance of all research activities, and provide oversight to research capacity strengthening efforts. S/he will report to the M&E Director and work closely with the Senior HIV Technical Advisor meeting regularly with technical staff to ensure that the project’s technical, cost share, and cost timelines continue to progress as projected. S/he will serve as an investigator on all OR studies under this project.
Responsibilities:
* Work closely with the M&E Director and Senior HIV Technical Advisor, lead the identification of key research questions and opportunities, the development of a research agenda, the development of research protocols, and the implementation of formative and operations research in HIV prevention, care, and treatment to build the evidence base for changes in programs and policies for key populations. * Oversee documentation and dissemination efforts to communicate scientific information in formats understandable and usable to different audiences such as policy makers, program managers, donors, ministry representatives, and NGO staff (e.g., research briefs, technical reports and manuscripts).
* Provide oversight to research capacity-building efforts.
* Oversee the data analysis and interpretation activities and ensure data quality.
* Identify research findings, lessons learned, and best practices for replication and scale up to disseminate to key stakeholders.
* Ensure that the project’s technical, cost share, and cost timelines continue to progress as projected.
* Act as principal investigator/co-investigator on high quality research studies.
* Travel as needed to project sites for technical assistance, training, and supervision
* Oher duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
* Doctoral or Master’s degree in social sciences, public health, education, or related field, or comparable combination of education and experience with demonstrated expertise in operations research. Doctoral degree preferred.
* Five or more years of experience in operations research or implementation science with demonstrable skills in rigorous monitoring and evaluation.
* At least five years’ experience in managing research or program in different settings and developing country contexts.
* Solid understanding of relevant socioeconomic, institutional and policy issues in HIV programming for key populations.
* Excellent understanding of the research and data collection activities, including implementation science, longitudinal studies, qualitative interview and focus group design, quantitative survey design, quantitative data analysis, randomized controlled trials, monitoring, and evaluation.
* Demonstrated ability to conduct and promote the use of research for social development and the scale up of successful interventions.
* Excellent writing skills to produce technical reports and scientific manuscripts.
* Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a diverse group of stakeholders, internal and external partners.
* Strong management and organizational skills. Ability to handle a heavy workload with competing priorities.
* Proficiency in both Microsoft Office and statistical analyses programs required.
* Demonstrated knowledge of USG PEPFAR and USAID procedures pertaining to project design/implementation, M&E, and financial management and reporting.
* Exceptional communication skills (including presentations) in written and spoken English required.
* Relevant experience working in Ghana.
Application Deadline:
Tuesday, August 23, 2016.
Method of Application:
Interested in applying for this position, please send resume and cover letter to the attention of: [email protected]
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