African Population and Health Research Center Liaison Officer Jobs in Kenya
African Population and Health Research Center Liaison Officer Jobs in Kenya
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is a leading Africa-based, African-led, international research institution headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. APHRC conducts policy-relevant research on population, health, education, urbanization and related development issues in sub-Saharan Africa.
The APHRC seeks to recruit a Countdown Liaison Officer to work in the Countdown to 2030 within the Global Financing Facility (GFF) secretariat.
Background
The Countdown to 2030 for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (WCAH) is a network of
global, regional and country academic institutions, working closely with UNICEF, WHO and other international organizations, as well civil society and core funding from the Gates Foundation.
As a unique global collaboration with academic institutions at its core, the Countdown to 2030 is wellpositioned to address the need for generating evidence for progress and performance of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition (RMNCAH-N) programs with countries and strengthen the country institutional capacity for analysis and use. Countdown to 2030 has prioritized the development of and support to regional lead institutions and networks in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions.
As part of the consortium, APHRC is leading the Countdown work in SSA. Through regional networks, the Center brings together research and public health institutions with ministries of health from countries in the region to strengthen the evidence and advocacy in support of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and nutrition programs.
The Global Financing Facility (GFF) is a nationally driven catalytic finance mechanism that helps governments bring together a variety of stakeholders to jointly formulate an investment case (IC) by defining a set of high-impact priority interventions needed to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
Committed to ensuring all women, children and adolescents can survive and thrive; the mechanism
supports the governments of 36 low and lower-middle income countries to accelerate progress in
reducing preventable maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent mortality.
Since 2019, the Countdown is closely working with the GFF and country governments to accelerate
measurement and monitoring of the GFF Investment cases in 13 sub-Saharan Africa countries. The
engagement includes strengthening the analytic capacity of country public health institutions, linked to country-led annual and midterm health sector reviews.
Objectives
To strengthen the institutional linkages between GFF and Countdown to 2030, particularly with the African technical institutions part of the Countdown collaborations.
To facilitate active collaboration between GFF and Countdown to 2030, and uptake and use of
Countdown-supported analytical outputs.
To strengthen the ability of the GFF to accelerate a program of work aiming to support
countries to routinely estimate levels,
trends and equity of coverage based on analysis of all
relevant data sources.
Specific Responsibilities
To serve as a liaison and strengthen coordination and collaboration between Countdown to 2030 and the GFF;
To facilitate communication and engagement between the African technical institutions
participating in Countdown and the GFF, in a manner that helps strengthen the role of incountry and regional technical institutions within the GFF country engagement model (e.g., in support of Investment Case development and monitoring, including annual review of progress and quarterly meetings to follow through on issues identified and examine and use new data that have become available in the last quarter);
To serve as a ‘results buddy’ for specific countries within the GFF portfolio (to be chosen from among those with active Countdown engagements) to provide support to the Focal Point-led GFF country team on issues related to data and results measurement;
To lead a technical workstream within the GFF on supporting countries to routinely estimate
levels, trends and equity of coverage of priority interventions across the RMNCAH-N continuum
based on analysis of all relevant data sources, in collaboration with the Countdown technical
network; and
To contribute to the development of the repository of analytical tools and methods that
Countdown is bringing together and to support uptake and use by GFF countries for improved
analysis and use of RMNCAH-N data.
Qualifications and Experience
PhD in Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology, Population Sciences or other
relevant areas; a minimum of 2 years’ post-doctoral experience.
Strong in either quantitative or qualitative analytical skills with a good working knowledge of
the other.
Demonstrated experiences in health research, with peer-reviewed publications on the subject
will be an added advantage.
Strong writing skills and good record of publications which utilize defined analytical
methodologies.
Experience in developing proposals. Evidence of previous successful grants will be an advantage.
Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and ability to work in a culturally diverse team.
Experience working in sub-Saharan Africa.
Must be fluent in French and English.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; African Population and Health Research Center Liaison Officer Jobs in Kenya
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