Employer: Sightsavers
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Application Deadline: 25th Jan 2015
Job Description:
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Work in liaison with the Sightsavers Research team and country offices to identify research questions pertinent to our programmes and to integrate operational research within our ongoing projects;
• Collate country specific information and evidence to underpin our new programmes and funding applications;
• Significantly contribute to the development of study protocols and research tools; and submit ethics applications;
• Work closely with the in-country academic partners and/or consultants and supervise all aspects of the fieldwork;
• Actively contribute to data collection; data analysis; reporting and dissemination of findings through peer-reviewed publications; and presentations;
• Discuss research findings with programme managers and implementation partners and ensure that the implications of research are well understood and used in future programmes and advocacy;
• Actively contribute to organisational capacity building in the area of research skills and knowledge.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• The applicant should hold an Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline;
• The ideal candidate for the Research Officer vacancy should hold a postgraduate degree in public health, epidemiology, statistics or a related discipline.
• Comprehensive knowledge of different research paradigms and methods, including both quantitative and qualitative approaches;
• The incumbent should have a strong interest in health and disability research to join its Policy & Strategic Programme Support team.
• Proven experience of conducting and managing research in the areas of health and/or disability;
• Good working knowledge of bibliographic databases and literature review processes;
• Previous experience of developing research protocols and tools;
• Past exposure and experience of collecting quantitative and qualitative data and fieldwork supervision;
• Good knowledge and experience of research in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Past experience of working in partnership with academic institutions.
• Prior experience of writing literature reviews, research grant applications, research reports and peer-reviewed publications;
• Good knowledge and understanding of research governance and ethical principles particularly in relation to research with children and vulnerable people;
• Possess excellent analytical skills;
• Possess the ability to plan, design, undertake and supervise research projects;
• Ability to collect data using both quantitative and qualitative techniques;
• Excellent data analysis skills using software packages, e.g. STATA, SPSS, NVIVO
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English;
• Possess the ability to motivate and work within multidisciplinary and multicultural teams;
• Ability to work under pressure;
• Ability to travel for up to 16 weeks a year (national and international)
• Skills in communicating & influencing
• Team Working
• Excellent Planning & Organising skills
• Skills in Change & Improvement
• Decision Making skills
• Skills in Delivery and Implementation
Salary: 53,489,650 to 72,368,350 UGX
How to Apply:
All candidates are strongly encouraged to send their application form and equal opportunities form as two separate documents to: jobs@sightsavers.org.
