Jobs at Population Council in Uganda - Research Manager

Job Title: Research Manager  Uganda
The Population Council  seeks fulltime  experienced health  and social  scientist to manage  the Uganda operations  research  activities for  Link Up-a multifaced project addressing  intergration of sexual   and reproductive  health  and HIV  services for young people .
Responsibilities
•    Collaborate and  with implementing  partiners to ensure  alignment  of  research  activities  and programmatic  aims ;
•    Contribute  to the development  of project  evaluation  and  OR  methords, tools and   protocols;
•    Oversee local ethical review processes and requirements .
•    Manage local research activities  according  to established  work  plans , budgets and timelines;
•    Manage  recruitment  and supervision of study staff and  subcontractors

Qualifications
•    PhD  in  social   sciences , public  health  , or  related  field  plus  5 years  relevant  research and/or training experience ;
•    Demonstrated ability  to design , implement , analyze  and  disseminate research;
•    Experience supervising and monitoring  data  collection  and data management.
•    Technical expertise with  HIV and/or  SRH  program  preferred ;
•    Experience  with qualitative  and  quantitative  research  and evaluation skills  to  colleagues, partiners, and local organizations ;

How to apply
Interested  candidates  should  send  their  resume  and cover  letter to the  attention of 
Human  Resource  Manager
Population Council
P. O. Box  17643-00500 Nairobi, Kenya or  email:jobs-nairobi@popcouncil.org

Deadline: 08/ 05 /2013