Early Post-Doctoral Researcher Job – KEMRI Wellcome Trust, Nairobi

The KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) is a world-renowned health research unit of excellence. The programme was formed in 1989 when the Kenya Medical Research Institute formed a partnership with the Wellcome Trust and the University of Oxford. The Programme has grown from a small group of 12 to a state of the art facility hosting over 100 research scientists and 700 support staff working across Kenya, Uganda and the region. We have over the years excelled in use of novel ideas working with local community’s to achieve better health for Africa while also developing African scientific leaders. 

Job Purpose: 

The post-doctoral researcher will be responsible for 1) co-leading a body of work to examine the impact, implementation, and political economy of health facility autonomy reforms in Kenya 2) supporting and contributing to the health economic capacity-building initiatives of the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU), 3) Supervision and mentorship of Ph.D. students and research assistants, 4) Contribute and support policy engagement initiatives of HERU, and 5) develop own body of work and mobilize research funding to support their transition to research independence. 

Description: 

 

Position: Early Post-Doctoral Researcher – Health Economics

Reports To:  Study PI and Study Supervisor.

Directly Supervises: Research Officers and Assistant Research Officers.

Indirectly Supervises: Ph.D. Students and Research Assistants.

Budget and Resource Responsibility:  None

Job Dimensions:

The primary responsibility will be to coordinate and support a body of work focused on evaluating health facility autonomy reforms aimed at achieving universal health coverage in Kenya.

Key Responsibilities:

For the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU) to:

• Develop research proposals for ethics and scientific review.
• Lead the implementation of studies once ethics review has been obtained.
• Lead the analysis and write-up of study findings.
• Support HERU policy engagement initiatives.
• Support supervision and mentorship of PhD Students and research assistants.
• Support HERU capacity development initiatives.
• Develop grant applications for funding.
• And any other duties that may be assigned from time to time. 

Qualifications:

Essential qualification:

• A Ph.D. in health systems, health economics, health policy, or related areas.
• Experience and skills in assessing health financing mechanisms (e.g. catastrophic costs and impoverishment analysis, equity analysis, etc).
• Experience and skills in econometrics and its application to the economics of health systems such as equity or efficiency analysis.
• Strong quantitative data analysis skills using R and Stata as a minimum. 

Desirable Criteria:

• Excellent organizational and communication skills 

Competencies:

• Good writing skills
• Good presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills a meticulous approach to documentation (including word processing and spreadsheet skills)
• Team working and ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• Ability to work with limited supervision and meet deadlines. 

Physical Environment/Conditions:

Office based

• Field work in selected counties.
• Willingness to travel throughout the country. 

Working hours

• Requires flexibility in the hours worked, with the priority being meeting the team’s research goals. 

Application Procedure: 

If you are excited and meet the above qualifications, please CLICK HERE to visit our careers website and apply for the position. The application closing date is 25th March 2024. 

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