18 Vacancies Open At APHRC

CAREERS At APHRC, we have a passion for research and a heart for people. Our pursuit is transforming lives in Africa through research. Our organization has a multicultural and multidisciplinary team. To support our staff, we are committed to creating an inclusive atmosphere, a positive culture, and a healthy working environment. A career with us offers opportunities for innovation, collaboration, growth, and varied global experiences. At APHRC, we practice fairness, value integrity, and deliver excellence. If you are looking for a dynamic workplace, search our job opportunities below for your next career move. OPEN JOBSCLOSED JOBS GESTIONNAIRE COMPTABLE DE PROJET Deadline:  April 22, 2024 APHRC cherche à pourvoir le Poste de Gestionnaire Comptable de Projet pour son bureau régional basé à Dakar, au Sénégal. READ MORE PROGRAM ACCOUNTANT Deadline:  April 22, 2024 APHRC is seeking to fill the position of Program Accountant for its regional office based in Dakar, Senegal. READ MORE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR CAPACITY BUILDING IN IMPACT EVALUATION IN AFRICA, 2024 Deadline:  April 5, 2024 Under APHRC’s flagship program on Enhancing Impact Evaluation Capacity in Africa (ENICA), we aim to engage different institutions, organizations, and ministries in Africa interested in evaluating their own programs. The aim is to support such institutions, organizations, or ministries to utilize advanced and rigorous IE approaches in evaluating sub-national or national level programs in order to inform policy, planning, programming and/or decision-making. Under this EOI, APHRC will IE training and mentorship to institutions, organizations, and ministries through a hands-on experiential training involving a series of activities staggered over 3 months. First, there will be a 2-3-day intensive instructional IE course led by APHRC IE experts. This will be followed by a mentorship program in which interested institutional staff teams of 3-4 members will meet virtually for about 2 hours per week for supportive engagement by a team of 2-3 APHRC IE staff in order for such teams to develop policy-oriented evidence products, preferably a working paper along with a policy brief. The EOI can be broad and may cover areas such as such as agriculture, health, water, infrastructure, energy, education, and economics among others. EOI from institutions, organizations, and ministries that demonstrate possession of large-scale observational, administrative, programmatic, experimental, or routinely collected datasets will be prioritized. APHRC might support such institutions, organizations, and ministries to disseminate their findings through conferences, roundtable discussions, and seminars among others. READ MORE TERMS OF REFERENCE – CONSULTANCY SERVICES TO CONDUCT THE EVALUATION OF THE AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER STRATEGIC PLAN 2022-2026 Deadline:  April 1, 2024 APHRC is seeking proposals from competent consultancy firms to undertake a midterm evaluation of its 2022-2026 Strategic Plan. This will involve developing and implementing a sound evaluation framework. READ MORE CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – COMMUNITY ORGANIZED GROUPS Deadline:  March 31, 2024 Building on lessons learned and outcomes of the Public Engagement Project, we are now entering an exciting new phase of strategic significance – ‘Public Engagement Infrastructure Strengthening (PEIS) Phase’-. Our goal in this new phase is to strengthen APHRC’s (soft) infrastructure for public engagement, with a special focus on the intersection between food systems, climate change, and health. This aligns with APHRC’s vision for public engagement as a translational pathway to bridge research evidence to policy and social change, empowering communities to be partners in research and to be agents of change. This project builds on APHRC’s public engagement work, building the capacity and infrastructure of grassroots organizations to engage their communities for sustainability. The project is expected to lead to enhanced knowledge among grassroots organizations and communities on the intersection between food systems, climate change and health, and ultimately change in research practice and social change in communities. It is also expected to build on the (soft) infrastructure of grassroots organizations for public engagement as part of APHRC’s infrastructure. READ MORE CHARGE DE RECHERCHE (H/F) Deadline:  March 31, 2024 APHRC cherche à pourvoir le poste de Chargé(e) de Recherche pour son bureau régional basé à Dakar, Sénégal. READ MORE HEAD, RESEARCH GOVERNANCE Deadline:  March 31, 2024 We are seeking to recruit for Head, Research Governance who will be responsible for establishment and delivery of research and data governance practices and frameworks. This involves the establishment of appropriate systems for the assurance of good research governance standards at the division, including identification and refinement of appropriate standards. READ MORE RESEARCH OFFICER Deadline:  March 31, 2024 APHRC is seeking to fill the position of Research Officer for its regional office based in Dakar, Senegal READ MORE SENIOR VISITING SCHOLAR Deadline:  March 31, 2024 APHRC seeks to recruit a Senior Visiting Scholar to be based at our West Africa Regional Office (WARO) to support the development of a Research Group on Demographic Transition, Fertility, Urbanization, and Migration (DTFUM) issues in sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on West and Central Africa regions. READ MORE PAULINE BAKIBINGA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP- CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Deadline:  March 29, 2024 The Pauline Bakibinga Memorial Scholarship was established in August 2023 to honor the memory of Dr. Pauline Bakibinga. Each year, between USD 5,000 and 10,000 worth of scholarship funding is awarded to a promising female student to assist with research project costs towards a master’s degree program that focuses on digital health. To be considered for the Scholarship, applicants must have attained an undergraduate degree and received admission for a master’s degree program focusing on the broad area of public health and research topic that embraces the application of digital health innovations. READ MORE RESEARCH OFFICERS Deadline:  March 29, 2024 APHRC seeks to recruit five (5) Research Officers to work within the Human Development (HD) Theme of the Research Division. The HD theme research work focuses on education, youth empowerment, and early childhood development. One position will be based in Garissa county while another will be based in Turkana county. READ MORE 2024 RESEARCH INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Deadline:  March 20, 2024 APHRC’s Research and Related Capacity Strengthening (RRCS) Division, has opened up internship opportunities for a period of 3 – 6 months starting March 2024. The Center seeks to strengthen individual and institutional research capacity to enable African researchers fully participate in defining and implementing priority population and health programs in the continent. As part of individual capacity-strengthening efforts, APHRC has over the years been running a demand driven research internship program that among others seeks to nurture talented young Africans to become future scholars and research leaders. READ MORE ADVOCACY OFFICER Deadline:  March 19, 2024 APHRC seeks to recruit an Advocacy Officer to work in the Strengthening Policy and Mainstreaming Gender in Sanitation Project within the Policy Engagement and Communications (PEC) Program. This is a new role arising from the implementation of the current five-year strategic plan, which has subsequently triggered tremendous growth in our programs. READ MORE POLICY OFFICER Deadline:  March 19, 2024 APHRC seeks to recruit a Policy Officer to work in the Strengthening Policy and Mainstreaming Gender in Sanitation Project within the Policy Engagement and Communications (PEC) Program. This is a new role arising from the implementation of the current five-year strategic plan which has, subsequently triggered tremendous growth in our programs READ MORE