APHRC is home to people who share a passion for research that will propel the development of Africa. We support the growth of human capital for research and development by strengthening individual and institutional research capacity in Africa. We look for employees who truly believe that with enough innovation and knowledge, we can tackle some of the continent’s most pertinent developmental challenges.
We currently employ 135 staff from 14 countries between our head office in Nairobi, Kenya and our Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal. With projects spanning the continent, we strongly believe in cultural diversity and a dynamic work environment.
If you feel that you have what it takes to join our team, have a look at some of our vacancies below;
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT INTERN
DEADLINE: December 23, 2020
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is an African-led research institution committed to generating an Africa-owned body of evidence to inform decision making for an effective and sustainable response to the most critical challenges facing the continent. APHRC is based in Nairobi (Kenya) with offices in Senegal and carries out its work in over 30 Sub-Saharan African Countries. The Center’s vision is to transform lives in Africa through research, while its mission is to generate evidence, strengthen research capacity, and engage policy to inform action on population health and well-being.
APHRC seeks to engage an intern for an initial period of six months to support in designing and implementing database management systems. More specifically, the intern will be supporting the development and management of a telephone directory.READ MORE
TERMS OF REFERENCE – TELEPHONE DATABASE DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANCY
DEADLINE: December 23, 2020
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is an African-led and Africa-based international research institute committed to conducting high quality and policy-relevant multidisciplinary research. Our researchers address critical development issues and challenges facing sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in areas such as education, population, health, aging, urbanization, and wellbeing. Our goal is to generate evidence for meaningful action, engage with policymakers in the region to disseminate our research findings, influence policy decisions, and improve the quality of life in Africa.
APHRC seeks the services of a consultant to support and advise in the development and establishment of a telephone number database which will be a hub for data collection and information management of the organization.READ MORE
TERMS OF REFERENCE – TRANSLATION FROM ENGLISH TO KISWAHILI OF A HANDBOOK
DEADLINE: December 15, 2020
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is an African-led and Africa-based international research institute committed to conducting high quality and policy-relevant multidisciplinary research. Our researchers address critical development issues and challenges facing sub- Saharan Africa (SSA) in areas such as education, population, health, aging, urbanization, and wellbeing. Our goal is to generate evidence for meaningful action, engage with policymakers in the region to disseminate our research findings, influence policy decisions, and improve the quality of life in Africa.
APHRC is looking for an English>Swahili translator who has experience with documents that have medical, public health and other relevant technical content and has worked on content that is intended for the general public.READ MORE
DATA ANALYST
DEADLINE: December 14, 2020
APHRC invites applications for a Data analyst, in its IDRC-RECAP project. This project aims to assess the extent and nature of marketing of unhealthy foods to children, the gaps, barriers and facilitators in developing and implementing nutrition related non-communicable diseases (NR-NCDs) policies as well as legal feasibility of policy interventions related to NR-NCDs and the economic burden of NCDs in Kenya.READ MORE
ECONOMIST
DEADLINE: March 31, 2021
APHRC seeks to recruit an Economist to work in its Education and Youth Empowerment unit.
The candidate will work primarily in a partnership project between APHRC and the Center for Global Development (CGD)—a US based organization whose mission is to reduce global poverty and improve lives through innovative economic research that drives better policy and practice by the world’s top decision makers.READ MORE
RESEARCHERS
DEADLINE: March 31, 2021
APHRC seeks to recruit at least two researchers to work in its Education and Youth Empowerment Unit. READ MORE
RESEARCH OFFICER
DEADLINE: January 31, 2021
The Center seeks to recruit a Research Officer to work within its Education and Youth Empowerment Unit.READ MORE
DATA SCIENTIST
DEADLINE: January 31, 2021
APHRC is implementing a member-driven initiative in education dubbed the Regional Education Learning Initiative (RELI). RELI brings together several institutions working towards improving learning outcomes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. RELI’s long-term goal is to empower its members to become more effective and influential organizations in improving education outcomes in the region.
To this end, APHRC seeks to recruit a Data Scientist to establish an online repository of data and evidence for RELI members.READ MORE
TERMS OF REFERENCE- POLICY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES CONSULTANT
DEADLINE: December 30, 2020
The APHRC seeks a consultant/agency to build on the gains made, through a consultative process with the various units ensuring the development of unit-specific and contextually viable policy engagement and communications strategies for different units based on the outputs from the signature issue policy landscape analysis.READ MORE
TERMS OF REFERENCE – POLICY ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANT
DEADLINE: December 30, 2020
APHRC seeks the services of a policy engagement, knowledge translation and evidence informed policy making specialist or institution to define, give form and document the APHRC model of policy engagement.READ MORE