Research Associate /Deputy Principal Investigator-Malaria

Location: Kenya - Nairobi
PSI is one of the largest organizations providing malaria control services and has delivered tens of millions of Insecticide Treated Nets (ITNs) and insecticide retreatment kits and more than 15 million malaria drug treatments. PSI's Malaria Control Department, based in Nairobi, provides technical assistance to 32 country programs (24 in sub Saharan Africa,) and their host governments on a range of malaria control issues including implementing national scale ITN, malaria treatment programs, and communications campaigns to improve malaria prevention and treatment behavior in the community.

Each PSI country program has a research department with technical capacity and experience to carry out large scale qualitative and quantitative research, monitoring and evaluation with support from regional researchers and a global Research & Metrics Department. For more information, please visit: www.psi.org and www.psi.org/malaria

PSI Research & Metrics seeks a research associate/deputy principal investigator to increase the use of population and market evidence in malaria control decision making at field and international levels using quantitative and qualitative research strategies relevant to intervention development, monitoring and evaluation.

The Research Associate/Deputy Principal Investigator will work with PSI's Principal Investigator for Malaria in setting the standards for study design, continually improving data collection, and assure the accurate presentation of results.

This position will be based in the Malaria Control Department in Nairobi, Kenya and will require extensive travel (about 40% of time) throughout Africa and Asia

RESPONSIBILITIES:

research associate, will, under the supervision of the Principal Investigator:

• Develop model study designs and questionnaires for behavioral tracking studies
• Estimate programmatic effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and equity of malaria control interventions using repeated cross sectional, control group, and experimental designs
• Develop tools for monitoring impact of malaria control activities on disease indicators using internal and external data sources
• Improve the measurement of the determinants of malaria control behaviors, using multi-item scales and exposure to relevant intervention components
• Develop and apply qualitative techniques to develop multi-item scales, design intervention concepts, and pre-test communications
• Develop model study designs to monitor the market for malaria control products and services using geographic information systems and other techniques that measure service delivery coverage and quality
• Develop model logical frameworks for malaria interventions
• Provide technical assistance to all PSI stakeholders as requested

QUALIFICATIONS:

Post-graduate degree in public health, tropical medicine, entomology, parasitology, behavioral sciences, population studies, or a related field

Two to three years of professional experience in the following areas:

• Design, analysis, dissemination, and management of behavioral research pertaining to public health interventions in developing countries
• Management of multiple studies and teams in different countries
• Design and implementation of operations research and population-based surveys
• Specific methodologies and analyses which may include: behavioral studies, multivariate analysis, GIS, tracking surveys, mapping studies, multi-item scaling
• Experience in malaria or other infectious diseases
• Extensive knowledge of a statistical analysis program (SPSS or STATA)
• Experience designing different types of qualitative and quantitative studies
• Ability to train, manage, and develop capacity with regional and country-level staff
• Strong analysis and written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work with decision makers to generate actionable research
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in French is desirable

Preference will be given to candidates with work experience in low and middle income countries, knowledge of public health issues, especially malaria, and familiarity with the international donor development community (USAID, DFID, KFW, etc.).

to apply

APPLY ONLINE at http://www.psi.org

calls or emails, please.PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.

Closing date: 08 Jun 2009