Current Vacancy at The Population Council for a Research Manager

The Population Council is an international, non-profit, non-governmental
institution that seeks to improve the well-being and reproductive
health of current and future generations around the world and help
achieve a humane, equitable and sustainable balance between people and
resources.

The Council’s major program areas ace HIV&AIDS,
Reproductive Health and Poverty, Gender, and Youth. The Council conducts
biomedical, social science and public health research and helps build
research capacities in developing countries.

Population Council is recruiting to fill the position below:

 
Job Title: Research Manager
Location: Abuja
Job Type: Contract Full-Time
Job Descriptions

• The candidate for this position will be responsible for the
  design, conduct, data management, analysis and reporting of all research
  studies conducted across all Council divisions.
• He/she will oversee and manage the database for capturing and
  processing data collected through project management information systems
  and, contribute to study protocol development and scientific report
  writing and publications and presents study designs or results at
  multi-stakeholders’ meetings.

Responsibilities

• Manage and provide support to the Research Director and
  Principal Investigators in the conceptualization, design of study
  protocols and tools, define realistic timeline targets for completion by
  research staff.
• Provide support to PIs in training study personnel and in planning study meetings and study dissemination.
• Ensure compliance with study protocols and SOPs, train at start-up and initiation meetings for research study staff.
• Ensure the smooth running of research study and fieldwork by developing systems to track projects including all study, investigator and ethical review board information, client/participant recruitment activity and financial management.
• Support PIs in developing study budgets and be involved in budget planning, resource allocation and preparation of quarterly reports.
• Undertake any other responsibility delegated by the supervisor
• Provide support to M&E team in identifying the core
  requirements for collecting baseline data, preparing terms-of-reference
  for and arranging the conduct of a baseline survey, as required.
• Ensure data management alignment with project strategy,
  agreement on annual targets and inclusion of data collection and
  analysis activities in the work plan.
• Develop the Council’s research dissemination and research
  events, liaising closely with research staff from within and outside the
  Council.
• Analyze data to assist in preparation of project reports and participate in corporate multi-site/country research studies

Qualifications

• Level of Education – A minimum of Masters in Social Science, Statistics, Public Health or any related area
• Experience in implementing management information systems and field research is an added advantage.
• Experience in a Similar Role – 8 years
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal Skill
• Language Requirements – Excellent English language
• Level of IT Expertise Required – Ability to use the following statistical packages – Epi Data, SPSS required
• Ability to travel within and outside Nigeria
• Strong analytic and database skills including statistical analysis

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply 

Application Deadline  10th February, 2017