Senior Operations Research Advisor at Futures Group

Futures Group, the global consulting firm, helps to protect and promote people’s well-being around the world. For 40 years, Futures Group has created lasting solutions to some of the most pressing public health challenges facing nations. We predict future health and development trends, uncover barriers to well-being, and forge on-the-ground partnerships to ensure lasting change.

Futures Group is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Senior Operations Research Advisor, Northern Nigeria

Location: Nigeria
Job Code: 880

Position Summary

• The Targeted States High Impact project (TSHIP) is a six year USAID-funded project aimed at raising the quality of maternal, child health and reproductive health services in Bauchi and Sokoto states. The Senior Operations Research Advisor has responsibility to guide the development, implementation, and dissemination of the findings of key operations research activities related to MCH/FP/RH service delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead state teams and local counterparts through a process of designing and implementing research studies
• Identify salient topics for research in conjunction with TSHIP technical leads and local stakeholders
• Coordinate research studies
• Contribute to data analysis and report writing
• Contribute to the dissemination and communication of research findings to selected audiences.
• The Advisor is supported by local project staff in Nigeria as well as US-based advisors at the Futures Group. The Advisor will work closely with TSHIP Project Support Team (PST), the M&E Advisor' and the project Chief of Party.

Qualifications

• An advanced degree in Public Health or Social Sciences
• 7+ years' experience in research of public health programs
• Proven experience in study design, developing data collection tools, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, data analysis and data presentation
• Experience in managing research involving multiple stakeholders and development partners
• Experience in capacity building for research desirable
• Sound understanding of reproductive health and child survival health issues in Northern Nigeria.
• Strong and demonstrated organizational, personnel management and interpersonal relationship skills
• Excellent communications skills, including writing and oral presentation skills. Hausa language skills strongly preferred.
• Experience working in Northern Nigeria strongly preferred.

Application Closing Date
31st October, 2014.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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