Research Officer Non-profit Jobs – PATH International

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Job Title:   Research Officer
Organisation: PATH
Project: Sayana Press Project
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Tracking Code: 7446
About PATH:
PATH
is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save
lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate
innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and
system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight,
scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By
mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working
alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest
health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of
poor health.
About Sayana Project:
The
Sayana Press Pilot Introduction Project is a four-year project funded by the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Children’s Investment Fund
Foundation. Sayana Press is a three-month, progestin-only injectable
contraceptive product packaged in the Uniject™ injection system, a small
prefilled auto-disable device. It contains 104 mg per 0.65 mL dose of depot
medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) and is administered via subcutaneous
injection. Because Sayana Press is small, light, easy to use, and requires
minimal training, it is especially suitable for community- based
distribution—and potentially for women to administer themselves through
self-injection. The project is coordinating the introduction of Sayana Press in
four African countries – Senegal, Burkina Faso, Niger and Uganda. In Uganda,
the project aims to make Sayana Press available in the public and NGO sector, with
delivery by VHTs. In addition, PATH will conduct research in Uganda that will
build the evidence base for global decision-making about whether and how to
include Sayana Press in family planning programs in the future. As part of the
evidence base, global and country stakeholders are interested in learning about
the possibility of offering Sayana Press through self-injection, as well as
assessing its value administered through “normal” delivery channels.
Job Summary: The Research Officer will provide support to the
Sayana Press project and represent PATH in specific forums, in consultation
with the PATH Uganda Team, and the PATH Seattle-based team, conduct site visits
to select districts for data collection and quality assurance at facilities,
and work with FP focal persons and VHTs (as needed) to ensure that reporting
forms are completed accurately and in a timely fashion and implement Sayana
Press research activities, in close collaboration with the Sayana Press Uganda
Research Officer.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:  
  • Offer timely support and participate in the
    collection and entry of costing data.
  • Regularly monitor on-going field work,
    supervising PATH study staff engaged in data collection.
  • Implement Sayana Press research activities,
    in close collaboration with the Sayana Press Uganda Research Officer.
  • Coordinate and resolve issues as they arise,
    in consultation with project team, to assure effective implementation of
    monitoring activities.
  • Actively participate in the coordination of
    activities of the subcontracted research organization, as needed,
    including monitoring quality of data collection.
  • Coordinate and resolve research-related
    issues as they arise, in consultation with the project team, to assure
    effective implementation of research activities.
  • Offer technical support to the Sayana Press
    project and represent PATH in specific forums, in consultation with the
    PATH Uganda Team, and the PATH Seattle-based team.
  • Carry out site visits to select districts for
    data collection and quality assurance at facilities, and work with FP
    focal persons and VHTs (as needed) to ensure that reporting forms are
    completed accurately and in a timely fashion.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  
  • At least five years of demonstrated
    experience in implementing and managing public health research projects,
    preferably with family planning or reproductive health components,
    demonstrated experience in quantitative research methods acquired through
    both practical and academic experience,
  • Previous experience in interacting with
    country governments, donor agencies, research organizations, and other
    local and international non-profit agencies
  • Prior experience with research project
    monitoring and evaluation.
  • Excellent analytical skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Strong expertise in research and, preferably,
    research related to family planning.
  • Demonstrated ability to nurture effective and
    positive relationships with national governmental stakeholders, NGO
    partners, and donor representatives.
  • Proven ability to work collaboratively with
    local and international project management team to effectively oversee
    project implementation, and to work harmoniously as a team member.
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