Reseach Officer

Sunaulo Parivar Nepal

Details / requirements:

Sunaulo Parivar Nepal (SPN) is a wellâ€established NGO delivering Family Planning and Sexual Reproductive Health services throughâ€out the country via centres, mobile outreach teams to remote areas and social marketing. It works in partnership with Marie Stopes International UK (MSI), a global social business providing reproductive health services across the world with a mission of ensuring individual's fundamental right to have children by choice not chance.

We are looking for Nepali citizen for a short term role as Research Officer to provide support in conducting research, monitoring and evaluation activities. The Research officer will work closely with research manager, regional managers and other key stakeholders to ensure the attainment of SPN’s goals and objectives and the compliance to MSI’s global RME standards, as well as fulfilment of RME commitments to donors. After the completion of the short term contract there is possibility for extension to a full time contract based on availability of the position at that time.

Job Description:

  • Assist in ensuring all RME projects are efficiently and effectively executed
  • Contribute to develop and deliver RME plan for organisation to support strategic goals
  • Facilitate integration of RME into other departments of the organisation
  • Develop and maintain research database as per project requirement
  • Support in ensuring all research undertaken by SPN is of high quality and fulfils ethical requirement
  • Coordinate annual operational research activities
  • Ensure coordination and communication with centres, outreach team, government and other stakeholders, including NHRC in regard to RME activities
  • Assist in the development and dissemination of findings and reports (internal and external
  • Contribute in development of research, monitoring and evaluation protocol
  • Communicate, coordinate and arrange logistics and technical support to the enumerators for the field activities
  • Facilitate research activities to support projects
  • Undertake field visits to support the implementation of M&E strategies Provide field supervision to the enumerators during their field work

Job Specifications:

  1. Master’s Degree in Public Health, Population Health or related discipline    
  2. At least 2 year working in Research and Metrics, ideally within the Reproductive Health sector
  3. Experience working for I/NGO’s in health related field
  4. Demonstrated capabilities of producing results when working with individuals with varying levels of expertise
  5. Experience in coordinating and conducting field work for research projects
  6. Have a good understanding of and exposure to statistical software e.g. SPSS and proficient in Microsoft office programme. Experience in developing, conducting and analysing qualitative research

Please visit http://www.msinepal.org.np/index.php?option=cms&id=23 for detail Job descriptions for above positions.

Suitable candidates meeting the above criteria are invited to send a CV and covering letter to recruitment@msinepal.org.np by 5 pm, 28 September 2016. Only short listed candidates will be invited for the next stage of the recruitment process.

SPN reserves the right to appoint no candidate or to appoint a candidate that does not fulfill all minimum criteria but has the best overall performance during the recruitment process. SPN reserves the right to appoint a lessâ€well qualified candidate at a lower grade. SPN reserves all rights to qualify/disqualify applications in any case.

SPN accepts Nepalese citizens only and encourages women, people of ethnic minorities and Dalits to apply.

Overview

Category Research
Openings 1
Experience 2+ years
Education M.P.H. (Masters in Public Health)
Posted Date 22 Sep, 2016
Apply Before 28 Sep, 2016
City Kathmandu