Gender Research Officer at Helen Keller International

Key Responsibilities

Ensure quality implementation of the project

• Act as a focal and liaison person to the county, sub-counties, and other partners and support in organizing meetings with relevant county departments and stakeholders throughout the project.
• Develop monthly activity workplan and track the progress regularly
• Attend a five-day mandatory participatory action research methodology training (March17-22)
• Work collaboratively with Helen Keller program and M &E teams as well as consultants
• Assisting in the preparation of reports, presentations, learning events
• Through respect of Helen Keller procurement processes and procedures, make timely requests for supplies and commodities as per project budget and procurement plan.

Organize project coordination forums with external and internal stakeholders

• Represent Helen Keller in county coordination, other stakeholder meetings and any other forum as may be assigned.
• Work in collaboration with the communities and local leaders at all stages of project implementation

Monitor Project Progress and Document the achievements.

• Support enumerator data collection training
• On-site and direct supervision and management of data collection activities to ensure adherence to prescribed protocols and quality standards
• Facilitate Key Informant Interviews, In-depth Interviews, and Focus Group Discussions, and administer surveys using participatory approaches
• Support data cleaning and analysis.
• Support documentation of human-interest stories, and best practices from the project implementation for learning
• Any other responsibilities as assigned.

Quality Assurance and Quality Control

• Ensure consistency of information collected through KIIs and FGDs
• Conduct in-person adherence to prescribed data collection protocols
• Lead daily data collection debriefs to provide feedback and address challenges for data quality improvement
• Submit daily reports based on a standardized checklist developed to document adherence to data collection protocol and team performance.

Qualifications and Skills Required

• Master’s degree in social sciences, Gender Studies, or related from a recognized university. Ph.D. students will be considered.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience with participatory action research including participatory research methods
• Experience in community engagement, mobilization, and working directly with community groups.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating Key Informant Interviews and Focus Group Discussions and other qualitative data methods
• Demonstrated ability to write and speak English, Swahili and fluency in the local language
• Familiarity with GESI approaches and health systems in nutrition and health programming and local communities is an added advantage
• Ability to collaborate within teams and build equitable, trust-based partnerships with community stakeholders
• Experience working with cross cultural and multidisciplinary teams
• Demonstrated experience in understanding research ethics and safeguarding, particularly in community-based and participatory contexts, including consent processes and power dynamics.
• Must be willing to travel across sub counties, wards and work long flexible hours including some weekends
• Any other duties as assigned