Director Centre of Research Excellence in Health Systems Strengthening (CREHSS)

Great Lakes University of Kisumu invites applications for the following position:

Director Centre of Research Excellence in Health Systems Strengthening (CREHSS)

The eligible candidate should possess the following qualifications;

A PhD in a field relevant to research including Epidemiology, Biostatistics, or Social Sciences;

An Associate Professor, Principal Research Officer or equivalent with at least 5 years working
experience in an academic or research institution, with evidence of achievement in research through publications and research grants.

Project management skills, IT skills, strategic management skills, quality assurance and control skills in research, risk management and conflicts resolution skills.

Be self-driven with excellent interpersonal, supervisory, communication, management and
organizational skills, as well as the ability to attend to multiple projects simultaneously and meet
deadlines;

Roles and Responsibilities

The Successful candidate will be reporting to the Principal Investigator and will be in charge of the Coordination of research activities among partner institutions of Centre of Research Excellence in Health Systems Strengthening (CREHSS) including GLUK, Moi University (School of Public Health), Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK), Ministry of Public Health (MoPHs), Africa Population Health Research Center(APHRC) and Christian Health Association of Kenya(CHAK).

In addition, the candidate will also be carrying out the following duties;

• Strategic planning, resourcing for Research Grants and providing direct links to national, regional and international institutional partners and collaborators.
• Supporting the Head of Knowledge Translation to Policy Formation and Practice and the Heads of Capacity Building, and Research Leadership Departments to enhance research competencies among the CREHSS member agencies, and across sub-Saharan Africa.
• Working with various departmental heads in facilitating Human Resource, Finance and Administration activities as well as Monitoring and Evaluation Unit to ensure efficient systems for data management.

Please send your detailed CV by 15th March, 2012 to:

The Vice Chancellor,
Great Lakes University of Kisumu (GLUK),
P.O.Box 2224-40100, Kisumu- Kenya.