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    Principal Policy Analyst, Partnerships at - Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)

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    The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) is an autonomous public institute that was established in May 1997 through a Legal Notice and commenced operations in June 1999.

    In January 2007,His Excellency the President signed the KIPPRA Bill into law and the KIPPRA Act No. 15 of 2006 commenced on 1st February 2007.

    Duties and responsibilities will entail:

    • Developing and Reviewing Partnerships and Networking Strategy and Policy;
    Guiding in identifying capacity building activities for networking and partnering;
    Overseeing coordination and implementation of client work;
    Supervising coordination of collaborative research activities with other partners;
    Participating in organizing national and regional conferences;
    Drafting Memorandum of Understanding and any other partnership agreements;
    Ensuring contracts related to partnership activities are managed and maintained;
    Participating in the preparation of quarterly and annual reports; and
    Undertaking relevant objective policy research and analysis to provide policy advice to government;
    Overseeing conduct of capacity building activities for government and other stakeholders;
    Developing research proposals to raise targeted funds to enhance sustainability of the Institute;
    Participating in enhancing the Institute's networks and partnerships;
    Dissemination of research findings through seminars, roundtables, workshops and conferences;
    Publishing of research work including referred journals and book chapters;
    Developing policy-oriented outputs such as discussion papers, working papers, policy papers, policy briefs among others;
    Preparing work plans to achieve the Institute's mandate;
    Participating in policy engagement forums such as task forces, working groups among others;
    Overseeing preparation of quarterly and annual reports;
    Assuring quality of collaborative research outputs;
    Supervising and Overseeing the day-to-day execution of collaborative and consultancy research projects;
    Supervising young professionals' research activities;
    Developing research proposals to raise targeted funds to enhance sustainability of the Institute; and

    Developing content and publish in peer Reviewed journals to disseminate research findings and contribute to the body of knowledge at national, regional and international levels.

    Job Specification
    For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

    Bachelors Degree in Economics or related social sciences from a recognized institution from a recognized institution;
    Masters Degree in Economics, or related social sciences from a recognized institution from a recognized institution;
    PhD in Economics, or related social sciences from a recognized institution from a recognized institution;
    Knowledge in resource mobilization, communication, marketing, international relations and public relations;
    Strong presentation writing and negotiation skills including the ability to initiate and elaborate partnership projects and grant projects;
    Project management skills;
    Six (6) years' relevant work experience;
    Minimum of four (4) publications in peer Reviewed journals;
    Minimum of six (6) research papers including KIPPRA discussion papers, policy papers, working papers, special papers as well as book chapters; and
    Training in Modeling skills will be an added advantage.
    Computer Skills including statistical packages; and
    Fulfil the requirement of chapter six (6) of the constitution.

    Functional Skills, Behavioral Competencies and Attributes:
    Functional skills

    Leadership skills;
    Strategic management skills;
    Problem-solving skills;
    Conflict management skills;
    Communication skills;
    Interpersonal skills;
    Organizational skills;
    Negotiation skills;
    Team building; and
    Analytical skills.

    Behavioral competencies/Attributes

    Critical thinking;
    Strategic thinking;
    Ability to work under pressure;
    Knowledge statistical software for data entry, analysis, extraction and reporting;
    Problems are highly complex, requiring significant research and creative thinking.


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