Project Manager (Research) Job in Nairobi Kenya

Duma Works is recruiting a Project Manager for one of our clients. 

The company is one of the leading

East African companies in marketing and research.

Location:

 Nairobi

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Statistics / Economics
  
  or other related course


• 3+ years working experience in a research
  
  environment


• Experience with coordinating fieldwork,
  
  handling field teams, training field personnel, project budgeting and
  
  planning and overall research projects management


• Demonstrated ability to run and coordinate
  
  multiple qualitative research projects


• Experience in coordinating youth research
  
  projects is an added advantage

Reports To: Regional

Research & Insights Manager
 

Supervises: Field

supervisors, Field interviewers and Transcribers

Roles & Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects under extreme
  
  pressure


• Manage, lead and motivate the people working
  
  with and under you in the field on all the projects


• Prepare project budgets, manage field costs,
  
  carry out reconciliations


• Put in place proper systems to ensure quality
  
  of data collected from the field is of utmost quality


• Put in place coordination process that would
  
  ensure quality of consumers recruited in all the regions for all the
  
  projects are up to standard with set guidelines for the objectives of the
  
  project


• Preparation of stimulus materials for
  
  different studies as well as ensure all field tools are ready on time


• To allocate and disseminate work to Field
  
  supervisors, interviewers and transcribers so as to ensure the most
  
  effective allocation of resources


• To manage and monitor project actual expenses
  
  vis-à-vis project budget


• To hold daily meetings with Supervisors /
  
  Junior Coordinators to discuss fieldwork status of each project and then
  
  prepare and present Weekly Project Status during progress meetings


• Coordinate day-to-day management of the
  
  ongoing projects


• Perform other duties as required that may
  
  arise during your tenure

Applications letters and detailed CV are to be sent by email to

apply@dumaworks.com marking the subject as “ 2076”, Your Full name & 

Phone number e.g. 2076, Barack Obama, 07xxxxxxxxx.

If you don’t follow these

instructions, your application will not go through

Deadline for receiving applications:

 25th

Feb 2016

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