Research Associate, Health and Climate Change – Global & Remote at Scope Impact
Scope Impact
Nairobi, Kenya
Permanent
Published 1 month ago · Expires 4 weeks from now
Job description
The Research Associate will play a key role in advancing evidence generation and learning across the above initiatives. This position is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of research and design – someone who can move fluidly from literature review to field survey to analysis and interpretation, bringing rigor and creativity to every step.
You’ll help shape mixed methods research, ensure data quality, synthesize emerging insights, and strengthen our shared learning across teams and partners.
Key Responsibilities
Literature Review and Evidence Synthesis
- Conduct targeted and systematic literature reviews on topics such as self-care practices, climate and health linkages, health systems adaptation, etc.
- Synthesize and communicate insights to inform ongoing research design and strategy.
- Track emerging trends and innovations in the climate and health field.
- Update existing literature databases and libraries accordingly.
- Contribute to the design of mixed methods studies, including development of research questions, sampling strategies, and tools.
- Support survey design, field implementation, and data collection and monitoring activities, including with partner teams.
- Ensure ethical, inclusive, and contextually grounded research practices.
- Support setup and management of research databases and data systems.
- Conduct data analyses (quantitative, qualitative skills are a plus).
- Contribute to data synthesis, visualization, and interpretation for internal and external learning.
- Support research activities across Scope teams, collaborators, and field partners.
- Support organized documentation of protocols, instruments, datasets, and outputs.
- Contribute to ethics applications, progress reports, and other documentation as needed.
- Contribute to internal and external knowledge products—summaries, briefs, and presentations that make research findings accessible and actionable.
- Participate in reflection and learning sessions that inform adaptive research and design approaches.
- Support integration of research insights into program and product development.
- Master’s degree or doctorate in public health, environmental health, or related field; .
- 3-5 years of experience in applied research in public health, preference for direct experience with climate and health, digital health
- conducting literature reviews and acquaintance with Mendeley, reference management software
- designing a...