Africa’s Voices Foundation is looking for passionate and qualified professionals to join our team as a Research Assistant in Nairobi, Kenya
BACKGROUND
Africa’s Voices is a non-profit organisation capitalising on interactive media and digital communications to curate and spark engaging discussions that convene citizens’ voices as evidence and elevate them to the level of decision-making. We equip development, humanitarian, and governance organisations with unique capabilities to listen intelligently to the citizens they serve. We have an established presence in Eastern Africa and beyond with a vibrant growing core team in Nairobi and Somalia.
Position Title: Research Assistant – Kenya
Position Type: Consultancy contract, on need basis
Availability: Immediately
Application deadline: 24th July 2026 at 5 PM (EAT)
Work Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Languages: English, Kiswahili and Somali
Daily Rate: USD 50 inclusive of tax.
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
- Perform literature reviews to inform project design.
- Coding, tagging and analysing local-language data.
- Qualitative analysis of local-language data.
- Support overall programme and research design.
- Drafting reports as required.
- Assist with other tasks as and when necessary, including survey and questionnaire design and translation.
SELECTION CRITERIA
- Undergraduate degree in a relevant social science discipline (such as sociology, political science, international development, public health, social psychology).
- One year professional experience working as part of the design and implementation of research and analysis/monitoring and evaluation projects.
- Experience in qualitative research methods such as content analysis, thematic analysis and grounded theory.
- The ability to transfer style, tone and cultural elements accurately from Swahili to English and vice versa.
- Extremely high attention to detail.
- Ability to learn quickly and actively, seeking to continuously improve skills and knowledge.
- Proven ability to perform tasks for tight deadlines and under pressure.
DESIRABLE
- Knowledge/experience of working in social/behaviour change campaigning or public opinion research or humanitarian programming.
- Knowledge and experience of qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- Experience designing and conducting field research, especially focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews.
- Experience in developing data collection tools.
- Ability to read, write, and translate Somali-language data.
