Research Assistant at Africa’s Voices Foundation

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

1. Undergraduate degree in a relevant social science discipline (such as sociology, political science, international development, public health, social psychology).
2. One year professional experience working as part of the design and implementation of research and analysis/monitoring and evaluation projects.
3. Experience in qualitative research methods such as content analysis, thematic analysis and grounded theory.
4. The ability to transfer style, tone and cultural elements accurately from Swahili to English and vice versa.
5. Extremely high attention to detail.
6. Ability to learn quickly and actively, seeking to continuously improve skills and knowledge.
7. 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.

Apply for this vacancy

Deadline: Friday, July 24, 2026

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