{"id":897537,"date":"2026-04-28T20:53:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/?post_type=job_listing&#038;p=897537"},"modified":"2026-04-28T20:54:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:54:01","slug":"897537-kippra-self-sponsored-young-professionals-programme-2026-2027","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/vacancy\/897537-kippra-self-sponsored-young-professionals-programme-2026-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Professionals Programme 2026\/27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KIPPRA is hiring 10 young professionals for its annual full-time policy research program! Gain hands-on experience, publish research, and build your network in public policy.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In line with The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)'s mandate of developing human and institutional capacities to formulate medium and long-term strategic perspectives for national development, KIPPRA runs a Young Professionals programme as a means of ensuring sustainable development through supply of adequate human capital for effecting public policy processes. The Institute is therefore inviting applications to <strong>fill ten (10) self\/institution-sponsored vacant positions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The programme is physical and full-time. It is an annual programme, and it includes both coursework and publication of various research outputs. Areas of coursework include the public policy-making process, Introduction to the legislative process, applied research methods, Tools for policy analysis, Governance structures in a Devolved system of Government, Monitoring and Evaluation, Macroeconomic Modeling and Forecasting, Systems of National Accounts and Introduction to Social Accounting Matrix (SAM). By the end of the programme the participants are expected to publish various research outputs.<\/p>\n<p>The objective of the YP Programme is to develop young professionals in public policy research and analysis and offer them an opportunity to gain on-the-job experience, expand their knowledge, leadership skills and build professional networks. 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Hard-copy applications will <strong>NOT<\/strong> be accepted. Applicants are advised to indicate in the subject line that they are self-sponsored applicants. All applications should reach the Institute <strong>on or before Monday 18th May 2026 at 11:59:00 hrs.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Late applications will not be accepted, and <strong>ONLY<\/strong> shortlisted candidates will be contacted.<\/p>\r\n<p>All applications to be addressed to: -<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>The Executive Director,<\/strong><br \/>\r\nThe Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, <br \/>\r\nUpper Hill, Bishop Gardens Towers, 2nd Floor Bishop Road, <br \/>\r\nP.O. Box 56445, <br \/>\r\nNairobi, 00200 City Square, <br \/>\r\nTel: 0724256096\/0736712724<br \/>\r\n<strong>Nairobi, Kenya.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\r\n<p>KIPPRA is an equal opportunity employer.<\/p>"},"job_listing_region":[209],"job-categories":[42],"job-types":[637,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-897537","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","5":"hentry","6":"job_listing_region-nairobi","7":"job_listing_category-any-field-student-jobs-in-kenya","8":"job_listing_type-apprenticeship","9":"job_listing_type-trainee","11":"job-type-apprenticeship","12":"job-type-graduate-traineeship"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/897537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=897537"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=897537"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campusbiz.co.ke\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=897537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}