John N Macharia

About

Senior Research and policy specialist with 9+ years of experience across applied research, knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, education systems, public finance, and digital data governance. Experienced in research design, advanced digital data collection systems, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and policy-oriented knowledge translation.

Experience

• Research Officer
  Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV/AIDS (KELIN)
  Jun 2022 – Mar 2026
• Economist
  National Treasury – Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations Department
  Feb 2019 – Jan 2022
• Research Assistant
  International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)
  Jan 2018 – Jan 2019

Skills

• Project Management
• Econometrics
• Quantitative Analysis
• Statistical Analysis
• Policy Analysis
• Qualitative Analysis
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Data Quality Assurance
• Research design
• Knowledge Translation
• ODK
• Data Systems
• Surveycto
• Cspro
• Kobocollect
• Propensity Score Matching

🗣️ Languages

• English · Fluent

📚 Publications

• From Classroom to Workplace: The Combined Effects of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills on Youth Labor Market Outcomes in Kenya ↗ · 2025
• Gendered Analysis of the Effect of Displacement on Labor Market Outcomes: A Focus on Nairobi County, Kenya ↗ · 2025
• Impact of integration of transferable skills into education and training on employability of women in Kenya: case for CAPYEI ↗ · 2024
• Typology of Transferable Skills for Women Employability in Kenya ↗ · 2024
• Smallholder farmers' knowledge and willingness to pay for insect-based feeds in Kenya ↗ · 2020
• Gendered Analysis of the Demand for Poultry Feed in Kenya ↗ · 2020