Job Title: Research Assistants
Organization: Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH)
Location: Kampala
Roles and responsibilities:
- Properly sample households and enroll study participants as per study protocol
- Perform field data collection and management activities, administer informed consent, conduct and complete interviews in accordance with the study protocol
- Answer questions that the respondents may ask before or during the course of data collection
- Collect data and participate in data management processes including validation to ensure quality data collection
- Conduct Key informant interviews, in-depth interviews, focus group discussion, and desk reviews for the Impact evaluation and Repeat survey of the Global Fund-supported AGYW Project
- Transcribe qualitative research interviews and participate in qualitative data analysis, where applicable
- Provide the Team Leader with daily updates including households visited, interviews completed, and any other important information about assigned participants
- Any other duties assigned by the data collection team leaders or the Study Coordinator
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Humanities, Statistics, Public Health, or any other related discpline
- Proficiency in both spoken and written English and a common local language spoken in that district
- Prior experience in conducting face to face interviews
- Prior experience in collecting quantitative and qualitative data particularly among adolescents and young people.
- Excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills and ability to follow study specific procedures and guidelines reliably.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and observe deadlines
- Ability to spend an extended period of time in rural areas and away from home
- Ability to work under stringent deadlines and independently with minimal supervision
- Possession of a Certificate in Good Clinical Practice and/or Human Subjects Protection and prior data collection experience in the selected region is desired
How To Apply:
Interested persons should send their updated CVs stating one referee and their contacts to the Dean, Makerere University School of Public Health at recruitment@musph.ac.ug
Please indicate the study name AGYW3 and your name in the subject part of your email.
Application Deadline: 20th May 2023.
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