Qualitative Research Assistants/Data collectors new job at Stand Up project in Kampala, Uganda 2023

Job Description

Job Category:

Job Location:
Mayuge

Education Level:
Bachelor Degree

Years Of Experience

Job Details

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Key duties and responsibilities

• Introduce yourself to the camp commandants in the refugee settlements and the District Health Offices of Mayuge and Namayingo

• Work with district leadership and community mobilisers such as community health workers to recruit study participants

• Obtain informed consent from prospective respondents and adhere to the project data management protocols

• Carry out data collection in accordance with the study protocol

• Answer questions that the respondents may ask during the course of data collection

• Participate in data validation to ensure that quality data are collected

• Transcribe qualitative research interviews and participate in qualitative data analysis

• Provide daily updates on fieldwork including interviews completed and any other important information on field data collection

• Perform any other duties as assigned by the study coordinator

Minimum qualification and experience

• Possess a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a health-related discipline such as Environmental Health, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health OR Social sciences, Anthropology, Demography, and Population studies or humanities.

• Possession of a Master’s degree will be an added advantage.

• Must have a certificate of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) or Human Subjects Research Proven experience in working with young and marginalized populations is desirable Should have at least three years of experience in qualitative data collection, analysis, and report writing

• Proficiency in English and at least one of the local languages (Lusoga, Juba Arabic, Kiswahili, and Lingala is an added advantage

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills are required

• Must be willing to work beyond official working hours in the field

Terms of service: This is a short-term position not exceeding 2 months

Job Qualifications

Application Process

How to apply: Interested persons should send on email their applications, via scanned copies of their academic documents with a current Curriculum Vitae (C.V) to the Dean, School of Public health on communityledadvocacystudy@gmail.com, indicating the language of preference, two referees, and their actions (24-hour) phone contacts.