35 No Experience Data Collection Jobs – Research Assistant – Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Job Title: 35 Research Assistant (35 No Experience Data Collection Jobs)
Organization: Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
In 2018, Makerere University College of Health Sciences through the School Public Health (MakSPH) with funding from The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) conducted a study entitled, “Formative Assessment of HIV, Gender-Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health Status among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Uganda”, which was referred to as the “AGYW Study”.
Key Duties 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 mid-term evaluation of 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
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Ability to spend a period in rural areas and away from home
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and observe deadlines
- Must be willing to work in any part of Uganda
- Ability to spend an extended period of time in rural areas and away from home
- Willing to reside in the district for the entire study period
- 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
- Bachelor’s degree in Humanities, Statistics, Public Health, or any other related discipline
- 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
How to Apply:
Interested persons should send their application and updated CVs stating two referees and their contacts to the Dean, Makerere University School of Public Health. Please submit your application to: dean@musph.ac.ug indicating the position applied for in the subject line of your email.
Hard-copy applications will not be accepted.
NB: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted
Deadline: Friday 1st November 2019 at 5:00 pm.