Job Title: Study Coordinator
Organisation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (JHU-CCP)
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Duration: Four Months
Job Background:
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (JHU-CCP) is seeking a Study Coordinator for a period of 4 months (Nov. 2012 – Feb 2013) to oversee assessments of selected government family planning services to examine their capacity to deliver long-term and permanent family planning methods (LAPM). The proposed study will serve as a follow-up to a comparable baseline study conducted by JHU-CCP in 2010. The Coordinator will coordinate the facility assessment study from pretesting instruments and training research assistants to supervising fieldwork, data entry, and analysis.
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (JHU-CCP) is seeking a Study Coordinator for a period of 4 months (Nov. 2012 – Feb 2013) to oversee assessments of selected government family planning services to examine their capacity to deliver long-term and permanent family planning methods (LAPM). The proposed study will serve as a follow-up to a comparable baseline study conducted by JHU-CCP in 2010. The Coordinator will coordinate the facility assessment study from pretesting instruments and training research assistants to supervising fieldwork, data entry, and analysis.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
Specifically, she/he will:
· In close consultation with the JHU-CCP Research Advisor, recruit and hire all staff required for successful implementation of the study;
· Organize all logistics for training, pretesting, and data collection, including preparation of agreements, venues, meals, travel expenses, budgets, transportation, and necessary supplies;
· Print and photocopy adequate numbers of study materials well before pretesting and fieldwork commence;
· Co-facilitate training of research assistants and take responsibility for all workshop arrangements
· Supervise all data collection, including availability of required supplies, telephone monitoring of supervisors and their teams, and directly ensuring quality of data collected by one to two teams.
· Work with the JHU-CCP finance team to ensure adherence with JHU and USAID financial procedures and to ensure that funds for specific activities are available and accounted for in a timely manner;
· Prepare and track a survey budget and ensure that costs do not exceed the budget;
· Prepare data collection mapping routes;
· Prepare a study implementation plan outlining how each aspect of the study will be conducted.
· Prepare and submit a post-survey methods and implementation report
· Identify and hire data entry clerks, and set up data entry equipment in the JHU-CCP office
· Supervise data entry and cleaning
· Organize and store questionnaires for easy accessibility
· Ensure effective close out of the data collection, entry and cleaning phases.
· Prepare a data analysis plan, conduct an initial analysis of the data and prepare frequency tables, including tests of significance, and comparisons with 2010 Facility Survey data.
· Draft a report of findings and submit to JHU-CCP for review and finalize based on feedback.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
· Masters degree, PhD or doctorate in health, population, applied statistics or other social science;
· Experience coordinating a survey in Uganda;
· Experience analyzing survey data in STATA and SPSS;
· Experience writing research reports;
· Excellent analytical and writing skills.
· Familiarity with at least one Ugandan language other than English desirable.
· Must be available to travel in Uganda during fieldwork over a 2-week period.
How to Apply
Please deliver copies of your CV, academic transcripts/testimonials and three professional referees to: The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programmes, Plot 15 Binayomba Avenue, Bugolobi (same street as Royal Suites and Ambrossoli International School) Attn: HR Manager. The deadline for receiving applications will be 5:00pm, Monday, October 29th 2012.
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