Job Title: Qualitative Research Assistants/Data collectors (8 Fresher Job Opportunities)
Organisation: Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health (MakSPH)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Study Coordinator
About US:
Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health (MakSPH), and the Guttmacher Institute, Inc, a New York based non-for-profit corporation, are collaborating on a research component of the Global Affairs Canada-funded “Stand Up for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) project.” The research component aims to generate evidence that contributes to the increased enjoyment of SRHR by a diversity of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), other women of reproductive age, and men and boys in strategically selected Ugandan and Mozambican districts. In Uganda, the Stand-Up project is being implemented in the eastern districts of Namayingo and Mayuge, and in the refugee settlement districts of Madi-Okollo and Terego. The proposed study will inform ongoing project activities by investigating the barriers and facilitators to access and utilisation of Sexual and Reproductive Health services among vulnerable/marginalized adolescents and young people in project areas.
Job Summary: Based on this background, MakSPH seeks to recruit, experienced, responsible, qualified, and competent qualitative research assistants/ data collectors.
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
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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold 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
How to Apply:
All 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 [email protected], indicating the language of preference, two referees, and their actions (24-hour) phone contacts.
Deadline: 7th March 2023
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