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Job Title:   Research Assistant (25 Fresher Data Collection Jobs)   

Organisation: Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health (MakSPH)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Team Leader

About US:

Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health (MakSPH), and the Ministry of Health, with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, plan to conduct a climate change health vulnerability and adaptation assessment (VAA) to facilitate the sound management of climate Change-related health risks in Uganda. Evidence generated by the VAA will be used to inform the development of a Health National Adaptation Plan for Uganda. The assessment will be conducted in healthcare facilities in 43 districts in the 15 regions of Uganda i.e. Acholi, Ankole, Bugisu, Bukedi, Bunyoro, and Busoga. Kampala, Karamoja, Kigezi, Lango, North central, South central, Teso, Tooro, and West Nile. It is based on this background that, MakSPH seeks to recruit responsible, qualified, and competent individuals who can work with minimum supervision to join the core research team.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Carry out data collection in accordance with the study protocol
• Answer questions that the respondents may ask during the course of data collection
• Ensure prompt submission of data to the server
• Participate in data validation to ensure that quality data is collected
• Transcribe qualitative research interviews and participate in qualitative data analysis where applicable
• 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 Team Leader

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences such as Environmental Health, Public Health, and Nursing, OR Humanities or Social sciences, Quantitative Economics
• Proficiency in English and at least one of the local languages in the regions of Acholi, Ankole, Bugisu, Bukedi, Bunyoro, and Busoga. Kampala, Karamoja, Kigezi, Lango, North Central, South Central, Teso, Tooro, and West Nile, (both spoken and written)
• Must have a certificate of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) or Human Subjects Research
• Previous experience in working in healthcare facilities is desirable
• Experience in both qualitative and quantitative data collection is mandatory
• Prior experience in using mobile data collection applications (ODK, Kobo Collect, or Survey Monkey)
• Prior experience in collecting qualitative and quantitative data
• 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

Terms of service: This is a short-term position which will not exceed four weeks

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested persons should send on email their applications, scanned copies of their academic documents with a current Curriculum Vitae (C.V) and a recommendation letter (addressed to the Dean School of Public Health) to sweemhealthconsultlimited@gmail.com, indicating the language of preference, two referees, and their active (24hour) phone contacts.

Deadline: 9th September 2023 by 17:00 hrs.

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