Job Title: Research Assistants DHP Study (Several Fresher Data Collection Jobs)
Organisation: Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) with support from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation established the Digital Health Payment Initiative and Research in Africa DHPI-R) project whose goal is to identify how, and under what circumstances digital worker payments can support effective campaign delivery in sub-Saharan Africa.
DHPI-R sub granted Afrislum Uganda and the Centre de Recherche en Reproduction Humaine et en Démographie (CERRHUD), Benin and are conducting a research study “Exploring implementation experiences to adapt Digital payments to Community Health Worker: A case study of Benin and Uganda”. The purpose of this study is to get information about digital payments so as to formulate a practical way of establishing as the main way of paying frontline workers in Uganda. Findings from this study will inform the design of a prototype system for effective, gender-sensitive, and sustainable digital payment systems for Community Health Workers in resource-constrained settings such as Benin and Uganda.
This study will use Qualitative methodology and will be conducted among community health worker, payers of Community Health Workers, manager of a programs paying Community Health Workers, supervisors of programs that use Community Health Workers to do community work and digital service provider. We therefore seek to recruit a team of Research Assistants with experience in conducting Quantitative research to conduct the data collection activities in Uganda.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- 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 interview and in-depth for the study.
- Transcribe qualitative research interviews and participate in qualitative data analysis, where applicable
- Provide the Team Leader with daily updates including interviews completed, and any other important information about assigned participants
- Any other duties assigned by the data collection team leaders or the Principal Investigator
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Humanities, Statistics, Public Health, or any other related discipline
- Proficiency in both spoken and written English and either Luganda or Runyankore.
- Prior experience in conducting face to face interviews
- Prior experience in collecting qualitative data collection methods
- Excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills and ability to follow study specific procedures and guidelines reliably.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, under stringent deadlines
- Possession of a Certificate in Good Conduct OR a letter of recommendation from one reference
How to Apply:
All interested persons should send their updated 2 pager CVs stating two referees and their contacts to at [email protected]
Please indicate the study name DHP and your name in the subject part of your email. Cover letter, CV and all other attachments in one pdf Document.
NB: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Deadline: 6th December 2023
For more of the latest jobs, please visit https://www.theugandanjobline.com or find us on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/UgandanJobline