Job Title: Qualitative Research Assistants (Fresher Data Collection Jobs)
Organisation: Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About the Company:
The Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC) is a non-profit research organization. IDRC conducts research in infectious diseases including Malaria, HIV and Tuberculosis. Our studies have led to over 300 publications and have impacted on the management of infectious diseases in Uganda. IDRC currently manages over 41 Grants with an annual budget of $11 million. IDRC was established in May 2008 by Ugandan health scientists from Makerere University College of Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco and the Uganda Ministry of Health.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work with study team to identify and approach potential study participants.
- Conduct the informed consent process with study participants.
- Conduct in-depth interviews (IDIs) with caregivers ensuring non-biased, consistent, complete and accurate data is collected from study participants.
- Writing contact summaries detailing stories of the study participants.
- Transcribe all interviews conducted in English and where necessary translate the interviews from the local language to English using meaning based translation.
- Participate in qualitative data synthesis and analysis following fieldwork.
- Adhere to the principles of ethical research when conducting research involving human subjects in the conduct of all study activities including maintaining confidentiality among others.
- Participate in debrief meetings with the study team on a daily basis during the data collection period and at the end of the data collection process.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- A bachelor’s degree in humanities including Social work, Social Science, sociology, community psychology, Development Studies or any other relevant health related field.
- Over two years’ experience collecting qualitative data through interviews.
- Valid GCP and/or HSP certificate
- Ability to communicate in Kinyarwanda and/or Runyakitara fluently.
Added advantage.
- Masters degree in humanities including Social work, Social Science, sociology, community psychology, Development Studies or any other relevant health related field.
- Ability to communicate in Luganda fluently.
- Experience documenting participant stories, and collecting/writing success stories and case studies.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 16th May 2025
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