Summary
Date Posted: Friday, September 08 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Key duties and responsibilities
• Assign selected study healthcare facilities to the research assistants
• Lead the mobilisation of participants (village health teams and members of the health unit management committees) for focus group discussions
• Answer questions that the area authorities may ask before, during, or after the course of data collection
• Ensure that the research assistants comply with the set data collection and ethics guidelines at all times
• Develop a daily work breakdown schedule for the research assistants
• Lead data collection and participate in data management processes including validation to ensure quality data collection
• Provide the regional supervisors with daily updates on the work done by his/her team. This includes progress on the work done, any challenges experienced, and suggestions (if needed) in field data collection schedules, among other aspects
• Review team expenditures and provide a brief financial narrative to the regional supervisors.
• Ensure that all vehicle log forms are clearly filled by the drivers
• Ensure all the research assistants register their attendance on a daily basis
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the study coordinator

Requirements
• Possess a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a health-related discipline such as Environmental Health, Nursing and Public Health OR Social sciences, Environmental Sciences, or Statistics. Possession of a Master’s degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Environmental Sciences, or Statistics will be an added advantage.
• Evidence of being a team leader on at least 2 research projects
• Must have a certificate of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) or Human Subjects Research
• Proven experience working in Healthcare facilities is mandatory
• Should have at least three years’ experience in collecting quantitative and qualitative health research
• Proficiency in English and at least one of the local languages spoken in the study regions
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Prior experience in using mobile data collection applications (ODK, Kobo Collect or Survey Monkey)
• Must have an Android phone of version 10 and above and should be willing to use it for data collection
• Must be willing to work beyond official working hours in the field




Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
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.


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