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Job title : Research Assistant – Eastern Cape
Job Location : Eastern Cape, East London
Deadline : November 11, 2024
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Requirements
- Post-graduate tertiary qualification (at least honors with masters preferred) in Social Sciences or Public Health
- At least 1 year experience in a similar role within a research environment
- At least 1 year of program planning, organizing and management experience
- At least 1 year’ experience in qualitative (interviews and focus group discussion) data collection and quality control
- Must have experience in conducting literature reviews
- Must have experiencing using a reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials
- Xhosa and English speaking
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
- Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and Men’s Health
- Excellent communication – verbal & written skills
- Ability to build relationships with stakeholders and use these to manage study
- Strong administrative and logistical skills
- Planning and organizing
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to maintain effectiveness during changing conditions
- Detail-oriented
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Advantageous:
- Certificate in Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
- Experience in qualitative and quantitative analysis
- Valid driver’s license with own transport
- Publication in a peer-reviewed journal
Responsibilities:
- Provide research and administrative support to senior researchers
- Conduct in-depth literature reviews as requested
- Support study socio-behavioural scientists with study-specific tasks, including participant interviews, file management, and quality checking, and participant scheduling and follow up
- Liaise and co-ordinate with community outreach teams regarding the follow up of study participants and scheduling of interviews/focus group discussions/surveys
- Conduct, transcribe and analyse qualitative interviews and FGD’s
- Assist with protocol development and revisions by providing input as needed.
- Manage research protocol ethics submissions
- Assist with qualitative data management and analysis as needed.
- Assist lead socio-behavioural scientists with any presentations that need to be done on study data
- Assist with designing, developing, and distributing materials on the study
- Attend research meetings as required for project staff
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