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Rakai Health Sciences Program (Uganda)
Research Officer
Kalisizo • Uganda
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Rakai Health Sciences Program (Uganda)
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Description
Requirements
- The ideal staff should have a bachelor’s degree in Journalism or Mass Communication, Social Sciences, Social Work and Social Administration, Development Studies, Education, Adult and Community Education, or related field.
- Strong written and spoken English
- Strong written and spoken Luganda
- Computer Knowledge and skills
- Good presentation and report writing skills
- Communication skills and ability to speak the local languages.
Responsibilities
- To participate in ongoing mobilization and sensitization about Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBS) research activities within the study communities
- To ensure that all research instruments are prepared and taken to the field.
- To work with the Head of Section (HOS), fellow staff and community mobilizers to identify research study participants and to schedule with them when and where to hold interviews or discussions.
- To conduct all data collection, timely transcription and handling using appropriate, ethical, and sound qualitative research techniques and according to the developed research protocols and SOPs.
- To maintain regular contact with HOS and to pass on completed transcripts to him/her
- To bring to attention of HOS any problems that are encountered in the field
- To review transcripts and make corrections on the script or/and to discuss with him/her any problems identified in his/her work. This may necessitate revisiting the research participants
- To participate in developing, preparing and /or fine tuning research instruments for field work
- To participate in training for new and ongoing qualitative research studies.
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