International NGO Research Assistant Job in Kenya

Research Assistant
 

Location: Western
 

Industry: NGO
 

Our client, an international NGO in quality reproductive health care and family planning wishes to recruit a Research Assistant who will be responsible for data collection on the ongoing research study for a period of six months. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop understanding of the research protocol, the study population and the study tools


• Attend training conducted by Marie Stopes Kenya on the study procedures


• Provide information about the study to research participants and answer all questions the participant may have


• Identify potential respondents to interview, by being based full-time at an AMUA clinic and keeping up a rapport with the AMUA service provider


• Ensure proper screening of clients for study eligibility before recruitment of the client into the study and ensure that the participants give informed consent before taking part in the study


• Ensure that the privacy & confidentiality of the participants is maintained and observe all ethical issues during and after the research.


• Collect data through structured interviews and in-depth interviews with the sampled clients and service providers using a pre- developed questionnaires and interview guides.


• Ensure that all the questionnaires and research questions are accurately filled during the interview and also the qualitative questions are clearly documented and and field notes are neatly kept.

Skills & Abilities:

• Degree in social sciences or health sciences, or a certificate or diploma qualifications and extensive experience in social science research.


• Experience in conducting interviews in clinical settings especially on issues of sexual and reproductive health


• Experience following informed consent procedures


• Experience in conducting qualitative and quantitative study interviews


• Experience of data entry and transcription


• High regard for confidentiality and demonstrable integrity


• Excellent communicator – both written and spoken


• High level of attention to detail


• Ability to work flexibly to meet service needs

To apply, send your CV and cover letter only to cvs@flexi-personnel.com before 5th December, 2015. 

Clearly indicate the position applied for, region you wish to work in and expected remuneration, on the subject line.