Position: Research Assistants
12 Positions
Station: Homabay, Kisumu and Kitale
Reporting: Research,
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Period: 6 Months
MSK seeks to hire 12 Research
Assistants on a short term basis to assist in data collection among the sampled
service delivery sites.
The Research Assistants will be based
at selected AMUA clinics as will be assigned and will be responsible for data
collection on the ongoing research study for a period of six months.
The research assistants will directly
report to the Research Monitoring and Evaluation Officer regarding all issues
on data collection during the period of the study.
The expected hours of work will be 8 hours per day, 5 days per week.
The key responsibilities for the research assistants will include:
The expected hours of work will be 8 hours per day, 5 days per week.
The key responsibilities for the research assistants will include:
- Develop adequate understanding of the research
protocol, the study population and the study tools
- Attend training conducted by Marie Stopes
Kenya on the study procedures
- Identify potential respondents to interview,
by being based at AMUA clinics
- 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 field notes are neatly
kept.
- Data entry and data cleaning in the provided
data entry template
- Transcription of the in-depth interviews
- Carry out any other duties as may be directed
by the immediate supervisor.
Expected Outputs
- Signed participant’s informed consents forms
- Completely and correctly filled paper
questionnaires
- Recordings of in-depth interviews
- Verbative transcribed notes of in-depth
interviews
- Fully entered and cleaned dataset of
quantitative interviews
Selection criteria
- Degree in social sciences or health sciences
- Candidates with certificate or diploma
qualifications and extensive experience in social science research will
also be considered.
- 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
Other Necessary Requirements
The applicants should be residents of
the respective sites or should be able to commute within the service delivery
sites since MSK will not offer any accommodation services.
They should be ready and willing to
work every day consistently for a defined number of days in the site of
attachment and should not be replaced until the accomplishment of the
assignment.
Payment will only be made upon
satisfactory completion of the assignment monthly.
How to Apply
How to Apply
If you believe your career objectives
match this exciting position, please forward your application and detailed C.V
stating your current position, remuneration, contact details by 4th November 2015
to the Sheer Logic Management Consultants E- Mail:
sheerlogictalentsourcing1@gmail.com
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
NB: Please clearly indicate on the subject line as ‘Research Assistant’
Marie Stopes Kenya is an equal opportunity Employer
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
NB: Please clearly indicate on the subject line as ‘Research Assistant’
Marie Stopes Kenya is an equal opportunity Employer
