The Center for International Health, Education and Biosecurity (CIHEB)-Kenya is a local non-governmental organization collaborating with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and County Health Management Teams to strengthen health systems for improved quality of healthcare in Kenya. CIHEB-Kenya is collaborating with the county governments of Mombasa, Kilifi, Kwale, Taita Taveta, Machakos, Makueni, Kitui, Nairobi, Kisumu, and Migori to support the implementation and expansion of high quality, sustainable, and comprehensive HIV prevention, care, and treatment programs, and expansion of COVID-19 vaccination with funding from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
POSITION TITLE: RESEARCH ASSISTANTS INTERN
REPORTS TO: COVID-19 VACCINATION TECHNICAL OFFICER
Job Summary
The Research Assistant Interns will conduct data collection during
the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) study on COVID-19 vaccination,
involving face-to-face interviews and group discussions. Visits to health
facilities and meeting venues (for group discussions) will be done in person,
in a safe manner that is compliant with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and AMREF
ESRC guidelines on COVID-19 prevention within the following supported
facilities in Kisii, Homa Bay, Kisumu, Busia, Machakos, Murang’a,
Mombasa and Nairobi Counties.
We are recruiting Research Assistants (interns) in the counties as
per below:
|
County |
Number of RAs Required |
Period of Contract |
|
Nairobi County |
40 |
1 Month |
|
Busia County |
6 |
1 Month |
|
Murang’a County |
9 |
1 Month |
|
Kisumu County |
9 |
1 Month |
|
Kisii County |
9 |
1 Month |
|
Homa Bay County |
8 |
1 Month |
|
Mombasa |
10 |
1 Month |
|
Machakos County |
12 |
1 Month |
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Attend the project study orientation to understand
the purpose and intent of the study, as well as the plan for
implementation.
- Work in close collaboration with hospital staff in
the selected facilities to ensure that only eligible clients are
interviewed.
- Conduct quantitative survey interviews (through a
structured questionnaire), on clients at the selected facilities to gather
socio-demographic information, COVID-19 vaccination status, reasons for
vaccination/ refusal/hesitancy for COVID-19 vaccination.
- In collaboration with the hospital staff, identify
suitable sites (preferably quiet places) within the facilities, from where
interviews can be conducted.
- Identify, from among clients interviewed for the
survey, participants for focused group discussions to elicit more
information on reasons for hesitancy towards being vaccinated.
- Conduct Key informant interviews with pre-selected
subject matter experts/trusted sources of information on COVID-19
vaccination.
- Promptly submit collected data to the electronic
databases
- Uphold data quality procedures
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as
assigned
- Any other duty that maybe assigned from time to
time by the project coordinator.
Experience and academic qualifications
- Diploma/Degree in public health or social science
discipline
- Relevant experience working in a health
institution and or participation in health research (Prior
experience in qualitative research or public policy research, familiarity
with quantitative methods is a plus).
- Strong qualitative analytical skills with the
ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts
of information with attention to detail and accuracy
- Experience in electronic data collection with a
bias to ODK will be an added advantage
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
- Willingness and ability to work in one of the
listed counties (proficiency of the local language of the county of
choice, is a MUST)
- Communication skills both oral and written
(proficiency in Swahili, English and local language spoken in the county
of choice)
- Networking and collaboration skills
- Team player
- Ability to work under minimum supervision
- Attentive to details (Especially during Focus
Group Discussions sessions)
- Training in COVID-19 vaccination will be an added
advantage
How to Apply
Kindly send your application that includes a cover letter and an
updated CV as one document saved under your name including
names of three professional referees to CIHEBKENYA_Recruitment@cihebkenya.org on or before 30th August
2022. Applicants are advised to include the title and the county they are
applying for e.g. “RESEARCH ASSISTANTS INTERN [NAME OF COUNTY]” on
the subject line. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
The Center for International Health, Education and Biosecurity
(CIHEB)-Kenya is an equal opportunity employer and does and does NOT ask
for money from applicants under any circumstances during its recruitment
process. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
