Job Title:  Qualitative Research Assistant (Fresher Data NGO Jobs) 

Organisation: Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About the Company:

Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is an independently governed institute within the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University and has the mission “To strengthen health systems in Africa, with a strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development.” IDI has operations across Uganda as well as in a number of other African countries and has a staffing of over 1,000 managing multiple projects in research, clinical services, public health and training.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in protocol training and any required trainings related Human Subjects Protection (HSP) and Good Clinical Practices (GCP).
• Function as the focal person for the ART2FIT study activities and the Head StART qualitative study activities and liaise with partners in the study setting.
• Assist with study document preparation.
• Travel frequently to health center study sites in midwestern and southwestern Uganda.
• Support participant recruitment.
• Help with qualitative data collection
• Supervise and coordinate the qualitative research activities of Head StART research assistants.
• Administer informed consent and address participants’ questions.
• Perform data collection activities including focus group discussions and in-depth individual interviews at health centers and communities in refugee settlements.
• Draft field notes and engage in reflective practices.
• Generate interview and focus group discussion transcripts from audio-recordings.
• Ensure quality control of collected research data.
• Summarize interview transcripts.
• Rapid qualitative analysis of collected data.
• Monitor study progress and safeguard study timelines.
• Attend regular virtual and in-person team meetings including flexibility to attend meetings at non-standard hours (early mornings or evenings) to facilitate collaboration across time zones.
• Draft study reports for regulatory authorities and partner institutions.
• Follow up with IRBs, UNCST, and other authorities for study approvals and renewals.
• Perform additional study-related duties as assigned by core investigators.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform data collection activities including focus group discussions and in-depth individual interviews at health centers and communities in refugee settlements.
• Draft field notes and engage in reflective practices.
• Generate interview and focus group discussion transcripts from audio-recordings.
• Ensure quality control of collected research data.
• Summarize interview transcripts.
• Rapid qualitative analysis of collected data.
• Monitor study progress and safeguard study timelines.
• Attend regular virtual and in-person team meetings including flexibility to attend meetings at non-standard hours (early mornings or evenings) to facilitate collaboration across time zones.
• Draft study reports for regulatory authorities and partner institutions.
• Follow up with IRBs, UNCST, and other authorities for study approvals and renewals.
• Perform additional study-related duties as assigned by core investigators.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, public health, community psychology, monitoring and evaluation, or a related health field.
• Having a Master of Public Health is highly desirable.

Person Specification

• Function as the focal person for the ART2FIT study activities and the Head StART qualitative study activities and liaise with partners in the study setting.
• Travel frequently to health center study sites in midwestern and southwestern Uganda.
• Support participant recruitment.
• Help with qualitative data collection
• Supervise and coordinate the qualitative research activities of Head StART research assistants.
• Administer informed consent and address participants’ questions.