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OBJECTIVES:

• We are seeking a passionate, detail-oriented Research Assistants to join our team and provide routine support to research activities under the guidance of the Strategic Research and Learning Unit.

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES:

The key responsibilities of the research assistant include the following:

• Participate in scheduled training for research assistants. The training will focus on the following:
  • Survey methodology including sample size, sampling procedure, and quality assurance approach. 
  • How to identify eligible clients for recruitment into the survey.
  • How to obtain informed consent and interview the clients. 
  • How to use an electronic questionnaire configured on a mobile device to capture all responses from clients.
  • How to upload all data collected and refusal logs to the ONA server.
  • How to use the refusal log.
  • Channel of communication to address issues. 
  • Completion of activity report to supervisor.
• Work with the supervisor to finalise the survey work plan for the assigned health facilities. 
• Work with the SRH service provider to recruit eligible clients to participate in the survey using the approved recruitment approach.  
• Obtain written informed consent from the recruited clients. 
• Interview the clients who consent to be interviewed within the stipulated number of hours/days and upload the data to the server. 
• Document all refusals using the refusal tool provided.
• Keep a daily diary of the number of eligible clients, number recruited, number of refusals, and number of interviews completed and uploaded to the server.  
• Submit all signed or thumb-printed informed consent forms to the supervisor.
• Review activities daily with the supervisor and report any observations that may affect the survey.
• Submit field activity reports using the template provided upon completion of the fieldwork.

Note: The role contributes to furthering MSI’s Vision: To create A WORLD IN WHICH EVERY BIRTH IS WANTED and its mission of ensuring the individual’s right to CHILDREN BY CHOICE NOT CHANCE.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• First degree in an or equivalent in any discipline is essential. 
• Previous experience in field data collection using electronic questionnaires is essential.  – Proficiency in the predominant local language of the location of choice –Technology savvy. 
• Excellent oral communication skills.  
• Excellent attitude to learning, and patience with vulnerable populations including persons living with a disability. 
• Pro-choice.
• Team player.

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OBJECTIVES:

• We are seeking a passionate, detail-oriented Transcriber to join our team and provide routine support to research activities under the guidance of the Strategic Research and Learning Unit.

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES:

The key responsibilities of the transcriber include the following:

• Ability to listen and compile audio recordings during KII, IDI and FGDs sessions.
• Ability to create verbatim and accurate written versions of recordings.
• To review and edit transcriptions done by speech recognition software and identify any inconsistencies.
• Complete transcriptions on time and review drafts for any spelling, grammar, or formatting errors, as well as other inconsistencies.
• Communicating with the data collectors and supervisors when there are issues.
• Submit completed drafts to supervisors and correct any errors from their feedback.

Note: The role contributes to furthering MSI’s Vision: To create A WORLD IN WHICH EVERY BIRTH IS WANTED and its mission of ensuring the individual’s right to CHILDREN BY CHOICE NOT CHANCE. Work with the supervisor to finalise the survey work plan for the assigned health facilities. 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• First degree in an or equivalent in any discipline is essential. 
• Previous experience in transcribing audio recordings is essential.
• Speaks, reads, and writes fluently in English, Hausa or local dialect required.
• Proven interest & commitment to humanitarian and development principles
• Must have a computer system and excellent computer application skills. Particularly MS Word and Excel.
• Must have a very good computer typing speed.
• Excellent oral communication skills.  
• Excellent attitude to learning, and patience with vulnerable populations including persons living with a disability. 
• Pro-choice.
• Team player.

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OBJECTIVES:

• We are seeking a passionate, detail-oriented Translators to join our team and provide routine support to research activities under the guidance of the Strategic Research and Learning Unit.

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES:

The key responsibilities of the transcriber include the following:

• The candidate will translate relevant research study-related documents and instruments e.g., Discussion Guides, Questionnaires, etc, from English into the appropriate local language (e.g., Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Pidgin) or from the local language (e.g., Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Pidgin) to English.
• Ensure translated texts convey original meaning and tone.
• Proofread translated texts for grammar, spelling and punctuation accuracy.
• Support with pretest of some of the contents with clients to ensure translation meets their needs.
• Edit content and maintain the original format (font and structure).
• Submit the final version to the team upon completion of the assignment.

Note: The role contributes to furthering MSI’s Vision: To create A WORLD IN WHICH EVERY BIRTH IS WANTED and its mission of ensuring the individual’s right to CHILDREN BY CHOICE NOT CHANCE. Work with the supervisor to finalise the survey work plan for the assigned health facilities. 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• First degree in an or equivalent in any discipline is essential. 
• Previous experience in transcribing audio recordings is essential.
• Speaks, reads, and writes fluently in English, Yoruba, Igbo and Pidgin
• Excellent proofreading skills with the ability to identify grammar, spelling and punctuation errors. – Good knowledge of content editing tools.
• Time -management skills.
• Must have a computer system and excellent computer application skills. Particularly MS Word and Excel.
• Must have a very good computer typing speed.
• Pro-choice.
• Team player.