Research Assistant at John Snow Inc - JSI

Position Overview

• JSI is hiring two state research assistants. The research assistants will work with the State team lead and HAPPI team to strengthen the assessment portion of the lessons learned from the recent HPV Vaccine Introduction, will interact with key Government and Non-Governmental Stakeholders, caregivers, community leaders, health care workers, and State/LGA-level managers, with the aim to better understand their perception and key lessons from the vaccine introduction

Responsibilities of the Nigeria Learning Qualitative Research Assistant.
Specific responsibilities of the Research Assistant will include, but not be limited to, the following assigned duties:

• Support the state lead to recruit participants for the research
• Support notes takers
• Conduct interviews and support translation and transcription
• Import paper tools, voice recording, notes and input it into database
• Synthesis of interview findings, thematically analysis manual data
• Support the state lead  state level report
• Participate in daily debrief
• Complete additional activities assigned by the state team lead.

Deliverables:

• Set up data database
• Interviews conducted
• State level report

Qualifications
Is a consultancy position in which the consultant must be based in Adamawa and Benue States for this position the candidate must have the following qualifications:

• Degree in Design, Qualitative Research or Social science or related area. Comparable work experience will be considered.
• Solid experience on Social Science or SBCC especially the Nigerian context.
• Knowledge of Immunization programme policies and strategies is desirable but not required
• Knowledge of the functioning of health system management and Health Programs at state, LGA, Health facility and community levels in Nigeria is desirable but not required
• Knowledge and familiar with the implementation of study protocols in Nigeria
• Strong communication, presentation and writing skills in English
• Excellent communicator, able to easily share information
• Ability to work under pressure and in complex environments with multiple tasks and manage personal stress levels
• Ability to work effectively and independently (with minimal supervision) in a wide variety of situations
• Availability for internal trips in Nigeria for research settings up to four weeks.