Job Summary
The Biopsychosocial Determinants of Resilient Aging in Kenya (BRAIN-RESILIENCE-KENYA Project), a three-year Wellcome Leap funded project is seeking a Research Assistant. The Research Assistant will help with data curation, cleaning, analysis, and report generation for BMI’s research activities. He/She will also assist with transcribing BMI qualitative data (IDIs, KII or FGD for different upcoming projects as directed by the PI of the project.
Responsibilities
Assist with recruiting study participants;
Conduct data collection (Quantitative and Qualitative) as assigned within the BMI projects;
Participate in developing tools for data collection;
Support in data management and storage;
Conduct data analysis on the project as assigned by project PI’s;
Perform transcriptions and translations when required;
Maintaining security and safeguarding confidentiality of BMI’s data including audio files;
Assists with drafting reports and presentations based on qualitative and quantitative research and analysis;
Assist in conducting literature reviews and writing reports;
Participate in team meetings and task force meetings as required; and
Takes on other research projects and tasks as advised by the Project PI.
Requirements
At least completed a Bachelor’s Degree in the last six months or have an ongoing or completed Master’s degree in any of the following areas: Sociology, Anthropology, Demography, Social Work or related discipline;
Proficiency in English and Swahili language skills, writing, spoken and typing skills;
Experience with both qualitative and quantitative data collection Strategies;
Quantitative and qualitative analytical skills are desired;
Previous experience in transcriptions; and
Experience in translations will be an added advantage.
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