Research Assistant, Brain and Mind Institute at Aga Khan University Hospital

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.