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Research Associate - Healing and Resilience After Trauma job Post
Location: Jobs in Uganda 2023 - 2024
Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day
Salary:
UGX
No. of vacancies: 01
Deadline: 29 November 2023
Hiring Organization: Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
Job Details:
Position Summary
IPA is seeking a Research Associate to support an impact evaluation of the Move with HaRT intervention with survivors of human trafficking in Uganda. Move with HaRT is a group-based, mind-body program that is hypothesized to improve the mental, physical, and social well-being of persons affected by trauma. This impact evaluation will be one of the first globally focused on the mental health and well-being of survivors of human trafficking. The Research Associate will have an exciting opportunity of working closely with academic researchers, NGO partners, and other field staff to perform a variety of tasks including, but not limited to designing survey questionnaires, conducting qualitative research, running pilot exercises, refining study design and surveying instruments, managing survey teams, negotiating contracts with survey firms, checking and analyzing data, cleaning data and assisting in a preliminary analysis, assisting in the writing of project reports and policy memos, and coordinating with key government and five NGO partners.
The Research Associate reports to and falls under the direct supervision of the Associate Research Manager (ARM). The Research Associate will work with and seek project-related guidance from the research team or Principal Investigator. The Research Associate may from time to time perform other duties not listed in the job description.
Responsibilities
• Liaise with Principal Investigators and Associate Research Manager in the design of survey questionnaires
• Work with the data manager to program survey tools using SurveyCTO, high-frequency checks and data flows
• Develop data collection protocols and data quality assurance protocols
• Develop a data collection plan (procurement, logistics and route plan) that ensures adherence to the data collection budget
• Manage the project budget
• Supervise training of team leaders, auditors, and surveyors
• Conduct daily data quality checks
• Ensure implementation of survey spot checks and back-checks
• Compile clean databases
• Assist the PI team in data analysis as requested
• Assisting in managing relationships with donors, partner organizations and researchers
• Produce technical reports for donors and/or other stakeholders (e.g., fieldwork reports)
• Keep the Associate Research Manager and the PI team appraised of all project activities
Other Duties
• As assigned by your supervisor, perform other tasks, which are consistent with your level in the organization.
Supervisory Responsibilities
• Designated Project Field Managers, and overall oversight of the Field Officers.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, social sciences, public policy, or related fields, master’s degree preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Stata, surveyCTO, and experience with data management, data cleaning, and regression analysis.
• Experience with quantitative research, ideally with randomized controlled trials.
• Experience with qualitative research including designing interview guides.
• Excellent management and organizational skills along with strong quantitative skills.
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude.
• Flexible, self-motivated, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently, and a team player.
• Demonstrated ability to manage high-level relationships with partner organizations.
• Experience running a large-scale survey and managing the survey implementation and data entry process.
• Experience with Computer-Assisted Interviewing is preferred, but not required.
• Fluency and excellent communication skills in the English language.
• Committed to upholding and creating space for diverse perspectives and maintaining respectful, equitable relationships throughout the work.
• Experience working in mental health or gender-based violence-related fields
Physical Requirements:
• Ability and willingness to travel to various project sites across Central Uganda.
• Ability to safely and successfully perform essential job functions consistent with government standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with IPA standards.
• Must be able to talk, listen and speak clearly on the telephone.
Application procedure
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Date Posted: 2023-11-15
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