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Social Scientist Vacancy details
- Job Title
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Social Scientist
- Duty Station
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Busia
- Duties Brief
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- Work with study investigators to identify potential study participants
- Conduct the informed consent process with study participants
- Conduct in-depth interviews (IDIs) with health sector actors and community members, as described in the study protocol.
- Carry out transcription and translation of IDIs
- Develop codes for analysis as per themes emerging from the data collected in the study and prepare a codebook.
- Conduct qualitative data analysis following the identified themes.
- Participate in debrief meetings with the study investigators on a weekly basis during the data collection period and at the end of the data collection process
- Participate in development of dissemination messages from the study findings.
- Participate in writing reports and manuscripts emerging from the data collected in the study
- Qualification Required
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- A bachelor's degree in humanities including Social work, Social Science, sociology, community psychology, Development Studies among others
- A master's degree in humanities including Social Work, Social Science, Community Psychology, Development Studies among others or public health.
- Over five years experience conducting qualitative research including conducting interviews
- Good knowledge of GCP with a valid certificate
- Experience using qualitative data analysis software including NVivo
- Integrity, good communication, interpersonal and or people skills
- Ability to operate in fast and diverse communities with intense demands
- Ability to speak Samia, Ateso, Kiswahilli and Luganda
- Deadline
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2/21/2025