Location: Buikwe and Busia districts, with some national-level interviews

Duration: Approximately two months during the first phase

Background

Makerere University School of Public Health, in collaboration with Jhpiego, is implementing the Scaling the Optimal Use of Multiple ACTs to Prevent Antimalarial Drug Resistance (STOP-AMDR) Project. The project will conduct qualitative interviews with stakeholders in Buikwe and Busia districts and at national level to inform the introduction and scale-up of Multiple First-line Therapies in Uganda.

Responsibilities

• To conduct, record, transcribe and support the analysis of qualitative interviews with community, health-system and national-level stakeholders.
• Attend study-team training and pretesting activities.
• Facilitate entry into communities and workplaces for data collection.
• Conduct and record key-informant interviews in accordance with the study protocol.
• Administer informed consent and respond to participants’ questions about the study.
• Participate in team debriefing meetings and data-quality-control processes.
• Handle audio files and transcripts appropriately and securely.
• Transcribe recorded interviews verbatim in English and translate local-language interviews into English without losing meaning.
• Participate in coding transcripts using the agreed codebook.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Field Supervisor, Project Coordinator or investigators.

Qualifications and Desirable Qualities

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English and either Luganda or Lusamia.
• Experience conducting qualitative interviews
• Demonstrable experience transcribing qualitative interviews, particularly those translated from a local language into English.
• Experience coding transcripts using computer-assisted qualitative data-analysis software is desirable.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability and willingness to reside in the assigned study district throughout the data-collection period.
• Ability to work independently and meet strict deadlines with minimal supervision.
• A valid certificate in Human Subjects Protection.
• Previous data-collection experience in the selected district or region is desirable.

How to Apply

How to Apply

Applicants should complete the online application form and submit an application addressed to the Dean, Makerere University School of Public Health, together with an updated curriculum vitae, names and contact details of two referees, and a valid Human Subjects Research training certificate.

Applicants should indicate their preferred study district and relevant language proficiency.

Application link: CLICK HERE

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.