Research Assistant at Vital Strategies: (Deadline 9 February 2022)

Research Assistant at Vital Strategies: (Deadline 9 February 2022)

Research Assistant at Vital Strategies: (Deadline 9 February 2022)

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Vital Strategies is a global health organization that aim to design and implement evidence-based strategies that tackle their most pressing public health problems. Vital strategy to has partnered with RBC to strengthen data for health including population-based cancer registry Vital Strategies/Rwanda representative would like to hire a contractual staff to fulfill the following responsibilities:

Job Titles:

Research assistant

Report to

The research assistant will report to Rwanda Cancer Research Principal Investigator

Job overview

This is a position of one year with potential of renewal and will consist on cancer related research in Rwanda including survival studies among cancer patients in Rwanda.

Responsibilities

  • Design and manage the implementation of health related research including survival studies and evaluation studies, using qualitative and quantitative research methods
  • Design research instruments, for qualitative and quantitative studies, with minimal supervision, including protocols, questionnaires, sampling plans, implementation plans.
  • Oversee project implementation, including ethical clearance, liaising with agencies in collaborating countries, troubleshooting and maintaining frequent communication with all necessary staff to ensure implementation of projects of high quality
  • Conduct recruitment and interview of patients enrolled in the study
  • Work with clinicians on following up cancer patients
  • Support and/or produce high quality research reports and writings, including informative data analytics and appealing data visualizations
  • Maintain quantitative and qualitative datasets for ongoing projects and papers
  • Conduct analysis as necessary and directed, using multivariate statistical approaches
  • Produce visually appealing data representations for use in reports or other technical writings and for use in the media
  • Prepare reports, presentations, and drafts of academic papers

Qualifications

  • Bachelors’ degree in health related field including Nursing, Clinical medicine, Biomedical sciences, Biostatistics, public health or other health related field, having a master’s degree is a plus
  • Relevant experience in clinical research including follow up / survival studies
  • Demonstrated advanced statistical skills applied to social science data is required, including multivariate regressions, ability to produce high-quality and interpretative data visualizations is desired.
  • Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality research writings that may include technical reports, white papers, academic writings
  • Experience managing research projects from start to finish
  • Knowledge of statistics and quantitative research methods, required; must be expert in using data analysis software like SPSS, STATA, NVivo or Atlas
  • Strong communication skills, including demonstrated verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, is necessary; fluency in English and Kinyarwanda.

Experience:

A minimum of 2 years of experience in health related research

Deadline of this Job:
09 February 2022

Duty Station:
Kigali,  with the possibility to travel to  various locations within Rwanda

Job application procedure

Please send a cover letter, CV with three referees, copy of degree and relevant certificates including salary expectations in one PDF document to [email protected]





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