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

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

JOB ADVERT

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 hagmarc@gmail.com