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The Project:
The Centre for Healthcare Quality and Innovation (CHQI), based at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, seeks to recruit twenty (20) Research Assistants on a temporary threemonth contract to be based in Central and Eastern Kenya, including Nairobi, and reporting to thePrincipal Investigator.
Job Purpose:
Recruitment of study participants and study implementation
Duties and Responsibilities:
Operationalize study Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on site activation, participant recruitment, and data management;
Ensure compliance to study protocol and institutional guidelines;
Implement study activities including community engagement, information giving on study purpose and conduct, obtain informed consent and sample collection;
Maintaining accurate records of study procedures;
Provide study team with regular feedback on study activities;
Participate in regular team calls and meetings;
Other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned.
Job Specification:
Applicants must meet at least one of the following qualification pathways to be eligible. These include:
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery ( MBChB) with evidence of research experience; or, a Bachelor's degree in Health Sciences with at least three (3) years' relevant research or clinical experience; or
Diploma in a health profession with three (3) years' experience in infectious diseases (HIV, TB) or NCD prevention and care.; or
Masters degree in a social sciences in any of the following disciplines; Sociology, Medical Anthropology, Health Economics, or Gender Studies, with demonstrated qualitative research experience.
