John Snow, Inc., and our nonprofit JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., are public health management consulting and research organizations dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities throughout the world.
JSI’s mission is to improve the health of underserved people and communities and to provide a place where people of passion and commitment can pursue this cause.
For 35 years, Boston-based JSI and our affiliates have provided high-quality technical and managerial assistance to public health programs worldwide. JSI has implemented projects in 106 countries, and currently operates from eight U.S. and 81 international offices, with more than 500 U.S.-based professionals and 1,600 host country staff.
JSI is deeply committed to improving the health of individuals and communities worldwide. We work in partnership with governments, organizations, and host-country experts to improve quality, access and equity of health systems worldwide. We collaborate with government agencies, the private sector, and local nonprofit and civil society organizations to achieve change in communities and health systems.Position Overview
JSI is hiring two state research assistants. The research assistants will work with the State team lead and HAPPI team to strengthen the assessment portion of the lessons learned from the recent HPV Vaccine Introduction, will interact with key Government and Non-Governmental Stakeholders, caregivers, community leaders, health care workers, and State/LGA-level managers, with the aim to better understand their perception and key lessons from the vaccine introduction
Responsibilities of the Nigeria Learning Qualitative Research Assistant.
Specific responsibilities of the Research Assistant will include, but not be limited to, the following assigned duties:
Support the state lead to recruit participants for the research
Support notes takers
Conduct interviews and support translation and transcription
Import paper tools, voice recording, notes and input it into database
Synthesis of interview findings, thematically analysis manual data
Support the state lead state level report
Participate in daily debrief
Complete additional activities assigned by the state team lead.
Deliverables:
Set up data database
Interviews conducted
State level report
Qualifications
Is a consultancy position in which the consultant must be based in Adamawa and Benue States for this position the candidate must have the following qualifications:
Degree in Design, Qualitative Research or Social science or related area. Comparable work experience will be considered.
Solid experience on Social Science or SBCC especially the Nigerian context.
Knowledge of Immunization programme policies and strategies is desirable but not required
Knowledge of the functioning of health system management and Health Programs at state, LGA, Health facility and community levels in Nigeria is desirable but not required
Knowledge and familiar with the implementation of study protocols in Nigeria
Strong communication, presentation and writing skills in English
Excellent communicator, able to easily share information
Ability to work under pressure and in complex environments with multiple tasks and manage personal stress levels
Ability to work effectively and independently (with minimal supervision) in a wide variety of situations
Availability for internal trips in Nigeria for research settings up to four weeks.
