Title: Intervention Research Assistant
Company Name: RTM International Sylhet
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in any discipline
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ RTM International is going to appoint Intervention Research Assistant for the study titled “A Ring Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Intervention to Reduce Cholera in Hotspots in Bangladesh (Urban Model)”. The required qualification and experiences for the position.
∎ Job Location:- Dhaka, Bangladesh with travel to remote rural field sites.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Job Responsibilities • Attending a 14-day Qualitative Training Session
∎ Attending a 14-Day cholera WASH Intervention Delivery Training
∎ Using a database on a netbook computer for data entry
∎ Entering all paper forms into the study database with a week of collecting this data. This includes supporting entry of forms conducted by the Evaluation Team.
∎ Conducting in-depth Interviews, intervention workshops, and focus group discussions
∎ Transcribing and translating in-depth interviews, intervention workshops, and focus group discussions within a week of conducting these activities
∎ Writing a 2-page summary of each in-depth interview, intervention workshop, and focus group discussion within 48 hours of conducting these activities
∎ Attending debriefing sessions with the intervention coordinator within 4 hours after each interview or focus group discussion
∎ Conducting structured observations in the household
∎ Assisting with analysis and interpretation of qualitative and structured observation data
∎ Assisting with the development of intervention communication materials
∎ Piloting developed intervention and evaluation forms and protocols in study households
∎ Assisting with the refinement of intervention and evaluation materials
∎ Attending weekly field team meetings with all study staff
∎ Attending weekly field team meetings with the intervention team only
∎ Attending monthly refresher trainings
∎ Completing intervention visit forms and submitting these to the Intervention Team Coordinator
∎ Conducting ring and group sessions for intervention delivery
∎ Coding open ended questions for knowledge and water treatment and handwashing questions
∎ Checking all study forms collected for completeness, and responding to queries from the study data manager. This includes returning to study participants in the hospital and household to complete missing or erroneous data.
∎ Assisting in any aspects of the pilot and intervention study as directed by the Intervention Coordinator, Project Coordinator, or Principal Investigator
∎ Screening of diarrhea patients at health facilities
∎ Conducting stool testing for cholera using the rapid VC Dipstick test
∎ Conducting baseline and clinical surveillance visits
∎ Putting barcodes on all stool and water samples collected and entering them into main database and laboratory receiving database
∎ Bringing collected stool and water samples to the laboratory and entering them into the laboratory receiving database
∎ Entering all stool samples collected into the main receiving database
∎ Entering all stool samples collected into the laboratory receiving database
∎ This position will sometimes include work early in the morning and late in the evenings and on Saturdays and Sundays.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 24 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Previous experience as a health promoter
∎ Proficiency in Microsoft excel and word
∎ Proficiency in Access
∎ Other requirements:-
∎ Strong organizational and communication skills.
∎ Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
∎ Eagerness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced research setting.
Salary:
∎ Negotiable
∎ As an organization policy
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 17 Dec 2023
Company Information:
∎ 7 Dec 2023
∎ RTM International Sylhet
∎ Address : RTM International, Shahi Edgah , Tultikor , Near Heart foundation, Sylhet Sadar , Sylhet.
Category: NGO/Development
: RTM International has policy regarding Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), Gender Policy, Child Protection Policy. Organization has Policy of Zero Tolerance regarding this issue. Candidates having knowledge on PSEA will be preferred. ### Application Instruction ###Interested candidates are requested to apply to the Director (Admin), RTM International, 581, Shewrapara, Mirpur, Dhaka-1216. Electronic copy of the application, detailed curriculum vitae along with recent passport size photograph, contact number, e-mail address, copy of NID, all academic certificates are to be sent to Email: [email protected] on or before 17 December 2023.Submit your CV as per RTM International's CV format file Only short-listed candidates will be called for interview. No TA/DA will be provided for attending the interview.
Source: bdjobs.com