Senior Research Assistant

Introduction

The Outreach and Research Programme of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health has ten community-based field sites across Pakistan (including four in Karachi) and focuses on research for betterment of women and child health. The Department has a Nutritional Research Laboratory as well as an Infectious Disease Research Laboratory that cater to the needs of its research projects. It has well-acclaimed work to its credit both at the national and international level.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Responsibilities    

You will be responsible to:

• prepare weekly reports and report it to Project supervisors
• provide and Record keeping of project incentive with social mobilizers
• translate and Urdu typing of project documents
• maintain all the project data in proper manner
• plan and conduct awareness sessions in community
• provide proper counselling to study participants
• coordinate with the project supervisors to discuss field related activities
• provide training to the staff as per the protocols and guidelines of study
• highly organized and self-motivated
• conduct field-based clinical assessments of study participants, including vital signs, basic physical exams, and sample collection as per study protocols
• ensure proper handling, storage, and transportation of biological samples 

Requirement

You should have:

• Bachelor’ s degree Graduation in Social Science or any other relevant degree
• 1 – 2 years of related work experience
• strong communication and interpersonal skills
• good writing skills
• basic Knowledge of survey and other research designs
• ability to manage time and prioritize tasks effectively
• good communication and interpersonal Skills
• resilience and ability to cope with work pressure
• willing to work in the communities/field sites
• good Computer and Report Writing Skills