NGO Vacancy Announcement – CDT-Africa, College of Health Sciences, AAU
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!CDT-Africa, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University would like to invites competent and interested candidates for the following positions.
Position 1: Senior Qualitative Researcher
The Role of the Senior Qualitative Researcher
The successful applicant will be responsible for qualitative and community engagement aspects of the HOPE project.
Principal responsibilities:
- Work closely with project investigators to plan and implement the qualitative and community engagement activities for HOPE project in Ethiopia.
- Carry out participant observation in Addis Ababa amongst people who are homeless and have mental health conditions.
- Conduct in-depth interviews with key stakeholders.
- Analyse and write up findings as manuscripts to be submitted for publication.
- Co-facilitate meetings with the community advisory board.
- Plan and support other community engagement activities.
- Work closely with the lived experience lead to ensure meaningful participation.
- Additional tasks as directed by the Head of the Center or study investigators.
Terms and conditions
Number required: One
Salary: Negotiable depending on qualifications and experience.
Hours of Work: Are governed by the laws of Ethiopia. However, the nature of the work is such that it might require working overtime and weekends, with due financial compensation.
Holidays: Are governed by the rules of Addis Ababa University for project workers.
Length of Contract: This is a fixed term position for 9 months.
Probationary Period and Notice Period: There is a three-month probationary period for this role. The notice period is one month.
Reports to: CDT-Africa Center Lead
Essential requirements
- PhD in health-related or social science-related field, with thesis.
- First author publications of qualitative research in reputable journals.
- Experience of conducting ethnographic research in Ethiopia.
- Proficient with qualitative data analysis.
- Experience with community engagement activities in Ethiopia.
- Experience working with international collaborators.
- Discretion and ability to handle confidential and sensitive information.
- Strong administrative, interpersonal and organisational skills.
- Involvement in advocacy or policy engagement highly desirable.
Personal attributes
- Well organised.
- A high level of attention to detail.
- Ability to work with others, including international collaborators
- Excellent English language, communication and organizational skills
Recruitment process
- Application should be submitted with a short CV (maximum length 4 pages) and a covering letter (maximum 2 pages) to the
- The covering letter should describe how you meet the requirements for the position and why you want the job.
- The recruitment will involve a written exam and interview. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Workplace: Addis Ababa
Deadline: July 7, 2023
Position 2: Research Assistant
The Role of the Research Assistant
The successful applicant will be responsible for carrying out research activities for the HOPE project
Principal responsibilities:
- Work closely with the Principal Investigator and project co-ordinator to carry out research activities
- Supervise the field co-coordinators.
- Take the lead in planning and overseeing the quantitative data collection
- Contribute to qualitative data collection
- Carry out data quality checks in the field
- Lead on data cleaning.
- Ensure safeguarding protocols are implemented in the field.
- Monitor quality of the intervention implementation.
- Contribute to papers using data from HOPE.
- Involvement in research dissemination activities.
- Additional tasks as directed by the Head of the Center or study investigators.
Terms and conditions
Number required: One
Salary: Negotiable depending on qualifications and experience.
Hours of Work: Are governed by the laws of Ethiopia. However, the nature of the work is such that it might require working overtime and weekends, with due financial compensation.
Holidays: Are governed by the rules of Addis Ababa University for project workers.
Length of Contract: 3 years full-time position subject to six-monthly contract renewal.
Probationary Period and Notice Period: There is a three-month probationary period for this role. The notice period is one month.
Reports to: CDT-Africa Center Lead
Essential requirements
- MSc in public health-related field, with thesis.
- At least 1 year of work experience in co-ordination of research.
- Experience with population-based studies.
- Discretion and ability to handle confidential and sensitive information.
- Experience with both qualitative and quantitative research methods and data analysis.
- Strong computer program literacy and knowledge.
- Strong administrative and organisational skills.
Personal attributes
- Well organised.
- A high level of attention to detail.
- Ability to work with others, including international collaborators
- Excellent English language, communication and organizational skills
Recruitment process
- Application should be submitted with a short CV (maximum length 4 pages) and a covering letter (maximum 2 pages) to the
- The covering letter should describe how you meet the requirements for the position and why you want the job.
- The recruitment will involve a written exam and interview. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Workplace: Addis Ababa
Deadline: July 7, 2023
Position 3: Project Coordinator/Research Uptake Lead
The Role of the Project Co-ordinator
The successful applicant will be responsible for co-ordinating the HOPE project in Ethiopia and leading research uptake across Ethiopia, Ghana and Kenya.
Principal responsibilities:
- Work closely with the Principal Investigator to plan and co-ordinate study activities and research uptake.
- Co-ordinate a stakeholder analysis exercise across countries and support country teams with research uptake plans.
- Work closely with communications officer to maximise project impact.
- Prepare activity reports and co-ordinate preparation of financial reports for quarterly reporting to the funder.
- Lead for safeguarding training and development of safeguarding procedures.
- Responsible for ethics protocol submission and processes linked to ethical approval and ethical conduct of the study
- Organise weekly team meetings.
- Support the research co-ordinator/assistants to prepare for field activities, including planning staff activities, utilisation of cars and financial resources.
- Line management of research co-ordinator, research assistants, field co-ordinators, data collectors and other field staff.
- Work closely with the data manager to ensure implementation of all standardised operating procedures for quality data collection and management.
- Contribute to qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
- Lead the drafting of manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication.
- Liaise with local and international stakeholders to support engagement in the studies.
- Involvement in research dissemination activities.
- Additional tasks as directed by the Head of the Center or study investigators.
Terms and conditions
- Number required: One
- Salary: Negotiable depending on qualifications and experience.
- Hours of Work: Are governed by the laws of Ethiopia. However, the nature of the work is such that it might require working overtime and weekends, with due financial compensation.
- Holidays: Are governed by the rules of Addis Ababa University for project workers.
- Length of Contract: 3 years full-time position subject to six-monthly contract renewal.
- Probationary Period and Notice Period: There is a three-month probationary period for this role. The notice period is one month.
- Reports to: CDT-Africa Center Lead
Essential requirements
- MSc in health-related or social science-related field, with thesis.
- At least 1 year of work experience in co-ordination of research.
- Experience with research uptake activities.
- Knowledge of health research essential.
- Experience co-ordinating and community-based or intervention study an advantage.
- Experience preparing reports for international partners an advantage.
- Experience in working with international collaborators is essential.
- Discretion and ability to handle confidential and sensitive information.
- Experience with both qualitative and quantitative research methods and data analysis.
- Strong computer program literacy and knowledge.
- Strong administrative and organisational skills.
Personal attributes
- Well organised.
- A high level of attention to detail.
- Ability to work with others, including international collaborators
- Excellent English language, communication and organizational skills
Recruitment process
- Application should be submitted with a short CV (maximum length 4 pages) and a covering letter (maximum 2 pages) to the
- The covering letter should describe how you meet the requirements for the position and why you want the job.
- The recruitment will involve a written exam and interview. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Workplace: Addis Ababa
Deadline: July 7, 2023
How to Apply
Candidates who fulfill the above requirements should submit a short CV and a covering letter. Applicants should bring original documents and also submit non-returnable copy of all required and supportive documents. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for additional recruitment processes.
The application should be submitted to the office human resource management of Tikur Anbesa specialized hospital, College of Health Sciences Addis Ababa University new administration building first floor office room number 118, within 10 working days from the date of this vacancy announcement.
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