Data Quality Assistant

Job Description

Title: Data Quality Assistant

Company Name: Toxicology Society of Bangladesh (TSB)

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• 1 to 2 years
• Freshers are also encouraged to apply.

• Essential: Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a social science–related discipline, Public Health, Development Studies, Anthropology or a related field, either awarded or submitted within three months of application date.

• Desirable: Degree (first or master’s) in social science, development studies or relevant field.

• 1 to 2 years
• Freshers are also encouraged to apply.

Knowledge & Experience:
Essential:

• Experience and ability to clean, anonymize, and organize qualitative datasets in line with ethical standards.

• Experience in transcription (Bangla audio to text)

• Experience in translation (Bangla to English)

• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel.

• Ability to work independently but also as a member of a team, to work on own initiative and meet deadlines.

• Excellent analytical and communication skills.

• Experience in qualitative research methods

• Strong working command of English

Desirable:

• Experience working on health- and/or toxicology-related topics.

• Experience editing or proofreading academic or research texts for international audiences.

• Prior experience working in a research team or donor-funded project environment.

Job Purpose

To assist in carrying out high-quality qualitative research on the social and cultural context of alcohol use and methanol poisoning in Bangladesh. The Data Quality Assistant will support the Research Assistant to ensure that raw data collected from the field—including interviews and focus groups—is accurately transcribed, translated, and refined. This role is critical in bridging the linguistic and cultural gap between local data collection and international academic analysis, ensuring that the research team at the University of Edinburgh receives "standard" datasets for analysis. This work will be carried out as part of the UK NIHR RIGHT4 project entitled, “Preventing Deaths from Acute Poisoning in Low- and Middle-Income Countries” (https://www.ed.ac.uk/cardiovascular-science/nihr-acute-poisoning) led by the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, United Kingdom.

Contract type

Renewable (initially for 4 months, with possibility for extension up to 1 month)