Title: Senior Research Associate
Company Name: BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH)
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Master in nutrition/ public health/health economics or other related fields
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ BRAC JPGSPH was founded in 2004 in Dhaka, Bangladesh to address the unmet public health challenges particular to Asia, Africa and South America. The school ensures premier higher education with unparalleled real-life teaching and learning focuses on pressing and emerging national and global public health challenges.
∎ The school envisions being the leading global public health institute for the world`s pressing health challenges affecting disadvantaged communities. The school builds capacity and contributes to Public Health by creating innovative public health leaders and solutions through cutting-edge, experiential Education, Training, Research and Advocacy. The aim is to enable public health leaders, practitioners, critical thinkers, researchers, advocates, and stewards in order to enable concrete changes to improve the lives of disadvantaged populations locally, regionally and internationally.
∎ We are looking to recruit a Senior Research Associate for the School.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Conduct a desk-based review of selected projects on nutrition education (NE) and social and behavior change
∎ communication (SBCC) and synthesize the findings as assigned by the principal investigator/co-investigator
∎ Develop data collection methods and research tools for mixed method study (qualitative and quantitative)
∎ Develop research proposal and prepare IRB protocol
∎ Conduct qualitative interviews with programme personnel, service providers and experts working for health,
∎ nutrition and nutrition sensitive-agriculture
∎ Analyze qualitative and quantitative data
∎ Drafting the reports emerged from the findings
∎ Participate in meetings and seminars as and when necessary
∎ Coordinate other tasks as and when necessary for the successful completion of the research project
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 3 years of work experience in managing large research projects
∎ Prior experience of analyzing qualitative and quantitative data
∎ At least 1 publication in peer reviewed journal
∎ Must have strong analytical skills and writing ability
∎ Experience of coding qualitative data using Atlas-Ti or N Vivo
∎ Proficiency in the use of statistical software such as SPSS, STATA for analyzing quantitative data
∎ Ability to manage research team working in the field and in office
∎ Willingness to work late hours to meet urgent deadlines
∎ Ability to set priorities, follow-through, and ensure deadlines are met
∎ Excellent written and verbal communication skills
∎ Interact with faculty and students to anticipate needs, understand/interpret requests, and complete projects
Salary:
∎ Attractive salary package will be offered for truly deserving candidates.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 11 Jan 2022
Company Information:
∎ 5 Jan 2022
∎ BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH)
Category: Education/Training
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Source: bdjobs.com