Armauer Hansen for fresh graduates 2024

The Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) was based in 1970 by the initiative of the Norwegian and Swedish Save the Children organizations seconded by the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia. The Institute received its identify from the Norwegian doctor, Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen, who first described the leprosy bacillus (Mycobacterium leprae). AHRI reorganized by the decree of the Council of Minister’s Regulation No. 376/2016 as biomedical analysis, scientific trial and analysis capability constructing beneath the Federal Ministry of Health. AHRI, over its 50 years in service, is well-known for its hub perform for talent and expertise switch and partnership embracing analysis agendas with direct affect within the growth and transformation of inhabitants in Ethiopia and past.

The Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (MNTD) Research Division is among the departments within the institute and at present MNTD has secured grant from EDCTP-Three mutual settlement with AHRI (Armauer Hansen Research Institute) going to conduct DPP Project: Therefore, the MNTD Division is on the lookout for self-driven, motivated, progressive and energetic researchers to affix our crew as Junior Researchers.

Position 1: Junior Researcher_ Public Health or Health informatics Armauer Hansen

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct data assortment, information entry and information cleansing actions through REDCap and different software program.
• Prompt response to the requests from undertaking coordinator, supervisor, native information collectors and the sphere workers·
• Responsible for precisely completing data and stories from subject and assist in coordination of information assortment.
• Responsible to deal with CRF’s and adhere to information high quality protocols.
• Preparing project particular information assortment devices, information dealing with and sharing platforms.
• Maintain information integration, sharing, analysis and high quality assurance of project information
• Update the info crew a few project information standing when ever requested and report on time with all the mandatory information qualities.
• Be capable of comprehend any pressing requests and duties by the PI and information managers with within the requested timeframe.

Qualifications

• BSc Degree in Public Health or Health informatics fields from a recognized college.
• Minimum CGPA of 3.50 for male and 3.00 for female applicants
• Zero year work experience
• Willingness to work on the field site steadily.

Other Competencies

• Fluency in English Language
• Experience on data management instruments such as ODK, REDCap, KoboToolbox etc is a bonus
• Data analysis talent with R and STATA and project information monitoring is a plus.
• Basic data in analysis methodology and analysis designs.
• Strong computer literacy (MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and web use)
• Excellent interpersonal communication talent
• Capacity to work under stress and handle private stress ranges
• Ability to work with others/team work, including worldwide collaborators.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills of English and Afan Oromo languages.

Duty station: Addis Ababa with a frequent travel to the sphere (research websites) and may keep for months within the field.

Number required: 3 (Three)

Salary: ETB 10,386.00

Terms of employment: one yr contract interval with full time employment basis with risk of extension based on efficiency and funds availability.

Application form

Position 2: Assistant Researcher_Qualitative Research

 Description of Roles and Responsibilities

The profitable candidate will work closely with the project crew members. The analysis assistant is expected to carry out the next duties.

• Communicate with stakeholders around the research space together with research contributors to facilitate the info assortment course of
• Creating and sustaining good rapport with individuals in the communities internet hosting the research.
• Identify and qualify analysis participants for the info assortment
• Orient the native subject assistants on the target of the research and information assortment devices to come back to get their full assist
• Collecting qualitative information utilizing numerous strategies together with in-depth interviews, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and transect walks.
• Check the standard of qualitative data collected at spot and take corrective actions if there may be any deviation/drawback
• Transcribing interviews verbatim within the unique language
• Translating transcripts from native language to English
• Prepare and submit periodic progress stories to undertaking coordinator (s), social science WP chief and the undertaking PI
• Producing high quality subject notes and write research stories
• Submitting all types of information to REDCap.
• Perform qualitative coding and evaluation utilizing software program with assist from senior specialists.
• Assist the social science WP chief in scientific manuscript write up and technical stories
• Perform any assignments given by the PI

Required Qualifications and Experience

• MPH or MA degree or above in Public Health, Sociology, Anthropology or other Social Science fields
• At least two years proven work experience as a qualitative researcher.
• Experiences in qualitative research specifically information assortment instruments, actual time data capturing instruments (REDCap), subject data assortment, information transcription, translation and manuscript write up
• Experience in project actions
• Experience in qualitative data evaluation Software (MAXQDA, Nvivo, ATLAS.ti, and many others)
• Excellent oral and written communication abilities of English and Afan Oromo languages.

Other Competencies

• Strong laptop literacy (MS office: Word, Excel, Power Point and web use)
• Excellent interpersonal communication talent
• Capacity to work beneath stress and handle private stress ranges
• Ability to work with others/crew work, together with worldwide collaborators

Positions available: 3 (three)

Duty station: Addis Ababa with a frequent travel to the field (research sites) and may keep for months in the field

Salary: ETB 15,767.00

Terms of employment: One year contract period with full time employment basis with risk of extension based on efficiency and funds availability

Application form

Position 3: Research Assistant

The Role of the Research Assistant

Assist in the SHARP Community Dialogue intervention at Kalu District, South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia.

Duties and responsibilities

Data Collection     

• Identify participants primarily based on eligibility standards, and procure consent from study contributors
• Organize, coordinate, and schedule interviews
• Enroll participants within the research following Community Dialogue (CD) periods.
• Assign a participant identification number (PIN).
• Fill in KAP questionnaires with CD participants and their members of the family earlier than and after CD.
• Arrange a handy setting for interviews and focus group discussions.
• Moderator and conduct in-depth interviews with Community Dialogue facilitators.
• Moderator and conduct focus group discussions with Community Dialogue participants.
• Moderator and conduct in-depth interviews with CL champions and suspect CL patients.
• Ensure that all periods are audio recorded (ideally) in English or in any other case the native language.
• Maintain respectful interactions with participants and participant confidentiality.
• Audio report all interviews, correctly manage audio data and ship it to the central server.
• Transcribe/translate interviews verbatim and add/ship to the server.
• Maintain all procedures of information quality and moral necessities
• Hand over the audio recorders and all associated paperwork to the analysis coordinator when the interview is accomplished.
• Complete missed or incomplete interviews (if any)
• Additional duties as directed by the researcher or research investigators.

Daily debriefing

• Participate in daily debriefing meetings (possibly each night after interviews/FGDs) to debate with researchers to discuss challenges and possible options for next-day exercise.
• Involve in peer checking meetings for dialogue.

Terms and conditions

Salary: As per organizational Scale.

Working place: Base at study space South Wollo and Dessie

Hours of work: are ruled by the legal guidelines of Ethiopia. However, the nature of the work is such that it might require working overtime and weekends, with due monetary compensation.

Holidays: are ruled by the foundations of AHRI for undertaking employees.

Length of contract: that is six months topic to few-month contract renewals.

Probationary interval: there’s a 45-day probationary interval for this function.

Terms of employment

Full-time, short-term contract (4 to six-month), put up topic to 45-day probation.

Number Required: 2 (Two)

Duration: March 1, 2024 – September 30, 2024

Job Requirement

Qualifications and experience:

• MPH/MSc with health-related background or different associated fields (Public Health, Nursing or MA Psychology, anthropology, or sociology from an accredited higher schooling institution.
• Preferably, who knows the culture of the Kalu community or ingrown/grew up in Wollo
• Strong laptop literacy and data.
• Strong administrative and subject coordination.
• Excellent experience in conducting qualitative analysis/research.
• Excellent experience in transcribing qualitative interviews/information.
• Training in good scientific observe (GCP), Research ethics, and information high quality management/assurance (most well-liked).

Personal attributes

• Well-organized and passionate about conducting qualitative analysis.
• Excellent communication and organizational abilities.
• Excellent oral and writing abilities in an area language (Amharic) and English.
• Ability to observe deadlines, accuracy, documentation, and a spotlight to element.
• Ability to work with others/teamwork, together with collaborators.
• Willingness to take up further responsibilities and orientation coaching as wanted.

Application form

Deadline: Feb 26, 2024

How to Apply

Interested applicants who fulfill the above requirements should send their CV/resume through ethiojobs.net and to facilitate the screening process, applicants should also fill the online application form at the above application links

Please note that this on-line application kind is necessary and candidates who fail to fill the net kind is not going to be thought-about for screening. Multiple submissions for this job put up shouldn’t be allowed.

NB: Applicants from native space (South Wollo) can submit their CV and credential in particular person at the Dessie website workplace of (AHRI’s) SHARP Project which is situated (round shell gas station, behind Ayteyef Hotel, within the building previously Abdulaziz clinic was there).