Job Title: Research Assistant/Note-taker (Vitamin A)
Employer: Tship Nigeria
Sector: Non-Government Organisation (NGO)
Location: Bauchi, Nigeria
Type: Contract
Job opening ID: 81
Roles and responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for managing all arrangements for an effective conduction of in-depth interviews (e.g., setting up tape-recorder, labeling the cassette tapes, and taking appropriate security measures to protect the tapes once the session is over, etc.)
• Responsible for taking detailed notes of key informant interviews, and then to expand those notes into rich descriptions.
• Responsible for tasks related to recording (operating the tape recorder, labeling the cassette tapes, and taking appropriate security measures to protect the tapes once the session is over).
• Conducts a debriefing session with the moderator immediately after the key informant interview. This should ideally begin shortly after the interview session has ended; within 15 minutes to a half-hour.
• Responsible for transcribing all taped-recording of the key informant interviews.
Deliverables:
• Expanded notes of each key informant interview conducted.
• Taped recording for each key informant interview conducted.
• Transcriptions for each taped key informant interview conducted.
Skill set Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree
• Should be fluent in speaking Hausa and English, as well as in writing in English
• Minimum 3 years relevant work experience in the development sector, MNCH/FP/RH program assessment preferred. Also should have direct experience with working with rural communities,
• 1-3 years experience with qualitative research with 2 of which as a note taker
• Skills include mastery of an efficient system for taking copious notes and expanding them
• Transcribe notes and tapes using a specific format agreed upon with the consultant
• The ability to quickly identify and take down individual quotes that capture the spirit of a given point.
• Should be careful observers of verbal and non-verbal behaviors and be discreet about note-taking as they operate the recording equipment.
• Should be able to synthesize their observations to serve as the basis for immediate discussion, following each focus group session.
Work experience: 3-4years
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