Research Assistants

Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University is implementing The Challenge Initiative (TCI), a project funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) through The Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health (GI), Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public He…

Research Assistants

Responsibilities

• Identify, screen, and recruit eligible study participants using approved procedures.

• Obtain informed consent before data collection.

• Administer approved survey tools and conduct in-depth interviews, as assigned.

• Facilitate interviews using appropriate probing, active listening, and neutral interviewing techniques.

• Conduct interviews in the participant’s preferred language, where appropriate.

• Record interviews and take comprehensive field notes where consent has been obtained.

• Maintain accurate participant and interview tracking records.

• Participate in daily field briefings and debriefing sessions.

• Provide regular updates on recruitment and data collection progress.

• Report recruitment challenges, technical issues, participant concerns, and protocol deviations promptly.

• Maintain confidentiality and secure custody of study data, equipment, and materials.

• Support data quality assurance activities as required by the study team.

Required Qualifications

• Degree in Social Sciences, Public Health, Community Development, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, or a related field.

• Demonstrated experience in qualitative research, in-depth interviews, and/or survey data collection.