20 Field Research Assistants – IDRC Uganda Jobs

Job Title: 20 Field Research Assistants

Organization: Infectious Disease Research Collaboration (IDRC Uganda)

Job Location: Yumbe

Roles and responsibilities:

• Mapping, enumeration and enrolment of all study households
• Installation of SR in the reference arm of the study
• Timely and accurate completion of informed consent for all study participants
• Completion of finger prick malaria tests for all participants according to the study protocol
• Accurate and complete data entry of all study forms, logs and questionnaires

Minimum qualifications:

• Experience conducting research in malaria or other infectious diseases, as a study clinician, study lab technician or field research assistant is a must.
• Should have undergone training in basic lab technique for collection of blood by finger-prick (this may be as a VHT, research assistant within a research training programme or as a clinician/lab technician in a formal school of biomedical sciences),
• Diploma in clinical medicine, lab technology or other humanities.
• Evidence of GCP and HSP training,
• Ability to work under stringent deadlines
• Ability to speak ONE of these local languages is a MUST (Juba Arabic, Kakwa, and Lugbara-Ti -Aringa dialect)

How To Apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications via the link below:

Apply here now!

Deadline: 6th Oct, 2023