Research Assistants (Qualitative)

Vacancy Announcement

Position: Research Assistants (Qualitative)

Employment Type: Temporary Project Based Appointment (for about 36- 42 days)

Total Number of Positions: 15 (Female: 11 and Male: 4)

Salary: Negotiable

Location: Lalitpur, Nepal

Organization: CREHPA, Nepal

Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA) is a private, not-for-profit consultancy and research organization based at Kathmandu, Nepal. It is registered under Society’s Act 2034, HMG as a non-governmental organization (NGO). It is also registered with the Social Welfare Council (SWC), Nepal.

CREHPA is looking for a vibrant personality who desires to work as a Research Assistants. Researchers will be responsible for managing and successful implementation of research activities as assigned by CREHPA and delivering insightful information on Adolescence and Reproductive health activities in Baitadi and Rautahat districts.

Specifically, the Researchers will perform the following functions:

As Research Assistants, duties and responsibilities are as follows:

• Attend intensive orientation training provided by CREHPA.
• Conduct data collection from the assigned communities/ districts/ stakeholders.
• Transcription of the collected information.
• Compilation of collected information.
• Comply with ethical aspects including safety and confidentiality of the interviewees.
• Presentation of key findings in debriefing session.
• Preparation of field report.
• Work together as a team and under the guidance of Research Officer.

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science, Medical Anthropology, Public Health, Population Studies, Statistics or other development related disciplines, Master’s degree is preferred.

Skills & Experience:

• Candidates should have experience of conducting Focus Group Discussion, In-depth Interview and Key Informant Interview.
• Previous fieldwork experience in data collection and has the experience of supervising and leading the research related activities in the field.
• Ability for quality data collection using tablets
• Good writing and oral skills in Nepali as well as English.
• Candidates who can speak local language will be preferred.
• Nepali Citizen

Interested and eligible candidates are requested to apply with updated CV and a cover letter to hr@crehpa.org.np with no later than 25 November, 2019

Please note that only short-listed candidate will be contacted for the further selection process.