Position: Research Assistant
Number of Position: 5
Location: Pokhara, Kaski (1)
Bhandara and Narayangarh, Chitwan (2)
Butwal, Rupendehi(2)
Organization: CREHPA, Nepal
Employment type: Project based (1 year with the possibility of extension)
Salary: Negotiable depending qualifications and experiences
Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities (CREHPA) is a not-for-profit non-governmental research organization based at Kathmandu, Nepal. It is registered under Society’s Act 2034, with the Government of Nepal and the Social Welfare Council (SWC), Nepal. In the past 26 years, CREHPA has been conducting research in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights.
In collaboration with University of California, San Francisco, CREHPA is conducting a longitudinal study to understand the pregnancy context and health outcomes for women and children in Nepal. For this study, CREHPA is looking for vibrant personalities who desire to work as a research assistant and have research skills in conducting quantitative as well as qualitative studies.
Major responsibilities of Research Assistant will be to:
- Attend intensive orientation training in Kathmandu.
- Establish and sustain cordial relations with pharmacy/clinic staff and other staff of the clinic/pharmacy.
- Enroll participants as instructed and interview eligible women
- Conduct follow-up interviews with women either at the clinic/pharmacy or home or other setting on the 6 weeks, 6 months and 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months and 36 months after the visit of the assigned clinic/pharmacy.
- Maintain data security and confidentiality measures as instructed and submit the data to the Research Officer or other assigned person (such as Data Manager of CREHPA) as instructed.
- Maintain regular coordination and communication with core Study Team members and submit periodic progress reports as requested.
- Attend project related on site or central level meetings.
- Assist in the study related works as assigned by the core team members.
Minimum qualification
Bachelor’s Degree in any Social Science, subject preferred in sociology and anthropology, Public Health, Health education, Population Studies or other research related disciplines but Master’s degree in any of these subject is preferred.
- Female
- Nepali Citizen
- Prior work experience in the similar research (Abortion, reproductive health, family planning, adolescent health and rights etc.) in the pharmacy/clinics or similar settings, prior experiences of conducting interviews will be an asset.
- Prior working experiences with CREHPA in health research will be an additional advantage.
- Resident of Kaski, Chitwan and Rupendehidistricts or adjoining districts
- Reasonably good understandings of English, Nepali and local languages of the study districts
- Familiar with technology such as using tablets and smart mobile application
- Flexible in working hours
- Flexible for travelling to the rural areas for follow up interviews with women
- Capacity to work in a team and willingness to work in clinic/pharmacy setting
- Good personality and communications skills including working knowledge in internet email, Microsoft word/PowerPoint/ excel etc.
- Commitment to work at least for three years
- Ready to start work within 7 days after selected
Interested and eligible candidates are requested to apply with updated CV and a cover letter to hr@crehpa.org.np with no later than 21 February 2021. Cover letter should specify the location where she would like to apply for.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the further selection process.
