Junior Field Research Assistant

RTM International

 

RTM International

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Summary

• Vacancy: 1
• Location: Dhaka
• Experience: At least 2 years
• Published: 3 Dec 2024

 

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor/Honors

• Minimum graduate from any reputed college / university

Experience

• At least 2 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):
  NGO

Additional Requirements

• Minimum 2-years of experience in the related field
• Following capabilities are mandatory:
• Working experience in the relevant field will be an asset
• Good communication skills
• Job Location: Dhaka (Extensively visiting to the Slam areas)

Responsibilities & Context

RTM International is going to appoint a number of skilled professionals for the study titled “A Ring Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Intervention to Reduce Cholera in Hotspots in Bangladesh (Urban Model)”. The required qualification and experiences for the position is given below:

Job Responsibilities:

• Attending a 14-day randomized controlled trial training
• Attending monthly refresher trainings
• Conducting household structured observations from 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM
• Screening and recruiting suspected cholera cases at health facilities
• Conducting stool testing for cholera using the rapid VC Dipstick test
• Obtaining informed consent, assent, and/or parental permission from for all study participants
• Putting barcodes on all study form, consent, assent, and parental permission forms, and water, blood, and fecal samples PRIOR to data and sample collection.
• Conducting searching for the eligible compounds where the cholera patients live
• Enrolling eligible diarrhea and cholera patients, and administering baseline study questionnaires
• Conducting household spot checks
• Enrolling eligible household members of cholera and diarrhea patients in the health facility and in their household and administering the baseline questionnaire
• Conducting blood and fecal sample collection in the health facility and in the household
• Administering clinical surveillance forms and mobile use survey to study participants
• Conducting water sample collection at study households
• Collecting blood samples from study participants
• Testing water samples for chlorine concentrations
• Obtaining height, weight and MUAC measurements of study children
• Obtaining GPS locations of households and water sources
• Checking all study forms collected for completeness
• Returning to study participants (in the household or health facility) to complete missing or erroneous data collected. This includes responding to all queries sent by the study data manager.
• Entering the collected data in the study database
• Entering all paper forms into the study database within a week of data collection
• Attending weekly field team meetings with the evaluation and intervention team
• Attending weekly meetings with the evaluation team only
• Coding open ended questions for knowledge, handwashing, and water treatment questions
• Conducting in-depth interviews and focus group discussions
• Transcribing and translating in-depth interviews and focus group discussions
• Coding in-depth interviews and focus group discussions conducted
• Assisting in any other aspects of the pilot and intervention studies as directed by the Project Coordinator, Intervention Coordinator, or Principal Investigator
• This position will sometimes include work early in the morning and late in the evenings and on Saturdays and Sundays.

Skills & Expertise

Communication

Field Research

Field Work

Research

Compensation & Other Benefits

• As an organization policy

Workplace

Work at office

Employment Status

Contractual

Job Location

Dhaka

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