Student Research Worker

• Job Type: Short Term Casual
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Temporary
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 5
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $24 - $26/hr

Position Summary

This position is for a student to assist the PI with day-to-day activities during data collection for a high-frequency, longitudinal phone survey in Eswatini. The student will assist with monitoring study progress, organizing calls, and communicating results.

STUDY OVERVIEW:

Adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa have the highest rate of undesired pregnancies and HIV incidence (relative to other ages) but little is known about the dynamics of contraceptive use among this vulnerable age group because face-to-face data collection (the predominate data collection approach in sub-Saharan Africa) is too expensive and time-consuming to collect repeated measures. Therefore, contraceptive use patterns including contraceptive consistency, as well as how pregnancy desires change contraceptive behaviors is understudied. To fulfill this need, we will survey AGYW in Eswatini every two weeks for 2 years to describe sexual activity, contraception dynamics and pregnancy desires.

The position is contingent upon funding availability.

Responsibilities

Assist with study implementation (60%)

• Document study implementation
• Prep any documents needed for IRB or study implementation
• Write new survey modules for Year 2 of data collection

Manage weekly calls (20%)

• Draft agenda, lead call, send notes, follow-up on action items

Data monitoring (15%)

• Review monitoring data and forms and provide feedback to team
• Conceptualize additional data monitoring

Other duties as assigned (5%)

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in education, training &/or experience.
• Experience leading data collection.
• Strong leadership, program management, time management, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to execute workplan goals, objectives, practices, policies, procedures, and performance measures related to DYCE efforts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and cultural competency skills
• Ability to work independently and manage various tasks in a team setting
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Excel, Word, Outlook)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SurveyCTO
• Strong coding in STATA or R

Other Requirements

• N/A

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