Senior Research Assistant, IGNITE

Introduction

to the Aga Khan University :

Chartered in , Aga Khan University (AKU) is a private, autonomous, and self-governing international university with 13 teaching sites in 6 countries distributed across three continents. As an integral part of the Aga Khan Development Network, AKU provides higher education in several disciplines, carries out research pertinent to the countries in which it exists and has campuses, programs and / or teaching hospitals in Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, and the UK. As an international institution, AKU operates on the core principles of quality, relevance, impact, and access; and AKU is a model of academic excellence and an agent of social change.

The overall goal of the IGNIT3 LHW Nutrition, Hygiene, and Heat Adaptation Training Trial will be to determine whether training LHWs in Sindh province to deliver an enhanced integrated package of nutrition, hygiene, and heat adaptation interventions to women of reproductive age (WRA) will improve birth, child growth, and other outcomes more as compared to training LHWs to deliver the standard package of interventions.

This study is situated within the greater context of strengthening the existing LHW program and is intended to inform the effectiveness and value of integrating multi-sectoral content into routine LHW training packages. The evidence generated will also provide information on the feasibility, acceptability, and scalability of the integrated climate-sensitive training package.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees / trainees and partners to share this commitment.

This is a Grant funded contractual position.

Job Roles / Responsibilities :

To work with the Research Specialist and Research Manager on a research project in order to investigate / establish the aims and objectives of the research project.

The incumbent will be responsible in :

• Individually conduct interviews and write up detailed notes on interviews and observation visits
• Facilitate meetings among the research team and junior research staff
• Visit different household in the communities to ensure the successful completion of data collection including QC
• Liaison with admin for logistic arrangements
• Raise wider community awareness as per the project guidelines
• Perform any other task as assigned by the Supervisor

Requirements :

The applicant should have :

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.