Qualitative Facilitator

4 months ago


Pietermaritzburg, South Africa HSRC Recruitment Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
**Minimum Requirements**:
**Minimum requirements**:

- 3-year degree in the human or social sciences
- Strong qualitative analytic skills
- Experience with multi-phase projects
- Fluency in English and isiZulu
- Ability to use Microsoft Word
- Good interpersonal, organisational and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work accurately, independently and in a team
- Ability to work to strict deadlines and attention to detail
- Previous experience with in-depth interviews or facilitating focus groups
- Previous research experience with children or other vulnerable groups
- Experience with qualitative data coding using Atlas TI or NVivo
- Demonstrable experience in transcription and translation from Zulu to English
- A valid and unendorsed driver’s license
- Experience of working in rural communities

Willingness to work after hours and over weekends

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Key responsibilities**:

- Working with the qualitative manager to ensure that data collection activities are conducted smoothly, ethically, and completed to deadlines
- Recruiting adult research participants and key stakeholder informants (for example community health workers or clinic staff)
- Scheduling and undertaking key informant and stakeholder in-depth interviews
- Collecting interview notes and facilitating audio recording of the interview.
- Recruiting participants and conducting focus group discussions with adults, adolescents and children
- Participating actively in team review meetings and feedback discussions
- Completing some transcription and translation of interviews from Zulu into English
- Ensuring qualitative data is correctly stored and uploaded using data technology provided
- Assisting with data collection activities, following up on research participants and contact visits
- Maintaining documentation and records of all field activities, and prepare field reports
- Adhering to ethical conduct requirements at all times in the field and office
- Carrying out any other activities deemed necessary for the success of the project



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