research assistant

Description
Job Title RESEARCH ASSISTANT Location Parktown,ZA Organization Name Family Medicine Department Description
Research Assistant AD.15
We are looking for a Research Assistant to join the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care as part of U'GOOD Reason to Live Project. The overall goal of this project is to generate evidence on suicidality and key "reasons to live" among youth in peri-urban areas of South Africa, Tanzania, and Ghana, and to develop tools for surveillance, case identification, and support.

The post holder will work closely with the Principal Investigator (PI), Co-PI, and collaborators to support the planning and implementation of the project. The key responsibilities will involve field work, office-based work, project equipment management, recruitment of the study participants, qualitative and/or quantitative data collection, quality control, amongst other research tasks. The successful applicants will be based at the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care at Philip V Tobias Health Sciences Building but may be required to travel periodically to Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, and Western Cape for data collection.

Brief Description

Responsibilities

• Attend the collaborators meetings
• Quality control
• Field work including participant recruitment and consenting
• Equipment management
• Training on measurement techniques
• Ensuring project timelines are met
• Financial and project administration
• Data collection (in field and onsite)

Relevant Experience, Skills And Knowledge

• BSc honours in health sciences preferably in Public Health, Epidemiology, Psychology, Public Health, Mental Health
• Strong interest in mental health research
• Relevant research experience (ethics process, participant mobilization data collection)
• Excellent organisational skills
• Experience with capturing and checking data quality
• Teamwork
• The ability to work independently
• Willingness to assist, and take instruction for the principal investigator and project coordinator to ensure smooth operation of the project
• Knowledge of sound ethical practice in the conduct of research
• Self-motivated, proactive, innovative, and able to use initiative where appropriate

For queries, please contact Prof Joel Francis

Requirements
Detailed Description Job Requirements Additional Details How To Apply

Please apply via I-Recruitment by:
05 November 2025
Please submit a covering letter indicating your interest, a detailed CV with names, addresses, contact numbers and

e-mail addresses of 3 referees via I-Recruitment

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