Research Assistant

Research assitant

DESCRIPTION:

Sanabel Nour is a local non-governmental, non-profit, independent organization located in Tripoli, Lebanon with a mission to support the vulnerable population in Tripoli and North Lebanon through a multi-faceted approach to basic services including Education, Health, and Financial support. Sanabel Nour offers support to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender, or political affiliation.

RESPONSIBILITY

As a member of SANABEL’s research team, the research assistant is responsible conducting literature searches, data management, recruiting participants, obtaining consents, maintaining files, scheduling and conducting interviews, maintaining data collection files, assisting with data analysis and generating correspondence, reports and graphics. She will be working closely with the senior researcher and research team.

MINIMUM REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

Master’s degree in public health or sciences (biology, chemistry, or any health related field).

• 2+ years overall work experience in a research.
• Dynamic attitude, multitasking skills and team player
• Experience working with qualitative and quantitative data
• Experience working across the different levels of the research process (from data collection, to data analysis and writing up research results)
• Fluency in word processing, spreadsheets, and internet technology.
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills in Arabic and English
• Attention to detail and high professionalism.
• Experience working with statistical software (SPSS) is a plus.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Conducts on and off site interviews using a variety of structured and non-structured questionnaires
• Records data
• Maintains interim contact with study participants to maintain current address and telephone information
• Assists in development of data tables, graphs and charts and preparation of material for presentation
• Assists in the collection of new data; codes, cleans, transcribes, records, enters and stores all data collected; coordinates data collection with other research staff as appropriate
• Generates reports detailing data collected
• Maintains an inventory of data collection forms to ensure ease of data retrieval.
• Ordering supplies and intervention materials.
• Conducting assessments.
• Draft reports and papers of academic standard
• Support the organization of meetings and conferences as needed
• Work within a strict framework of research ethics and confidentiality.
  Support fieldwork and data collection. Tasks will include conducting interviews and administering surveys face to face and in person with a range of stakeholders 
• Proficient in Windows, Microsoft Word, Excel