Research Assistant position available with Last Mile Health
Overview:
In August 2012, Last Mile Health launched a new pilot project to provide lifesaving care to rural communities in the most remote corners of Liberia. We partnered with a small rural clinic and began training a cohort of community health workers (CHW), with the goal of designing an integrated, scalable model for providing community-based care for the top killers of women and children in remote communities. As part of its recovery effort after the end of the Ebola outbreak, the Liberia Ministry of Health has prioritized launching a national community health workforce able to prevent, diagnose, and treat the most life-threatening health conditions. Working side-by-side, LMH and the MOH are designing and implementing a national roll-out of a network of community health workers to stretch the country’s primary health services to the most rural communities to improve maternal and child health and serve as a front-line response for future outbreaks.
Position Summary:
Working under the supervision of the Principal Investigator and Manager of Research & Evaluation, the Research Assistant will support the organization’s evaluation, research, and program planning efforts through the analysis and interpretation of various data streams.
Tasks & Responsibilities:
Manage, clean, and analyze evaluation data from cluster sample surveys, health system records, and qualitative assessments to enable program evaluation and data-driven planning
Clean and analyze routine data from our CHW program and make recommendations for potential programmatic improvements based on findings of analyses
Manage the process of publishing analysis findings in academic journals, including performing literature reviews, writing manuscripts, and managing IRB communications
Support the design and implementation of program evaluations and special studies
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g. public health, biostatistics) with a quantitative focus, enrollment in an MPH or similar graduate degree program preferred.
- Relevant work experience, preferably in a research setting
- Experience in the evaluation of public health programs preferred
- Experience working in sub-Saharan Africa is preferred
- Experience in data processing, analysis, and management
- Proficiency with a statistical software package (Stata preferred) and experience with complex data analysis
- Experience conducting literature reviews
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Eagerness to learn new analytical techniques and work with complicated datasets produced within challenging, real-world conditions
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and produce completed projects promptly
- Strong analytic and critical thinking skills
- Familiarity with relational databases (e.g. MySQL) and/or qualitative research software is preferred
- Demonstrated ability to write and produce reports and present information clearly and effectively under time constraints
To Apply:
Please submit a resume, letter of interest, and three professional references through our portal on http://lastmilehealth.org/careers. The deadline for this position is Friday, December 18, 2015.
