Research Assistant II Per Diem Day Bwh - Ghe
Research Assistant II Per Diem Day Bwh - Ghe
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09-04-2025
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Job Description
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Graduate degree in a relevant field (e.g. public health biostatistics) with a quantitative focus
- At least 1 year of relevant work experience preferably in a research setting
- Experience in the evaluation of public health programs preferred
- Experience working in subSaharan Africa is preferred
- Experience in data processing analysis and management
SKILLS/ABILITIES/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:
- 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 realworld 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
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Based in Boston
Able to travel intermittently to Last Mile Healths programmatic sites
Brigham and Womens Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race sex color religion national origin sexual orientation protected veteran status or on the basis of disability.
GENERAL SUMMARY/OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
In August 2012 Last Mile Health (known as Tiyatien Health in Liberia) 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 communitybased 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. This workforce will be able to prevent diagnose and treat the most lifethreatening health conditions. Working together LMH and the MOH are designing and implementing a national rollout of a network of community health workers who will stretch the countrys primary health services to the most rural communities to improve maternal health and child health and serve as a frontline response to future outbreaks.
Working under the supervision of the Principal Investigator and Manager of Research & Evaluation the Research Assistant will support the organizations evaluation research and program planning efforts through the analysis and interpretation of various data streams.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage clean and analyze evaluation data from cluster sample surveys health system records and qualitative assessments to enable program evaluation and datadriven planning.
- Clean and analyze routine data from our CHW program and make recommendations for potential programmatic improvements based on findings of analyzes.
- 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.
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