Qualitative Data Analysts at African Population and Health Research Center

Duties and responsibilities

• Develop a thematic codebook for generating themes and sub-themes in line with the objectives of the analysis. This will involve producing summaries, abstracts and coding.
• Develop coding notes from the Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), and freelisting interviews.
• Carry out a detailed analysis of the qualitative data collected using appropriate analysis tools such as NVivo or Dedoose.
• Develop qualitative analysis report that includes a description of results in terms of themes and sub-themes, including but not limited to quotations, examining relationships and patterns between categories and themes, discussion of results, and annex for the final codebook.
• Contribute to the writing of qualitative methods sections for reports or other publications.
• Ensuring the daily upload of the complete data.
• Work with the evaluation team to identify appropriate analytical methods to conduct qualitative analyses accordingly.
• Perform other related work as needed.

Qualifications and competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in any Social Science or equivalent.
• Proficiency with one or more statistical analysis software packages, such as NVivo, for data management and analysis.
• At least two years’ experience in qualitative data analysis using content analysis, including the application of conceptual frameworks, codebook development, and coding.
• Experience performing rapid qualitative analysis.
• Excellent report writing skills and experience in producing high-quality reports on outcomes of qualitative analysis.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Experience working on health and/or social science research projects.
• Understanding of basic concepts of confidentiality and data security.