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Responsibilities:

• Participate in protocol training and any required trainings related Human Subjects Protection (HSP) and Good Clinical Practices (GCP).

• Function as the focal person for the ART2FIT study activities and the Head StART qualitative study activities and liaise with partners in the study setting.

• Assist with study document preparation.

• Travel frequently to health center study sites in midwestern and southwestern Uganda.

• Support participant recruitment.

• Help with qualitative data collection

• Supervise and coordinate the qualitative research activities of Head StART research assistants.

• Administer informed consent and address participants’ questions.

• Perform data collection activities including focus group discussions and in-depth individual interviews at health centers and communities in refugee settlements.

• Draft field notes and engage in reflective practices.

• Generate interview and focus group discussion transcripts from audio-recordings.

• Ensure quality control of collected research data.

• Summarize interview transcripts.

• Rapid qualitative analysis of collected data.

• Monitor study progress and safeguard study timelines.

• Attend regular virtual and in-person team meetings including flexibility to attend meetings at non-standard hours (early mornings or evenings) to facilitate collaboration across time zones.

• Draft study reports for regulatory authorities and partner institutions.

• Follow up with IRBs, UNCST, and other authorities for study approvals and renewals.

• Perform additional study-related duties as assigned by core investigators.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform data collection activities including focus group discussions and in-depth individual interviews at health centers and communities in refugee settlements.

• Draft field notes and engage in reflective practices.

• Generate interview and focus group discussion transcripts from audio-recordings.

• Ensure quality control of collected research data.

• Summarize interview transcripts.

• Rapid qualitative analysis of collected data.

• Monitor study progress and safeguard study timelines.

• Attend regular virtual and in-person team meetings including flexibility to attend meetings at non-standard hours (early mornings or evenings) to facilitate collaboration across time zones.

• Draft study reports for regulatory authorities and partner institutions.

• Follow up with IRBs, UNCST, and other authorities for study approvals and renewals.

• Perform additional study-related duties as assigned by core investigators.