Roundtable Transcribers / Note Takers at Jhpiego Nigeria - 4 Openings

Jhpiego, an Affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, is a global leader in improving healthcare services for women and their families.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Roundtable Transcriber / Note Taker

Job ID: 2025-6911
Locations: Abuja, Sokoto, Niger and Akwa Ibom
Category: International Positions
Employment Status: Casual

Overview

• Accelerating Measurable Progress and Leveraging Investments for PPH Impact (AMPLIPPHI) is a two- and half-year project that will catalyze early adoption and set the stage for scale up of new and recently recommended drugs for postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in high-burden countries with a focus on DRC, Guinea, India, Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia. AMPLI- Nigeria will generate evidence (feasibility, acceptability, costing) to support the expansion of new PPH medicines at all different levels of the health system.
• Project is focused on supporting efforts towards State and national readiness, from community to district and national level stakeholders, to help propel scale-up after life of project. Implementation is in 2 LGAs in Kebbi State and 3 LGAs in Ondo State.
• Project is currently conducting a study to generate evidence on barriers and opportunities for operationalizing WHO and national guidelines for advance distribution of misoprostol for PPH prevention at births outside of health facilities in Nigeria.  This assessment is being conducted in FCT, Niger, Sokoto, Abuja and Akwa Ibom states.

Specific Objectives

• Explore values, experiences and contextual factors that could influence policymaker and health professional association endorsement and scale-up of advance distribution of misoprostol for PPH prevention at births outside of health facilities.
• Assess policymaker and health professional association perspectives on health system readiness to implement advance distribution of misoprostol for PPH prevention at births outside of health facilities.
• The Transcribers will participate in virtual orientation, take notes during round table discussion and transcribe recordings in their respective states of assignment i.e. Niger, Sokoto, Abuja and Akwa Ibom.
• They will also provide administrative/support role to the Round table facilitator as applicable.

Responsibilities
Note taking and transcription of round table discussion recording. Working closely with the field supervisors and the data manager, you are to

• Participate in virtual orientation of round table facilitators and note takers.
• Participate in round table discussion
• Support round table facilitator with consenting process in accordance to the study SOP or research protocol.
• Transcribe recordi
• Ensure verbatim transcription of all transcripts
• Proofreading all transcripts for accuracy and completeness
• Meet transcription deadlines while maintaining quality standards
• Maintaining the confidentiality of personal or sensitive information
• Ensure data security and keep custody of the recording devices.

Deliverables
Your specific deliverables are:

• Transcripts for the roundtable conducted.
• Report detailing work done
• Notes from round table discussion.

Required Qualifications

• Degree in Sociology, Public Health, Medical or Health Sciences Research or biostatistics is required.
• At least 2 years of prior experience leading or supporting similar research projects is an advantage.
• Experience in qualitative research methods, community-level data collection is desirable.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are critical.
• Good spoken and written English as well as local languages of the preferred state (FCT, Niger, Sokoto, Akwa Ibom).
• Excellent verbatim transcription skills
• Good computer skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online