Research Assistant

About this role

A Research Assistant role based in Katsina is with Helen Keller International, an organisation focused on preventing blindness and improving nutrition through research-led programmes. The position involves developing and testing electronic questionnaires, managing and cleaning research data, and performing statistical analyses. It supports field surveys and data collection activities and requires maintaining good documentation and participant confidentiality. The role targets individuals with a background in statistics, epidemiology, public health or related fields who can work in Katsina and travel as needed. The employer carries out programmes in vision, health and nutrition across multiple countries and engages in data-driven research to inform their interventions.

What you would do

• Develop, programme, test and maintain electronic questionnaires using ODK or similar platforms.
• Manage, clean, validate and secure research datasets.
• Conduct data-quality checks and resolve discrepancies.
• Use Stata or R to perform statistical and descriptive analyses.
• Prepare reports, tables and charts.
• Support field surveys, interviewer training, pilot testing and field monitoring.
• Provide technical assistance and troubleshoot digital data-collection tools.
• Maintain accurate research documentation and protect participant confidentiality.

What they are asking for

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Statistics, Biostatistics, Data Science, Epidemiology, Public Health, Nutrition, Dietetics or a related field.
• Practical experience in research data management, data cleaning, validation, quality assurance and analysis.
• Strong skills in Stata or R and Microsoft Excel.
• Experience programming electronic data-collection tools such as ODK.
• Experience supporting field surveys or research studies.
• Strong analytical, organisational and communication skills.
• Good written and spoken English.
• Legal authorisation to work in Nigeria.
• Willingness to reside in Katsina State during data collection and travel to study locations as required.
• Additional advantages: Experience in nutrition research and dietary assessment, biomarkers or biospecimen data, GIS/geospatial analysis, Hausa proficiency.

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