Data Collector (3 Positions) Community Health Sciences- Medical College 2021

 

Job Description

Data Collector (3 Positions)

Department
Community Health Sciences

Entity
Medical College

Location
Karachi, Pakistan

Introduction
The Department of Community Health Sciences (CHS) is the leading unit of its type in Pakistan, recognized regionally and internationally for the relevance, quality and extent of its work in support of public health and the development of primary health care systems. It comprises of five major operational units: Epidemiology & biostatistics, Health policy & management, Population & reproductive health, Environmental health, and Non-communicable diseases & mental health.

A study to understand access to health-care for the people residing in slum areas and are known to have worse health indicators than those living in rural areas is being conducted. The aim of this study is to understand current health delivery patterns and health-seeking behavior in urban slums in Karachi and suggest cost-effective models of care in these areas.

These are short-term grant-funded contractual positions for a period of five months.


Responsibilities
You will be responsible for:

• visiting selected study subjects to motivate, enroll and interview them
  


• collecting and keeping a record of data
  


• performing data entry and editing
  


• following-up with those who failed to show up for follow-up visits
  


• liaising with the community representative.

Requirements
You should have:

• an Intermediate, however, graduates would be preferred
  


• at least one year of experience in community-based survey/research
  


• good knowledge of community areas
  


• understanding of the cultural and social environment of allocated communities
  


• familiarity with different ethnic languages pertinent to intervention area (particularly Sindhi and Urdu)
  


• willingness to work in the designated community/peri-urban settings
  


• excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  


• the ability to work independently, as well as in close coordination with team members
  


• experience in planning community events such as health awareness sessions.

To Apply
​Interested candidates should send their detailed CVs by email to human.resources@aku.edu. Please mark the subject with position number “10039886”.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applications should be submitted latest by January 10, 2021

Job Details

Job Location

Karachi, Pakistan

Company Industry

Other Business Support Services

Company Type

Unspecified

Job Role

Marketing and PR

Employment Type

Full Time Employee

Monthly Salary Range

Unspecified

Number of Vacancies

Unspecified