Research Assistants at HSRC

Minimum Requirements    

• The candidate are expected to have a Bachelor’s degree and extensive qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis experience. Experience working for the HSRC and on previous projects, will be advantageous in to addition:
• Bachelors’ Degree or equivalent degree in social sciences, humanities or a related field. A Master’s Degree is advantageous.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, w ith the ability to make sense of complex and diverse information and to identify patterns, trends, and insights
• Demonstrated experience in qualitative research methods
• Strong w riting skills, with the ability to produce high-quality reports, articles, and other outputs that are clear, concise, and engaging
• A passion for and commitment to advancing Women’s Empow erment and Gender Equality , and a w illingness to work on complex and challenging issues in a rigorous and thoughtful manner
• Strong values and research ethics.
• High personal motivation, self-management, and detail-orientation;
• Temperament to cope with a pressurised, deadline driven work environment.

Duties & Responsibilities    

• The scope of work and expectations of the Research Assistants will include the following, but is not limited to:
• Conduct Key Informant Interviews
• Coordinate Focus Group Discussions and Regional Workshops
• Update stakeholder databases- provincial, national, and state-owned enterprises.
• Complete provincial fieldwork and workshop reports.
• Complete transcriptions, data cleaning and consolidation
• Complete data analysis
• Contribute to the drafting of project reports
• Contribute to the policy draft & Implementation framew ork