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Research Assistant job description
A ready advert for a Research Assistant job in Libya, in Arabic and English. Post it on jobs.ly and edit it to fit your organization.
About the job
We are looking for a research assistant to support the research team in reviewing sources, collecting and organizing data and running initial analyses, and to prepare the drafts and tables studies are built on.
Duties and responsibilities
- Find and summarize sources and previous studies
- Help prepare and test questionnaires and interview guides
- Coordinate field data collection and monitor data collectors' work
- Enter, clean and organize data in spreadsheets and databases
- Transcribe interviews and code qualitative data
- Prepare tables, charts and initial analyses
- Help draft reports and check references
Working conditions
- Field visits during data collection
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in social sciences, statistics or the research field
- 3 to 6 years of experience in research or data collection
The years of experience follow the level you choose when posting.
Skills
- Literature review
- Data collection
- Data cleaning
- Excel
- SPSS
- Transcription and coding
- Academic writing
- Attention to detail
Preferred
- Postgraduate studies in the field, or working towards them
- Experience with software such as NVivo, Stata or R
- Good reading and writing in English
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