icddr,b is a Bangladesh-based international health research institute that strives to solve key public health problems through high-quality scientific research and innovation. icddr,b as a values-based organization encourages women and people with disabilities.

Programme for Emerging Infection under Infectious Diseases Division is conducting a study on producing data to determine the causes of death of children more accurately. The findings will be shared with families, communities, healthcare providers and local and national public health institutes to develop policies and actions.

Position Description:

The Research Officer reporting to the Medical Officer, will be primarily responsible for planning, organizing and participating specific session in the household of a deceased child, participated in the study. The Research Officer will coordinate with the team members of multiple components of the project for smooth field implementation and also track each step of the specific procedure as per study objective. The specific areas of responsibilities include:

• Plan, communicate and organize field visits as per study need;
• Coordination with the team members of multiple components of the project;
• Build rapport with the community;
• Understand community sensitivity and respond to the community as per project need;
• Counseling family of a deceased child during cause of death result sharing session, whenever required/needed;
• Taking all relevant field notes of the household sessions; tracking and documentation of the day to day activities and updating the progress to the supervisor in order to fulfill the study objectives;
• Check for credibility and trustworthiness of collected data to ensure the quality of data;
• Prepare summary of collected data and interpret data on regular basis;
• Strong ethical understanding and implementation.

Required qualification and experience:

• Master’s degree in social sciences with good academic records;
• At least 3 years of working experience in the relevant field
• Proficiency in Bengali typing is mandatory;
• Basic computer skill with standard documentation competency is essential

Location: Faridpur

Contract Type and duration:

• Short-Term Contractual Service Agreement; duration will be 9 months with a possibility of extension subject to availability of funds and performance.

Salary & benefits:

• Tk. 57,048/-(consolidated) per month inclusive of house rent and conveyance allowances.
• Festival bonus, income tax paid by icddr,b and subsidized canteen. Transport and daycare facilities are subject to space availability.

Notes of attention:

• Only short-listed candidates shall be invited for written test /interview;
• The Organization reserves the right to make an appointment at a grade lower than that advertised
• icddr,b does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process

Interested candidates who fulfill the requirements should submit online applications using icddr,b website: career.icddrb.org by October 02, 2023.