Research Associate, Paediatrics & Child Health

Research Associate, Paediatrics & Child Health -MC - (260003IR)

Introduction

The Outreach and Research Programme of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health has ten community-based field sites across Pakistan (including four in Karachi) and focuses on research for betterment of women and child health. The Department has a Nutritional Research Laboratory as well as an Infectious Disease Research Laboratory that cater to the needs of its research projects. It has well-acclaimed work to its credit both at the national and international level.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible to:

• monitor the data collection process in the field, evaluating and ensuring the accuracy of the data
• coordinate with the project supervisors to discuss field related activities
• provide training to the staff as per the protocols and guidelines of study
• oversee the project, simultaneously, ensuring smooth and efficient day-to-day operation of research related activities
• ensure all research related auditable materials are always up to date
• conducting In depth interviews and FGDs
• monitor all components of the project in the field, evaluating, and ensuring the accuracy of the data
• translate and transcript of data from Urdu to English
• monitor data collection procedures to ensure adherence to established protocols and standards
• conduct quality control checks on collected data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency
• generate reports from Redcap applications and maintain accurate and up-to-date data collection reports
• analyze raw data to identify trends, inconsistencies, and key findings
• provide training and facilitate refresher sessions for field staff on data collection procedures, quality standards, and relevant tools.

Requirement

You should have:

• at least Bachelor’ s degree or candidate having master’s degree will be preferred
• basic Knowledge of survey and other research designs
• data collection, analysis and interpretation in terms of report writing and biostatics
• strong interpersonal skills and communication
• integrity and strong research ethics
• comfort with working in challenging field-based settings
• strong people management skills, particularly in challenging field environment.

Primary Location

Pakistan

Other Locations

Pakistan-Karachi

Organisation

Aga Khan University Pakistan

Employee Status

Contractual

Job Type

Standard

Job Posting

10/09/2026, 12:33:05 PM

Closing Date

16/09/2026, 6:59:00 PM