Position Title: Screening Officer [ Masaka, Jinja, Mbale, Tororo, Busia]

No of Positions: 10

Reports to: Surveillance Officer

Job Summary

Coordinate and supervise all activities of the Screening department

Key Duties and Responsibilities

  • Report to the Surveillance Officer or designate
  • Coordinate and supervise all activities of the Screening department
  • Ensure that Screening officer’s offices have all required supplies in sufficient quantities.
  • Screen potential participants and assess eligibility criteria by asking screening questions to ensure that a participant is a member of the study population
  • Ensure proper registration of survey participants; request participant to have fingerprints scanned and assist him/her in capturing the right fingerprint image
  • Screening Officers will clarify the survey, respond to questions, and obtain consent from participants
  • May also conduct interviews (CAPI) with participants
  • Ensure that participants are screened on a first come, first served basis
  • Issues survey coupons, make appointments and keep logs
  • Explain the RDS peer recruitment/referral process to participants
  • Labels coupons with the correct RDS numbers (coupon and participants IDs)
  • Ensures that the WinMARP database is working correctly
  • Ensures that a participant has completed all the steps of the study (this is done easily by looking at the procedure process checklist
  • Manage payments of primary and secondary incentives to participants
  • Responsible for any other survey-related tasks as may be assigned

Education Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or diploma in social work and social administration, education, or its equivalent
  • Basic background on accounting and management of finance.

Experience, skills, and other requirements

  • Excellent computer skills
  • Ability to speak Luganda, Lusoga, Gishu, Japhadola, Ateso and Samya fluently
  • Must possess outstanding people skills
  • Work experience in a research setting

Period of contract: 06 months

Screening Officers Application link: https://forms.gle/tkLSdvyqBExMFaJVA

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