Senior Research Assistant (Internal#63/2025)

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. As a values-based organization icddr,b encourages women and people with disabilities.

We are conducting a study aims to investigate the hygiene behavior, pathogen transmission and illness in the households, and the coping and adaptation strategies in water use and hygiene of the low-income community in the context of disaster-induced, rural-urban displacement.

 Key Responsibilities:

The Senior Research Assistant will be reporting to the Associate Scientist and will be responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing research to collect high-quality data and analyses. S/he will visit field sites to collect, organize and manage the quantitative data, analyze and interpret data, assist in writing scientific reports and manuscripts. The areas of responsibilities are given below:

• Prepare questionnaire using Qualtrics/Kobo Toolbox/Google forms;
• Conduct quantitative surveys;
• Enter and clean data using software- Stata, Qualtrics and Google forms;
• Manage large scale datasets;
• Assist in literature review;
• Assist in health economic evaluations;
• Prepare analytical result tables, graphs for reports and manuscripts.

Required qualification and experience:

• Masters in Health Economics.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in relevant fields.
• Preference will be given to those who have experience in managing data in Qualtrics.

Location: Dhaka

Number of Positions: 01 

Contract Type and Duration:

• Short Term Contractual Service Agreement basis; duration will be 3 months with the possibility of extension subject to availability of funds and performance.

Salary & benefits:

• Tk 47,873/-per month (consolidated) 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;
• icddr,b does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

Interested candidates who fulfil the requirements should submit online applications using icddr,b website: career.icddrb.org by June 22, 2025.