POSITION: Research Assistant for field research in Gujarat (India)
PROJECT: Post-Doctoral Project “The Social Anthropology of Rabies Epidemiology and Elimination”
DUTY: Carrying out contact tracing in Gujarat
DETAILS: The candidate will initially collect information about bite/rabies patients from local communities and/or health facilities. Then he/she will track each and every chain of transmission in the area under study. He/she will contact (in person or via phone) each bite and/or rabies patient, set an appointment for an in-person interview at the patient’s house, carry out the interview (using a questionnaire on an App), and call the patient after 2 months for follow-up. Then, based on the information collected on this case, he/she will repeat the same procedure to identify / locate / contact / interview each person that has been bitten by the same dog. At the same time, he/she will collect information also on the dogs that are part of this chain of transmission, both as biting dogs and bitten dogs.
LOCATION: Rural areas of Anand/Kheda/Ahmedabad districts
DURATION: Full-time (8 hours a day), 5 days a week (to be agreed upon), 6 months from February 2020 (extendable).
SALARY: based on case-to-case needs (e.g. local accommodation, car rental, fuel reimbursement…) and experience. The employer will be the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (Bangalore).
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:
– Reliability
– Timeliness
– Strong sense of responsibility
– Problem-solving attitude
– Fluency in Gujarati
– Availability to drive a car or a motorbike within the study area and a valid 4-wheeler license
– Sufficient communication skills in English
– Willingness to interact politely with patients regardless of their gender, religion, caste, educational background or financial background
THE CANDIDATE WILL REPORT TO:
– Dr. Deborah Nadal at the University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America
– Dr. Abi T. Vanak at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bangalore, India
HOW TO APPLY: Interested candidates should send an email containing a short work summary and a recent CV to nadal.deborah@gmail.com. There is an urgent need to fill this position as soon as possible.
ATREE encourages diversity and gender equity at the work place. Persons from underprivileged groups are especially encouraged to apply.