Overview
Facilitate community research activities, including participant recruitment, consent processes, photography orientation, and group discussions. Ensure data collection and safeguarding protocols are followed.
Key Responsibilities
- Support community sensitization and participant recruitment.
- Conduct informed consent and assent processes in Dinka.
- Administer session-level consent forms.
- Lead camera and phone orientation sessions.
- Conduct check-in contacts with photographers.
- Manage secure collection, storage, and handover of cameras and phones.
- Facilitate group photo discussion sessions using the SHOWeD method.
- Create and maintain a safe, respectful, and non-directive group environment.
- Manage group dynamics and power imbalances.
- Support or co-facilitate cross-group dialogue sessions.
- Help surface convergences and tensions between groups.
- Audio-record all group sessions with participant permission.
- Take detailed field notes.
- Transfer recordings and materials to the Research Officer.
- Transcribe and translate recordings from local language to English.
- Recognize signs of distress, coercion, or disclosure of violence.
- Implement the study’s referral pathway.
Required Experience
Minimum 4 years of experience in community engagement, health promotion, qualitative data collection, or facilitation of group processes. Demonstrated experience working with women and/or vulnerable community groups in South Sudan or a similar context. Familiarity with the study communities and local social structures. Prior experience with photovoice, participatory action research, or visual methods. Experience with qualitative data collection tools including audio recorders and tablets.
Qualifications
Degree in public health, social science, social work, community development, nursing, psychology, education, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred. Have undergone Human Subjects Research Ethics training (e.g. NIH, CITI, or equivalent).
