University of South Africa (UNISA) invites interested and suitably qualified candidates to apply for the position of Data Capturer to be based in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa.
Position: Data Capturer (P12) X3
Full-Time/Fixed Term (12 months)
Reference Number: CHS/DATA COLLECTOR/P12/59300/2024-
Location: Johannesburg X2 and Cape Town X1
College: Human Science
Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS)
INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES (ISHS)
The Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHS) is an African-centred, community-engaged, transdisciplinary research institute of excellence in the social and health sciences. It hosts the South African Medical Research Council-Unisa Violence, Injury and Social Asymmetries Research Unit
(VISARU), which focuses on violence and injury, key contributors to the country’s disease burden.
VISARU conducts multi-disciplinary research on injury-related socio-structural factors, including community marginalisation, energy poverty, infrastructural inequities, and social inequalities. The ISHS is seeking to appoint three data collectors for VISARU to support research projects by gathering and organising data.
Requirements
- Grade 12
- Minimum 2 years’ experience working with data collection and capturing in research environment
- Ability to collaborate on research activities
- Proven proficiency in the use of MS Office Suite
Responsibilities and Expectations
- Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Engage partner communities
- Exhibit good administration and organisational skills
- Able to communicate in English and other South African Official Languages.
- Exhibit good written and verbal communication skills
- Exhibit effective time management skills
- Tertiary qualification will be an added advantage
Recommended
- Ability to work outside office hours when necessary
Duties:
- Supporting the Project Coordinator on logistics for data collection, including scheduling appointments and reserving space for focus groups
- Complying with study protocols and data collection and data management procedures
- Obtaining informed consent from study participants
- Supporting in the implementation of data collection activities from a variety of sources,
- Supporting with the implementation of training activities and support events
- Maintaining and keeping record of contact information database of study participants’ events and key stakeholders
- Supporting in community engagement activities to enable quality data collection
- Ensuring that data is quality checked, organised, and accurately captured
- Assisting researchers with the transcribing of interviews Assisting researchers with the cleaning and organisation of data to prepare it for analysis
- Capturing data into computer databases or spreadsheets Follow up on calls and notices
Closing Date: 16 August 2024
All applications should reach UNISA before 16H00 on the closing date
Complete the prescribed application form
- Attach a comprehensive CURRICULUM VITAE and the following ORIGINAL certified copies (within the previous six months) –
identity document
all educational qualifications.
academic transcripts/records.
publications output
proof of SAQA verification of foreign qualifications (if applicable) - Unisa reserves the right to authenticate all qualifications without any further consent from the applicant.
- The contact details of three contactable references must be provided, one of which must be from your present employer excluding your current line manager if you are an internal Unisa applicant
- Unisa is not obliged to fill an advertised position
- Appointments will be made in accordance with Unisa’s Employment Equity Plan and other applicable legislation.
After completing the form, please forward your supporting documents to chsmarkers@unisa.ac.za
Ensure you use the reference number as the subject line.
If submitting in an envelope, it should be marked with the name of the relevant College and/or Department, the position applied for, and the reference number of the position. For applicants applying to multiple positions, each application must be submitted in a separate envelope. Pleasenote that late,
incomplete, and incorrect applications will not be considered.
Johannesburg:
Addressee: Mrs Tumelo Mashaba
Address: 1, South East Metropolitan Complex, Lenasia Drive M10, Lenasia South, Lenasia,1827, Johannesburg
Cape Town:
Addressee: Ms Najuwa Arendse
Address: Room A15, Block A, First Floor, Unisa Cape Town, Jean Simonis Str, Parow, 7560,Cape Town
Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only. If you have not been contacted within two months after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was not successful