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Under the supervision of the LGF Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer, the Research Assistants will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Participate in a one-day training at the designated location.
• Assist in scheduling interviews with key informants across the districts in West Nile.
• Obtain informed consent from all study participants, ensuring strict adherence to ethical protocols, safeguarding, and confidentiality guidelines.
• Support the research team in administering Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) for Phase 1 of the Positive Deviance Inquiry, following the assigned list of stakeholders.
• Collect and accurately record data using digital tools (tablets or smartphones).
• Document field notes, emerging insights, and challenges encountered during data collection.
• Participate in daily field debrief sessions, raising any issues to inform adjustments.
• Support data management tasks as required, including organizing and securely storing data in the shared drive or other specified database.
• Ensure accuracy, completeness, and integrity of all collected data.
• Undertake any other responsibilities as assigned by the Field Supervisor

Deliverables:

• Complete and clear audio recordings from the assigned interviews.
• Daily fieldwork summary notes.
• A short end-of-assignment report reflecting field experiences, challenges, and recommendations.