Research Assistant, COMS-A

The Research Assistant will provide research, data, and monitoring and evaluation support to both SHINE workstreams: Women in Leadership (WIL) and MNCH and GSRHR. This includes supporting baseline and follow-up studies, providing quantitative and qualitative data support, coordinating surveys and research activities across COMS-A institutions, and contributing to literature reviews, policy briefs, and academic manuscripts. The Research Assistant will work closely with both Program Leads and the Secretariat team.

• Support the continental baseline study on women in leadership in African medical schools, including data collection, management, and analysis.
• Assist with qualitative and quantitative research activities for both WIL and MNCH workstreams, including instrument development, data collection, transcription, coding, cleaning, and basic analysis.
• Coordinate online and institutional surveys across COMS-A member schools, ensure data quality, and maintain updated databases.
• Provide research and coordination support to the COMS-A MNCH Research Mentorship Program, including tracking projects, supporting training activities, and assisting with ethics and reporting requirements.
• Contribute to the development of MNCH and gender-responsive educational resources, curricula, and case studies by compiling evidence and supporting content drafting.
• Prepare literature reviews and contribute to policy briefs, technical reports, conference abstracts, and academic manuscripts.
• Support monitoring and evaluation for both workstreams, including indicator tracking, data visualization, and preparation of M&E summaries.
• Provide administrative and logistical support to meetings, workshops, and webinars, and maintain organized records and document repositories.
• Facilitate communication with COMS-A member institutions and partners, ensuring timely information sharing and follow-up.
• Perform M&E functions of both work streams.

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