The NRF/DST South African Research Chair in Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment proposes to undertake research on government, private sector and civil society interventions that have been designed to reduce poverty. One of the objectives of the Chair is to improve and accelerate the training of highly qualified personnel through research. The proposed project is to assist with household surveys on the value of the livelihoods, property and businesses within the South Durban basin.
The Development Studies discipline seeks part-time research assistants to work on the survey and data. The posts will be for 300 hours (conducting at 12 hours per week for approximately 6 months) remunerated at standard University rates for postgraduate employment. At least one Masters and one Doctoral student will be employed.
Duties for the Research Assistants would include:
- Conducting data entry from the survey on to an electronic database;
- Transcribing taped interviews into text;
- Attending meetings on work milestones;
- Liaising with other team members and researchers; and
- Other research related tasks under the direction of the SARCHi Chair in Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment
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Deadline: 2 September 2015