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• Title: Research Assistant

• Time Commitment: ​6 hrs/week, 

• Term:​ 6 months (May 1, 2022 – October 1, 2022)

• Volunteer (unpaid) position

 

Responsibilities:

• Conduct environmental scan of contemporary issues (health/public health/social media/misc.) to identify best practices and succinctly synthesize the findings.

• Conduct literature review of recent articles (scientific/non-scientific) to identify evidence-based best practices.

• Prepare knowledge translation materials (videos, infographics, presentation, fact sheets, etc.) to raise awareness on important health and social issues, and disseminate them on social media. 

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Benefits:

• Opportunity to work for a Canadian non-profit organization while staying in Bangladesh.

• Learn/improve public health and project management skills that can be applied in career settings.

• Learn how to develop communication materials, reports, policy briefs and other documents to enhance public health skills.

• Opportunity to receive mentorship from public health professionals and graduate students living in Canada.

• Letter of appointment and certificate of completion will be issued.

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Recruitment Phases:

• Phase-1: Submit your cover letter and resume to crida.communication@gmail.com

• Phase-2: Complete an assignment (one question in Bangla, another question in English) 

• Phase-3: Participate in a group interview

• Phase-4: Participate in an individual interview

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If you are interested, please send your three-page resume and a cover letter answering the following questions to crida.communication@gmail.com

• Describe your experience and how it relates to the posted volunteer position.

• Where would you like to see yourself in 5 years?

• Tell us how working for CRIDA aligns with your career goal.