Overview
Aga Khan University is recruiting a Senior Research Assistant for a four-month research appointment supporting a tuberculosis household-contact study in Karachi.
Full job description
The role supports day-to-day research and field operations, home visits, participant screening and informed consent, interviews and data entry, research-staff training, case-report forms and data-quality work, study SOP implementation, and periodic project reports.
Requirements & qualifications
Applicants should have at least a bachelor's degree, preferably in science, with 6–12 months of research experience preferred. Basic research, communication and computer skills are required, together with the ability to manage multiple tasks, work in a team and meet project timelines.
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Primary-source verification on 7 September 2026 from AKU's live Pakistan careers inventory and the position page. The page actively invites applications and identifies reference 10047066 but states no application deadline or salary, so those facts remain null.
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