Hausa Coder / Analyst

Responsibilities

• Code Hausa social media posts for tone, stance, theme and narrative on a secure annotation platform.
• Double-code a gold-standard reference set and take part in weekly reliability checks.
• Translate selected quotes into English.
• Flag any post suggesting risk to an identifiable person, following the safeguarding protocol.
• Submit community feedback reports through the project reporting line.

Requirements
Required experience:

• First Degree in a Social Science, Language, Media or related field.
• At least 2 years of experience in research assistance, qualitative coding, transcription or translation.
• Native Hausa speaker who reads Boko Roman-script Hausa and, ideally, Ajami Arabic-script Hausa, with good written English.
• Active user of Hausa social media and familiar with slang, proverbs and code-switching.

Preferred experience:

• Research projects on gender, health or protection.

Skills and attributes:

• Careful, consistent and reliable when working to deadlines.
• Able to work remotely with minimal supervision.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications in one PDF to: info@aid-health.org using “SL Application – [Job ID] – [Full Name]” as the subject of the mail.

Candidates should send one PDF containing:

• A CV (maximum 4 pages);
• A one-page cover note;
• One work sample;
• Two referees.

Note

• Engagement depends on the contract being awarded.
• AIDHealth never charges a fee at any stage of recruitment.
• Women and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.