Research Associate — Scoping & Systematic Reviews

AHRI; Durban; On-site; ZAR 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) in Durban is seeking a Research Assistant to support a scoping review project. The role involves developing coding frames, data collection, and drafting narrative sections of the study findings under supervision.

You will refine search strategies across databases, manage references, screen literature, extract data, and contribute to the PRISMA-ScR diagram and summary tables. A honours degree in Social Science is required; a master’s is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Honours degree in Social Science; Masters preferred.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Valid driver’s licence with at least 2 years driving experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist with refining and executing systematic search strategies across databases.
• Manage search results using EndNote, Zotero, Covidence and deduplicate.
• Screen titles and abstracts against eligibility criteria; ensure inter-rater consistency.
• Conduct full-text screening and document reasons for exclusion.
• Extract and chart data using a standardised form; support analysis.
• Draft sections of the scoping review manuscript and PRISMA-ScR diagram.

Skills

Systematic literature search

Reference management

Screening & eligibility

Data extraction

Report writing

English proficiency

Education

Honours Degree in Social Science

Master's degree (advantage)

Tools

EndNote

Zotero

Covidence

Job description

Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) in Durban is seeking a Research Assistant to support a scoping review project. The role involves developing coding frames, data collection, and drafting narrative sections of the study findings under supervision.

You will refine search strategies across databases, manage references, screen literature, extract data, and contribute to the PRISMA-ScR diagram and summary tables. A honours degree in Social Science is required; a master’s is advantageous.