VACANCY: Qualitative Data Analysis Consultant for Youth-ICT

The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (Johns Hopkins CCP), a not-for-profit human development organization, combines the science and art of strategic communication to help people around the world make better choice for themselves, their families and their communities.  Based in Baltimore, MD, USA, Johns Hopkins University is one of the largest Medical and Public Health schools in the United States.  Johns Hopkins University established Johns Hopkins CCP over 25 years ago to consolidate several health communication programs and focus attention on the central role of communication in health behavior change.  Johns Hopkins CCP is a part of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health within the Department of Health, Behavior and Society.  The mission of Johns Hopkins CCP is to use its core strengths —strategic behavior change, knowledge management, advocacy, capacity building and research and evaluation— to achieve these goals. 

We are currently seeking a qualified candidate for short-term Qualitative Data Analysis Consultant for Youth-ICT (home-based with travel to Jakarta as necessary).

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:             The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP) manages the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded “Reinvigorating Family Planning in Indonesia” project, known as MyChoice Indonesia.  MyChoice is designed to contribute to the Government of Indonesia’s family planning goal to increase the nation’s modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (mCPR) by overcoming identified barriers and creating a consumer-driven environment where every woman can choose and access the right method given her life stage. MyChoice currently promotes it’s “Right Method. Right Time. My Choice” demand generation initiative to young and newly married couples through an integrated, multi-level campaign that includes TV spots, SKATA consumer smartphone app, SKATA website, community mobilization activities and multiple active social media communities.

To further support the National Family Planning and Populaton Board (BKKBN) to expand and improve family planning in Indonesia, MyChoice is working with an Adolescent Reproductive Health technical working group to develop and support strategies to increase the age of marriage and decrease the fertility rate amongst adolescents.  In 2016 MyChoice conducted a qualitative study to examine the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescents and their parents. The study revealed that unmarried adolescents both need and want easily accessible, reliable, stigma free sexual and reproductive health information. In response to that need, the MyChoice project will develop sexual and reproductive health content for youth and their parents.  The content will be developed based on the qualitative study and insights from technical working group partners and youth themselves. The youth content will be hosted on a Hipwee-hosted microsite, while the parent content will be hosted on the SKATA website. Hipwee will be responsible for developing the content for youth and parents, while CCP will be responsible for overseeing the technical quality of that content. CCP wle.cill also be responsible for coordinating the involvement of the TWG and it parents throughout the initiative.

GENERAL POSITION DESCRIPTION:      Under the MyChoice program, CCP seek to explore the reach of program into unmarried adolescent specifically on access to information and services. We have conducted a qualitative assessment in 2017 as a background for the program and need further analysis in specific areas and themes which we believe there is still some insight that needs to be explore to shape the program.

Based on this, we are looking for an experienced qualitative researcher to conduct a qualitative analysis in the existing data that we have in the area of adolescent sexual and reproductive health to: 1) identify themes around ASRH that will be relevant for MyChoice program specifically on adolescent knowledge, attitude and practice toward sexuality and reproductive health; 2) find more insight on adolescent access to information and health services; 3) find more insight on parents’ knowledge, attitude and practice toward adolescent sexuality and reproductive health; and, 4) close the gap in the current analysis to provide bigger picture that hasn’t been revealed in previous analysis 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Master degree in relevant discipline, preferably in public health, medical anthropology, social science, medical education and/or other related social science field, with a minimum of 7 years relevant experience with international development programs in analyzing large data of qualitative research in Indonesia, especially the ones related to Adolescent Reproductive Health issues; has a good networking with key stakeholders of ARH in Indonesia; has positive attitude toward adolescent sexuality and non-judgmental; ability to work in a multi-cultural setting under tight deadlines; and, have excellent communication skills, including fluency in written and spoken in both English and Indonesia.

Interested candidates may submit CV/resume and application letter to procurement@jhuccp.or.id by Friday – July 20, 2018.  Please notify the position applied in the subject line.  Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.