Research assistant

Orca Communications
📍 remote, gauteng, South-Africa 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 29, 2026

Job Description

We're hiring: Research Assistant (Johannesburg) - Qualitative fieldwork on water & sanitation

Project: Water and Sanitation in Johannesburg

Where: Johannesburg area When: September-October (8 weeks) Type: Paid, on-site, part-time (local hire)

What you'll do (qualitative only)

Conduct semi-structured interviews with residents, community leaders, and NGOs -focused on water access, non-revenue water (NRW), and sanitation.

Facilitate 12 focus groups to surface coping norms, trust, and practical ideas to improve water services and sanitation.

Join field walk-alongs in informal settlements to observe daily water/sanitation practices; take careful notes and (where appropriate) photos; deliver short weekly insight memos.

Handle recruitment, consent, audio recording, transcription/translation, and confidentiality (POPIA-compliant).

You are

Based in Gauteng; fluent in English plus a local language (e.g., isi Zulu...

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Job Details

  • Location remote, gauteng
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category Other-General
  • Posted Date June 29, 2026
  • Application Deadline August 08, 2026