Hausa Coder / Analyst

Hausa Coder / Analyst

AIDHealth Inc. is seeking a Hausa Coder/Analyst to code and analyze social media posts in Hausa for tone, stance, theme, and narrative on a secure annotation platform. The role also involves translating quotes, flagging risky content, and submitting community feedback reports.

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

• 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.

How to Apply 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.