Advancing Health for Humanitarian Support Initiative (AIDHealth Inc.) – hiring Hausa Transcriber-Translator (Hybrid)

Advancing Health for Humanitarian Support Initiative aka (AIDHealth Inc.) is a non-religious, not-for-profit organization officially registered with Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in 2024. AIDHealth was founded by a visionary coalition of Nigerian healthcare professionals, public health experts, development practitioners, and diaspora leaders with a mission to bridge systemic gaps in healthcare access for marginalized and displaced populations. Through an integrated, evidence-based approach, AIDHealth Inc., implements cross-cutting programs addressing the root causes of persistent health challenges, particularly poverty, inadequate health infrastructure, and socio-economic disparities. By leveraging innovative healthcare solutions, strategic partnerships, and community-driven interventions, AIDHealth is committed to strengthening health systems and ensuring sustainable, equitable healthcare services for vulnerable populations, especially women, children, and the youth.

AIDHealth bridges the divide between emergency response and resilience-building. The organization leverages Nigeria’s dynamic NGO ecosystem to foster cross-continental collaboration. Headquartered in Nigeria, AIDHealth Inc., operates through strategic regional hubs, partnering with global and local stakeholders to advance health equity, development, and humanitarian nexus interventions …advancing health equity…service without borders.

We are  recruiting to fill the position below:

 Job Title: Hausa Transcriber-Translator

Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time (Hybrid)
Job IDs: KBL-01, KBL-02, KBL-03
Engagement: Per audio hour, about 12 audio hours, February 2027 (cognitive testing of the baseline questionnaire). Larger assignments follow at the midline and endline.

Responsibilities

• Transcribe cognitive-interview recordings verbatim in Hausa, in standard orthography with the hooked letters (ɓ, ɗ, ƙ, ʼy) preserved.
• Translate into English in a two-column format aligned by timestamp, keeping idioms in Hausa with a short note.
• Flag words or questions that respondents misunderstood, to help finalise the Hausa questionnaire.
• Deliver each transcript within 5 working days and keep all material confidential.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or HND in Hausa, Linguistics, Translation, English or a related field.
• At least 3 years of Hausa–English transcription or translation for research or media.
• Native Hausa speaker with knowledge of the Kano dialect (Kananci).
• Excellent written English.

Preferred experience:

• Transcribing sensitive topics such as health, gender or family life.

Skills and attributes:

• Accuracy and patience.
• Faithful to the speaker’s meaning.
• Discreet with sensitive information

Application Deadline 
16th October, 2026.

METHOD OF APPLICATION 
Interested and qualified candidates should send a CV (no more than 4 pages), a short cover note confirming your availability, your expected daily rate and two professional referees to: aidhealthinc@gmail.com, with the Job ID and title in the subject line (for example, “KBL-01 Lead Data Analyst”).

Note: Applicants for KBL-02 should add one or two writing samples.