5 Field Supervisor /Team Lead Job Positions – Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health (MakSPH)

Job Title: Field Supervisor /Team Lead (5 Job Positions)

Organisation: Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health (MakSPH)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: TB Prevalence Survey Coordinator

About US:

Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health (MakSPH) in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MoH), Uganda Prisons Services, and with support from the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention carry out a national survey entitled “A National Survey to Determine the Prevalence of Latent and Active Tuberculosis, COVID-19 and HIV Among Prisoners and Prisons Staff in Uganda Prisons”.

The Study team seeks to recruit responsible, qualified, and competent individuals who can work with minimum supervision to join its team in the capacities listed below, to support data collection for a period of 4-6 weeks across five regions of Uganda.

Job Summary: The purpose of this job is to be directly responsible for the implementation of the field work in line with the TB prevalence survey protocol and Manual of Operations.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Lead the field team and team field operations
Make a second pre-visit to the selected clusters before the fieldwork (during team breaks) to mobilize communities to participate in the survey through meetings to inform them of the purpose, target groups, procedures, benefits, and risks of the survey while following a designed survey communications strategy.
Provide the local village authorities and respondents with a brochure about the survey
Requisition for equipment, logistics and supplies necessary for field operations.
Provide the local village authorities with household/census registers and request them to prepare a household registry.
Be responsible for logistics, human resources on the team and organization during the fieldwork
Coordinate the day-to-day fieldwork (oversee field work)
Organize respondents’ flow within the survey base as outlined in the protocol
Compile and submit daily the field report to the Survey Coordinator
Inform the local authorities of any survey identified cases for purposes of case management.
Account for all field resources provided to you for the teams’ operation
Ensure safety of copies of each set of data collection tools in the field (household census registers, questionnaires, eligible for sputum collection register, chest radiographs, CXR registers, laboratory registers and cluster summary report form etc.)
Report any problems in implementing the survey protocol in the field
Attend once weekly field operations meeting as required at project offices during field breaks
Cross check all symptom data and chest x-ray reading data and TB suspects and collection registers at the field level.
Authorize and acknowledge all items and study samples leaving the field.
In all field operations, follow the project protocol and manual of field operations and always keep all study information confidential.
Perform other related duties assigned by the coordinator

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

The applicant must hold a Degree in bachelor’s degree in health Sciences.
Post graduate training in Public Health or its equivalent.
Must possess a certificate in good clinical practices or research in human ethics, experienced in human health research activities including special population, ability to work beyond the normal working hours.
Applicants with field experience will be preferred. This is project work and successful candidates will be required to work beyond office works if there is need to beat deadlines.
Certificate in good clinical practice is added advantage.

How to Apply:

All interested persons should send their applications with current CV, stating two referees and their contacts to the Dean, Makerere University School of Public Health via the application link below.

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Deadline: 3^rd October 2022

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