Maintain daily oversight of study implementation and coordinate study related activities to ensure they are performed in accordance with the donor requirements.
**Recruitment is contingent upon successful award of the project.
Duties and responsibilities:
• Develop study materials and tools necessary to appropriately train individuals involved in the study implementation.
• Ensure all key personnel or persons engaged in the study have met essential training
requirements.
• Supervise and coordinate research assistants to meet the study expectations in a timely manner while maintaining the expected quality standards
• Plan and coordinate the initiation of the study protocol, and the establishment of operating policies and procedures.
• Facilitate monitoring and auditing visits, respond to any audit findings and implement approved recommendations.
• Ensure data is collected as required by the protocol.
• Maintain study timelines.
• Maintain an adequate inventory of study supplies.
• Complete study documentation and maintain study files according to laid down procedures
• Retain all study records in accordance with sponsor requirements and project policies and
procedures.
• Maintain effective and ongoing communication with the sponsor and the PI during the course of the study.
• Collaborate with the PI to prepare and review the budget justification.
• Collaborate with the PI in submission of accurate and timely close-out documents to the
sponsoring agency
Required qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Health or Social Sciences equivalent from a recognized training institution. A Master’s degree in Public Health would be an added advantage.
• Demonstrated understanding of research survey design and basic data analysis
• Knowledge of concepts of public health, epidemiology and surveillance
Desired experience, skills and competencies:
• Minimum of five years’ progressive professional experience in public health surveillance preferably in PEPFAR supported programmes;
• Experience with Viral Load testing laboratories and sample referral networks
• Experience in writing and updating protocols and procedures relating to surveillance, and in data collection, storage, reporting, sharing and dissemination.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to prioritize, work under deadlines, work with minimal supervision and multitask
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to summarize disparate information in a clear and concise manner
• Working knowledge of statistical software (e.g., STATA, SAS, R, etc.) preferred
• ICT Proficient including use of analytical programmes
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills
