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POSITION INFO:
Main purpose of the job:
- To drive the conduct of the CEPI-funded BRAVE (Background Rates of Adverse Events for Vaccine Evaluation in Africa) study across African countries including Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda and Kenya
Location:
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Parktown, Johannesburg
Key performance areas:
- In conjunction with respective P.I/P.I.’s manage full scope of the surveillance study conduct including protocol implementation, reports and reporting, and publications according to all applicable standards of the respective Sponsors and Alive Standard Operating Procedures
- Assess the project activities, M&E data and external developments within the field in order to improvement outputs on an ongoing basis
- Monitoring of study progress and site visits
- Lead data management in study coordinating centre, oversee data cleaning, quality control at all sites in collaboration with site data management teams
- In conjunction with GVDN team, develop data collection tools and database, including testing database
- Manage database access (Wits REDCap or similar) for all site teams, GVDN and Wits Alive teams
- In conjunction with GVDN:
- Prepare statistical analysis plan
- Prepare standard operating procedures and training resources for data collection, data entry, analysis and other data-related aspects of BRAVE study
- Conduct data analysis, prepare tables and write up methodologies used and results
- Contribute to and prepare publications
- Compile relevant reports and research findings to address questions that transpired from meetings, management or donors’ requests
- Conduct literature review to determine what research has been done and what the gaps in knowledge are
- Write research proposals and, when required, funding proposals
- Obtain ethical approval from relevant regulatory committees/bodies
- Write research protocols and SOPs for studies
- Develop and design research tools and obtain necessary approval
- Support sites with Community Advisory Group engagement regarding research studies
- Monitor the progress of research projects through ongoing liaison with Study Coordinators
- Collaborate closely with other investigators on related studies within the cluster and provide advice or guidance on study design, protocol, research tools, data analysis and other research related activities
- Contribute towards the development of knowledge within the team by identifying relevant training needs and topics
- Develop relevant training material and presentations
- Participate actively in the research leadership groups and forums as required
Required minimum education and training:
- Master’s Degree in relevant field (e.g. Epidemiology, Project Management), or relevant professional qualification
- Certification in Good Clinical Practice
- Valid driver’s license (own transport)
Required minimum work experience and abilities:
- Minimum 3 years research experience
- Experience working in a donor funded organization/NGO or project- based environment
Desirable additional education, work experience, and abilities:
- Practical experience in conducting disease surveillance and/or medical research using various methodological designs
- Experience in data analysis (longitudinal data sets) and publication writing
- Familiarity with statistical software, particularly STATA
- Systematic and analytical in approach to research
- Tactful, respectful and non-judgmental
- Good administrative skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Able to work under pressure and adhere to deadlines
- Self-motivated, able to work independently and work as part of a diverse/multidisciplinary team
- Assertive, confident and adaptable
Demands of the job:
- Traveling (national and international) will be required from time to time, including monitoring visits to partner sites in Africa. Overtime may be required to meet specific deadlines.
TO APPLY:
- Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above requirements will not be considered for the respective position.
- Please Apply Online and complete your registration on Ditto Hire (our application tracking system) to enable and protect you as a candidate to accept the new POPIA terms and conditions. This will then create your permanent profile with which you can apply for all jobs as advertised by AJ PERSONNEL. However, you may remove your profile from AJ PERSONNEL when you are no longer in the job market.
- The closing date for all applications: 31 January 2025.
- Note WHC, in accordance with their Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.
Please note:
- AJ Personnel is only responsible for the advertising and response handling of the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
- AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.
- Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
- Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks from the closing date can consider their application to be unsuccessful.
