Research Associate, Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health
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18 hours ago
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Job Summary
Requirements
You should have:
- MBBS/BDS/BScN/Masters in any relevant field or equivalent;
- 1-2 years of related work experience;
- strong communication and interpersonal skills;
- team player;
- good writing skills;
- basic Knowledge of survey and other research designs;
- data collection analysis and interpretation in terms of report writing and biostatics;
willingness to travel to field sites.
Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.
Research Associate Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health
Entity: Aga Khan University
Location: Peshawar
Introduction
The Aga Khan University is a private international university committed to international standards of excellence in teaching research and service. Its teaching hospital the Aga Khan University Hospital has been accredited by the prestigious Joint Commission International for achieving the highest international healthcare standards.
As an equal opportunity employer AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty staff trainees volunteers beneficiaries wider communities and other stakeholders with whom it works including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.
This a grant funded contractual position.
Responsibilities
You will be responsible to:
- Supervise and monitor day-to-day research and field activities across three facilities and community ensuring smooth implementation of study protocols;
- oversee enrolment of participants of the study ensuring proper adherence to the inclusion criteria;
- conduct regular field visits for monitoring quality assurance and auditing of study activities in line with SOPs and research guidelines;
- provide training and capacity-building sessions for field staff and data collectors to ensure adherence to protocols and high-quality data collection;
- ensure accurate timely and complete entry/uploading of data by data-collectors/field staffs;
- coordinate with government departments healthcare providers and community stakeholders to facilitate research implementation;
- contribute to the development of research proposals protocols and study tools where required;
- identify operational challenges in the field and proactively recommend practical solutions to ensure uninterrupted project implementation;
- monitor and report the hospital / mortality surveillance;
- monitor and report on the disease surveillance from non-project facilities (private and public sectors and NGOs);
- prepare and present weekly fortnightly and monthly project reports and presentations for the progress of study being carried out;
- ensure compliance with ethical standards (including proper filing of consent forms) regulatory requirements and organizational policies throughout the study lifecycle;
- any other official responsibility assigned by the management.
Required Experience:
IC
