Research Specialist, Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health

Entity: Aga Khan University

Location: Sujawal and Tharparkar

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 project activities related to field and data management to ensure quality control, while maintaining good working relationship with staff, community and various stakeholders involved. Specific responsibilities include to:

• Ensure proper identification and registration of patients as per study protocol;
• supervise and monitor domiciliary visits;
• monitor and report mortality and hospital surveillance;
• monitor and report on the disease surveillance from non-project facilities (private and public sectors, and NGOs);
• provide training to the study staff as per the protocols and guidelines of study;
• participation in outreach camps and undertaking assigned responsibilities related to camp activities;
• ensure the completeness, proper filings, and archiving of the CRFs;
• ensure the double entry is done for data entry;
• preparation and compilation of study progress report;
• in collaboration with the Data Manager, produce monthly project reports;
• present the study results as per the requirement;
• to develop high quality research proposals for funding agency; conduct research and contribute in publications;
• knowledge of local health system and hierarchy;
• proficient in using word, excel, power point;
• supervise a team of research staff for regular surveillance activities;
• should be able to develop M&E framework and execute as required;
• develop and share Monthly and quarterly reports;

• willing to travel to field sites when and where required.

Requirements

You should have:

• Master's is in anthropology/ sociology/MSc. in Epidemiology and Statistics / MPH / master’s in HPM/master’s in nutrition or any other relevant field would be preferred;
• four to five years of experience in community-based research;
• knowledge of surveys and other research designs;
• strong interpersonal skills and communication;
• excellent Team Player;
• knowledge of qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis and interpretation;
• knowledge of statistical programs such as SPSS, STATA, and R Studio (advantage not requirement).

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.