Project Coordinator MSc (x1) [High Horizons]
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- CeSHHAR Zimbabwe
- Expires 21 Apr 2025
- Harare
- Full Time
Job Description
CeSHHAR Zimbabwe is an organisation that specialises in population health research and programming, including on sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. CeSHHAR has an extensive national, regional, and international academic and community partnership network. CeSHHAR has a diverse range of funders which include the Wellcome Trust, Gates Foundation, United States NIH, UK Medical Research Council, Templeton World Charity Foundation, Global Fund for AIDS TB and Malaria, UNICEF and UNFPA. We partner very closely with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (UK), Zimbabwe's Ministry of Health and Child Care and international and regional centres of research excellence to evaluate national programmes and determine the impact, uptake, and cost effectiveness of novel reproductive health interventions.
Duties and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Research Manager – The Project Coordinator is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the research project through implementing or facilitating implementation of research activities and research-related administrative functions that ensure compliance to the research protocol/s and regulations. The Project Coordinator oversees and manages the fieldwork activities and community engagement under Heat Indicators for Global Health (HIGH Horizons) in Mt Darwin District. HIGH Horizons develops early warning systems (EWS) and adaptation-mitigation packages to protect pregnant/postpartum women, infants, and healthcare workers from extreme heat in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. The study addresses knowledge gaps around the quantification and monitoring of direct and indirect impacts of ambient heat exposure.
Project Oversight and Management:
• Oversee the implementation and coordination of the HIGH Horizon study. Ensure alignment with project objectives and maintain up-to-date study records.
• Procurement of project supplies for the smooth running of research studies.
• Obtaining and renewing regulatory and ethical approvals for the study protocols.
• Maintenance of essential study records, e.g., regulatory records, correspondence, staff training records.
• Inventory management and safe keeping of study products
• Ensuring the safe and secure storage of research data according to protocol and good clinical practice (GCP)
Fieldwork Coordination:
• Supervise and manage field activities, ensuring compliance with study protocols and SOPs. This includes the recruitment of study participants, arranging study visits, and ensuring the study goals are met.
• Ensure that informed consent processes are properly conducted and documented, .
Community Engagement:
• Serve as the primary point of contact between the projects and the local community, fostering robust relationships and clear communication.
• Engage relevant stakeholders from MoHCC, (District Medical Officer (DMO), District Nursing Officer (DNO), Matron, facility Health Care Workers (HCW) Village Health Care Workers (VHW).
• Ensuring appropriate community entry for research studies, including obtaining the necessary district/community approvals for the study.
Data Management:
• Oversee data collection to ensure accuracy and reliability. Report regularly on field activities and progress to higher management.
• Conduct data validation, carry out procedures for data validation and verification, to include checks for outliers and inconsistencies.
• Conduct spot checks on teams at various sites.
Team Leadership:
• Guide, train, and manage field teams, ensuring they have the necessary tools and information for effective work.
Stakeholder Collaboration:
• Identify, engage, and collaborate with relevant stakeholders in study sites. This includes scheduling meetings and managing communications on behalf of the PI.
Resource Allocation:
• Monitor and efficiently utilize allocated resources and budgets. - Manage inventory, prepare study kits, and ensure essential items are available when required.
Issue Resolution:
• Proactively identify and address challenges or conflicts that arise during field activities.
Continuous Improvement:
• Regularly assess and suggest enhancements to field processes to boost efficiency and effectiveness.
• Assisting the PI in the development of research protocols
• Draft quality assurance plans and develop data collection tools and forms tailored to the project’s research methodologies for sample collection, analysis, and reporting.
Qualifications and Experience
Master’s degree in a health research, social sciences or related field. Post graduate qualification in relevant field. Valid GCP Certificate. At least 5 years research experience. Ability to work well independently as well as collaboratively as part of a research team with good understanding to qualitative and quantitative methods of research; Prior experience managing a field team and demonstrated ability to support junior staff to perform optimally.
How to Apply
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Step 2: If you are interested in the above position, please email your CV and application cover letter addressed to Human Resources and send to vacancies@ceshhar.org . Indicate the position and duty station you are applying for in the subject line. Please be advised that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Candidates who have applied before need not reapply. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
CeSHHAR Zimbabwe is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, sexual orientation, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply.
The successful candidate will undergo relevant background checks and will be required to commit in writing to comply with the CeSHHAR Zimbabwe safeguarding guidelines.
