Job Advertisement: Study Coordinator (1 Position)
The ASANTE study aims to
investigate the role of HIV and tuberculosis in early structural heart disease
among older adults in Nairobi.
We are committed to excellence
in our research, and to working with our study populations with the utmost
respect and care.
We require all team members to
provide ethical and respectful services to vulnerable, key populations, and to
maintain flexible hours in order to interface effectively with international
partners.
The study coordinator will be
responsible for all daily study operations at the study site, including
recruitment, enrollment, administration of study questionnaires, blood draws
and facilitating ECHO and CT scans.
Additional responsibilities
include supervising study personnel, maintaining up-to-date study protocols and
approvals, and liaising with key stakeholders, both locally and
internationally.
The coordinator will work under
guidance of the Principal Investigator(s).
The candidate must be
self-directed, working with minimal supervision, and must be committed to
carrying out the study activities while ensuring the collection of high-quality
research data.
Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to
the following:
- Study implementation at study site and partner
laboratories/imaging facilities
- Recruitment and enrollment of study participants,
accompanying study participants to other on-site locations and partner
facilities for data collection and imaging assessments, managing and
disbursing study participant disbursements, and contacting study
participants for follow-up as needed
- Training staff at study site
- Ensure necessary local ethics review board approvals and
renewals are obtained for the study and managing study ethics and human
subjects protection
- Coordinate and attend all meetings required for the success
of the study
- Ensure that necessary study supplies/materials are in stock
- Serve as the liaison between the study team, the study
Principal Investigators (PI’s), and collaborators
- Coordinate and participate in regular meetings with study
team and investigators
- Safe and effective delivery of samples to different
laboratories.
Essential Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in medicine, nursing, laboratory fields, or
equivalent
- Certification in Human Subjects Protection
- Ability to work in a team environment
Desirable qualities, skills and abilities:
- Demonstrated ability to plan, lead, coordinate, and
accomplish research activities
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Strong analytic, organizational, written, and verbal
communication skills
- Experience with HIV research, antiretroviral therapy (ART)
and HIV testing and counseling (HTC) programs
- Familiarity with smart phone/tablet technology for data
collection, including RedCap
- Attention to detail and good work ethic
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Respectful, punctual, hardworking, conscientious
- Responsive to multiple communication modalities with
international team members
- Judicious but appropriate regular communication with study
Principal Investigator, Co-Investigators, and direct supervisor as needed
- Ability to work effectively as a member of a collaborative
team
Expectations:
- Full time position at 40 hours per week.
- Position length is 1 year with possibility of extension
dependent on study needs.
- Competitive salary based on qualification and experience.
Apply online at THIS LINK and then email your current CV, copies of
certificates and testimonials to asantestudy2023@gmail.com not later than May 9
2023
All applications should be
addressed to the Principal investigator ASANTE Study.
N/B Applications without the
above-mentioned qualification or required certificates will NOT be considered.
