Assistant Study Coordinator Job in Kenya

Vacancy: Assistant Study Coordinator

The University of Washington (UW) is proud to be one of America’s premier educational and research institutions. The UW has been conducting medical research and program activities in Kenya for over 25 years. 

As part of this endeavor, the Treatment, Research and Expert Education (TREE) program has contributed to HIV medical research and has developed HIV treatment, prevention and management capacity through training, clinical mentorship, and webcast distance learning lectures. 

The TREE Program has an outstanding opportunity for an Assistant Study Coordinator with strong data analysis skills and experience in monitoring studies. 

Working under the general direction of a Study Coordinator and Principal Investigator, she/he will responsible for the following:

Study Coordination Duties

• Prepare periodic ad hoc reports as required by principal investigators, funding agency and/or regulatory bodies
• Schedule meetings as required by funding agency and regulatory bodies
• Respond in a timely manner to all queries by the regulatory bodies
• Prepare and submit in a timely manner annual renewal applications to regulatory bodies

Data Duties

• Develop strategies for data management
• Design and revise research instruments as necessary to ensure that quality data that correlates with research objectives
• Design and manage research databases
• Coordinate data-checking process and produce reports on the data quality
• Manage data cleaning processes
• Ensure that patient study files are properly filled, documented, and stored
• Maintain the security of data
• Responsible for linking, de-linking and encrypting data
• Perform complex data analyses
• Prepare data reports for regulatory bodies and funding agency

Monitoring Duties

• Assist the Study Coordinator in monitoring the progress of research activities and ensuring the smooth and efficient day-to-day operation of research and data collection activities
• Review the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of completed study related records, case report forms and other documents
• Implement quality control procedures throughout the conduct of the study
• Review study related processes relative to applicable regulatory requirements, including GCP and Human Subjects Protection regulations
• Responsible for  ensuring  that all staff are following Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs)
• Coordinate monitoring visits by the funding agency
• Coordinate training activities for staff
• Review and Implement in a timely manner recommendations by funding agency

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in related fields such as public health, statistics, IT or related fields and at least 4 years of related work experience
• Experience in coordinating studies
• Experience in monitoring of research studies and developing action items
• Demonstrated knowledge in QA/QC processes in a research study set ups
• Experience in Data Management including

1. Using teleform software, and mobile data collection (knowledge of ODK a plus)
2. Handling clinical research data
3. Data analysis, especially of longitudinal data
4. Proficiency in SPSS and other data analysis packages

Submit your application letter addressed to the Principal Investigator, TREE. Include your daytime telephone contact, telephone contacts of three professional referees, a detailed Curriculum Vitae, and copies of certificates and testimonials by May 5th 2015 treehire@uw.edu