Junior Socio-behavioural Scientist

**JUNIOR SOCIO-BEHAVIOURAL SCIENTIST**

**1 (ONE) YEAR FIXED-TERM CONTRACT**

**HEAD QUARTERS; WOODSTOCK**

The Desmond Tutu Health Foundation (DTHF) is a registered non-profit organization focused on the pursuit of excellence in research, treatment, training and prevention of HIV and related infections in Southern Africa.

We have fantastic job opportunities across our businesses for talented people wanting to realize their full potential. Could that be you? If so, we invite you to explore the possibility of joining us to play your part in Desmond Tutu Health Foundations’ exciting future.

This 1-year fixed-term contract position will be based between Woodstock (HQ) with regular field visits to Philippi Village, Cape Town. The position is located in the FastPrEP project, a large PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) implementation science project focused on adolescent and young people. The main role of this position is to support the socio-behavioural divisions in research-related activities including protocol and paper writing; literature review; tool development; data collection, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, study implementation and coordination.
- Master’s degree in social sciences or public health
- Publication in a peer-reviewed journal (as first author preferred)
- At least 2-3 years’ experience in a research environment
- At least 1 year HIV prevention research experience
- At least 1 year of research project planning, organizing and management experience
- At least 1 years’ experience in qualitative (interviews and focus group discussion) data collection and quality control
- Valid Certificate in Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
- Valid driver’s license with own transport
- Must have proven experience in conducting literature reviews
- Must have experience using a reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
- Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and adolescent sexual health
- Excellent communication - verbal & written skills
- Ability to build relationships with stakeholders and use these to manage study
- Strong administrative and logístical skills
- Planning and organizing
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to maintain effectiveness during changing conditions
- Detail-oriented
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team

**Responsibilities**:

- Provide research and administrative support to senior researchers
- Conduct in-depth literature reviews as requested
- Support study socio-behavioural scientists with study-specific tasks, including participant interviews, file management, and quality checking, and participant scheduling and follow up
- Liaise and co-ordinate with community outreach teams regarding the follow up of study participants and scheduling of interviews/focus group discussions/surveys
- Conduct, transcribe and analyze qualitative interviews and FGD’s
- Assist with protocol development and revisions by providing input as needed.
- Manage research protocol ethics submissions
- Assist with qualitative data management and analysis as needed.
- Assist lead socio-behavioural scientists with any presentations that need to be done on study data
- Assist with designing, developing, and distributing materials on the study
- Attend research meetings as required for project staff
- Assist in reporting to funders
- Assist in write-up of study results for dissemination and publication.

**Values fit: Passion Innovation Progress Integrity Respect Excellence**
- I further understand that the personal information I disclose to DTHF will be processed in accordance with the requirements set out in the Protection of Personal Information Act and may include the transferring thereof to third parties for the purposes of verification. _
- This job may be removed before it expires._
- Desmond Tutu Health Foundation is a child-friendly organization committed to the protection of children._

**For more information about the organization please visit our website