Study Coordinator

2 days ago

Mpumalanga, South Africa The Aurum Institute Full time

As a Study Coordinator, you are expected to coordinate both the qualitative and quantitative components of the implementation research study.

**YOUR JOB WILL BE**:
Responsible for study coordination and management through:

- Oversight and monitoring of screening, enrollment, research data collection and participant retention and clinical management.
- To ensure that recruitment, screening, enrollment and retention targets are met, and systems are in place and implemented to meet agreed targets.
- Ensure management of all assigned staff to ensure adherence to protocols and SOP’s.
- Get familiarized with the research protocols and TB preventive treatment implementation at the country level
- Ensure timely, accurate, complete, collection of data from research participants.
- To coordinate transport of study documents to and from study site.
- Ensuring all activities are conducted according to GCP standards and the study protocol.
- To oversee quality control of study documents.
- Liaise with stakeholders at study site and research team
- Liaise with data management team to identify, address and resolve queries timeously

Staff management
- Ensure staff have all the appropriate support and materials to complete their work.
- Supervise and support the research team in carrying out project duties

Provide weekly reports to Project Manager on:

- Project status eg. Screening and enrollment numbers or number of interviews conducted
- Quality assurance and control, and corrective actions.
- Stock levels of equipment, consumables and documents at each site.

General Administration
- Address and ensure error corrections are attended to.
- Ensure maintenance of study equipment
- Maintain inventory for all study equipment, consumables and documents, and order of stock for the study site
- Responsible for preparing files and documents for Audits/Monitoring, in coordination with the Project Manager.
- Assist in writing and distribution of minutes

**YOU MUST HAVE**:
Knowledge of:

- TB from programmatic/clinical perspectives based on local and international policies
- Intermediate personal computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, and excel spread sheet.
- Efficient in Microsoft office
- Quantitative and qualitative epidemiological research methods
- GCP training

Work Experience:

- Experience in research, primarily in the field of health research, preferably on TB/HIV
- At least 3 years’ experience managing people and/or projects
- At least 5 years’ experience in public health/clinical research

Minimum requirements
- Qualification / Professional Membership
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or Diploma in Nursing.
- Registration at SANC if applicable
- Valid driver’s license
- Own car

Advantageous Requirements
- Training in Public Health
- GCP certification

Skills required
- Good communication, presentation and report writing skills.
- Ability to solve practical problems.
- Ability to pay close attention to detail
- Good management and interpersonal skills.
- Proficient in written and spoken English and fluency in local languages.
- Ability to work independently and in a team.

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