Anthropologist (Senior) Wits Vida

**Main purpose of the job**:

- To lead in conceptualizing research ideas, designing research protocols and tools, implementing research studies, and managing research projects
- To lead in providing data analysis, draft manuscripts for publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals
- To provide academic leadership through teaching, mentorship, and supervision of post-graduate student projects
- To participate in conferences through presentations of research outputs

**Location**:

- **Wits VIDA, Nurses Residence, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Soweto - Johannesburg**

**Key performance areas**:

- Research management analysis and outputs (social behavioral sciences and related) _
- Conceptualise research tops, design, implement and oversee relevant research projects as directed
- Collaborate and provide relevant guidance advice on study design, protocols, research tools, feasibility, and analysis as required
- Effective and efficient administration and project planning including timelines, budgets, resource allocation, deliverables, dependencies
- Develop, design, implement and track research through project management tools, milestones and process flows and monitor ongoing project progress with study and/or community teams and through internal reporting
- Oversee data quality
- Effectively oversee and develop qualitative research activities including but not limited to:

- Outlining of study sampling criteria, and identifying study participants as per protocol
- Organizing and conducting interviews with the relevant study population as per sampling criteria
- Overseeing and completing interview transcriptions
- Perform data analysis in line with project requirements
- Provide regular data analysis and progress reports
- Support all qualitative research-related activities as directed
- Analyse data (qualitative and quantitative) in accordance with the project, research leadership, and publication requirements
- Develop and document analysis plan/s, methodologies, and results
- Write and support research publications
- Draft research manuscripts for publications
- Conduct literature reviews
- Produce and increase academic outputs inclusive of policy briefs, peer-reviewed publications, and conference presentations
- Organise, prepare and lead meetings, reports, presentations, and publications according to all applicable standards of the respective stakeholders
- Support to ensure project and/or departmental alignment with all applicable and relevant policies
- Develop and implement relevant Standard Operating Procedures and training programs
- Ensure Good Clinical Practice and research ethics principles are upheld
- Support community engagement strategies required for specific studies and engage relevant community advisory groups as required in conjunction with relevant teams
- Effectively drive study-related communications, data collation, and results dissemination with applicable required departments/collaboration
- Provide relevant SBS insights in support of the Soweto Health Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS)
- population-based research and activities and support investigators of population-based research by fostering a collaborative, interactive working approach
- Research and academic development _
- Support the development of long-term social behavioral sciences research including strategic planning and driving action plans with indicators
- Pursue own research interests consistent with the overall research agenda of the organization and in conjunction with the research leadership team
- Advise on the implementation of large multi-site research and dynamically contribute to new, relevant research questions
- Design, write, and submit or contribute to new proposals
- Identify and pursue new funding opportunities in line with the organization’s interest and own research goals
- Student supervision (to be confirmed/as may be applicable)
- Stakeholder relations _
- Manage internal and external stakeholder expectations and communicate appropriately with initiative and solutions
- Build and maintain a high standard of professional, authentic internal and external stakeholder relationships (internal relations at all levels of the organization, and external relations with relevant public, private and third-sector stakeholders as well as academic collaborators and media)
- Ensure compliance and drive risk management
- Support and/or drive programmatic interactions with sponsors as applicable
- Support program-specific communications and participate in organizational communications, driving organization and own research portfolio
- Staff management _
- Lead cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams to promote productivity within projects; effectively supervise and manage staff duties and targets, and maintain sound labor relations
- Coordinate and conduct training on the requirements for specific studies/program components and ensure robust regular review and ongoing development of team cap