Organisation: MU-JHU Care Ltd (MUJHU)
Funding Source: US National Institute of Health (NIH)
Duty Station: Kampala (2) and Mityana (1), Uganda
Reports to: Study Coordinator
MU-JHU Care Ltd (MUJHU) is a
registered Ugandan non-governmental organization dedicated to providing
services and conducting research on HIV/AIDS care and prevention related to
mother-to-child transmission of HIV. MUJHU is implementing a US National
Institute of Health (NIH)-funded study entitled “Using Enhanced Peer Group
Strategies to Support Prevention of Mother To Child HIV Transmission (PMTCT)
Option B+ in Uganda” planned to take place in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, and
Mityana Hospital, Mityana District.
Job Summary: The
Research Assistant will support the Study Coordinator by undertaking field
visits to the community in the study recruitment.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
- Keenly
review collected data, including consent documents for completeness and
validity to ensure quality control. - In
charge of identifying missing participant study data and obtain from the
primary HIV care provider’s health unit. - Work
in liaison with the study counsellors to facilitate and conduct Focus
Group Discussions (FGDs) and Key Informant Interviews (KII) according to
the study protocol - Participate
in mapping of participants’ locations of residence at the two study sites
in order - to
establish community meeting points for implementation of the study
intervention - Provide
real-time data review feedback to the counselling team to resolve queries. - Perform
ongoing data cleaning. - Troubleshoot
to identify common causes of data errors/protocol deviations and suggest
corrective/preventive actions. - In
charge of data reconciliation with the Data Manager at MUJHU. - Identify
and report information technology system related issues to the Data
Manager. - Support
the Study Coordinator and Program Manager in compilation of project reports. - Perform
any other duties as may be assigned by the relevant authority.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
- The
Research Assistants should hold a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a
health- related field or social sciences - At
least two years’ experience in clinical research data handling - Computer
literacy skills are required - Past
experience with electronic data collection - Possess
the ability to work independently and troubleshoot problems that may arise
during the conduct of the study - Ability
to pay attention to detail - Computer
programming skills will be an added advantage
All candidates with the
relevant qualifications and experience are encouraged to send a detailed CV
demonstrating possession of the job requirements, current position, names and
addresses of three (3) referees, copies of academic certificates and
testimonials, including daytime telephone contact wither by post or hand
delivery to the following address;
The Human Resources Manager,
MU-JHU Care Ltd, Upper Mulago Hill Road, P. O. Box 23491, Kampala, Uganda.
Email to: mmayiga@mujhu.org
NB: Only short listed applicants will be
contacted.
Deadline: 19th June 2015 by
5:00pm
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