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Research Specialist - Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health

1.00 to 10.00 Years   Karachi, Pakistan   29 Apr, 2023
Aga Khan University
1 Jobs Openings
Job LocationKarachi, Pakistan
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Job Description

IntroductionThe Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health aims to support the introduction, scale-up and further piloting of high quality and high impact interventions to improve Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (MNCAH) in Pakistan by harnessing the potential of both public and private sectors, coupled with introduction of women and girls empowerment intervention. UeN has two major components; one is to introduce proven effective MNCAH interventions at scale in 14 districts and the second is to˙ generate evidence through innovative approaches to improve MNCAH while included in the public health programme in Pakistan. Of the five innovation projects, one aims to measure the Men Engagement in Women Empowerment (MEWE) through Life Skills Building (LSB) and cash transfer to improve maternal mental health in Pakistan.ResponsibilitiesYou will be responsible to supervise project activities related to field and data management to ensure quality control, while maintaining good working relationship with staff, community and various stakeholders involved. Specific responsibilities include to:˙

  • ensure proper identification and registration of patients as per study protocol
  • supervise and monitor domiciliary visits
  • monitor and report mortality and hospital surveillance
  • monitor and report on the disease surveillance from non-project facilities (private and public sectors, and NGOs)
  • provide training to the study staff as per the protocols and guidelines of study
  • ensure the completeness, proper filings, and archiving of the CRFs
  • make surprise visits to household and field sites to check quality of data collected
  • preparation and compilation of study progress report
  • in collaboration with the Data Manager, prepare monthly project reports
  • present the study results as per the requirement
  • to develop high quality research proposals for funding agency; conduct research and contribute in publications
RequirementsYou should have:˙
  • a Master?s degree in Anthropology, Sociology, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Health Policy & Management, Public Health or Healthcare Management or equivalent
  • three to five years of experience preferably in qualitative data collection and analysis
  • experience in training teams in evaluation and interventions
  • willingness for frequent ˙travel to remote locations for overseeing quality assurance of departmental research projects and training of local staff
  • highly organized and self-motivated
  • excellent interpersonal communication skills
  • proven mixed methods research ˙skills
  • ability to work in teams
  • integrity and strong research ethics
  • excellent written and verbal communication skills in English;
  • strong computer skills

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