Research Specialist, Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health
Entity
Aga Khan University
Location
Pakistan
Introduction
Aga Khan University, chartered in 1983 as Pakistan's first private international university, is committed to the provision of education, research and health care of international standard relevant to Pakistan and the region. The affiliated Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) has well-equipped investigative services and provides state-of-the-art clinical facilities. AKUH is the first hospital in Pakistan to be awarded the prestigious Joint Commission International Accreditation (JCIA) for practicing the highest internationally-recognized healthcare standards.
The Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health aims to support the introduction, piloting and scaling-up of high quality, high impact interventions to improve maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (MNCAH) in Pakistan by harnessing the potential of both the public and the private sector, coupled with the introduction of women and girls’ empowerment interventions.
The overall goal of the IGNIT3 LHW Nutrition, Hygiene, and Heat Adaptation Training Trial will be to determine whether training LHWs in Sindh province to deliver an enhanced integrated package of nutrition, hygiene, and heat adaptation interventions to women of reproductive age (WRA) will improve birth, child growth, and other outcomes more as compared to training LHWs to deliver the standard package of interventions.
This study is situated within the greater context of strengthening the existing LHW program and is intended to inform the effectiveness and value of integrating multi-sectoral content into routine LHW training packages. The evidence generated will also provide information on the feasibility, acceptability, and scalability of the integrated climate-sensitive training package.
As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.
This is a grant-funded contractual position.
Responsibilities
You 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;
- ensure the double entry is done for data entry;
- preparation and compilation of study progress report;
- in collaboration with the Data Manager, produce 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;
- knowledge of local health system and hierarchy;
- proficient in using word, excel, power point;
- supervise a team of research staff for regular surveillance activities;
- should be able to develop M&E framework and execute as required;
- develop and share Monthly and quarterly reports;
- willing to travel to field sites when and where required
Requirements
You should have:
- Master is anthropology/ sociology, MBBS with MSc. in Epidemiology and Statistics / MPH / master’s in HPM/master’s in nutrition or any other relevant field would be preferred;
- two to Three years of experience in community-based research;
- basic Knowledge of survey and other research designs;
- strong interpersonal skills and communication;
- excellent Team Player;
- knowledge of Data collection, analysis and interpretation in terms of report writing and biostatics;
knowledge of Statistical programs such as SPSS;
Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.