Introduction
The Outreach and Research Programme of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health has ten community-based field sites across Pakistan (including four in Karachi) and focuses on research for betterment of women and child health. The Department has a Nutritional Research Laboratory as well as an Infectious Disease Research Laboratory that cater to the needs of its research projects. It has well-acclaimed work to its credit both at the national and international level.
The department is conducting a study to assess and analyze the burden and determinants of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) mortality in infants in the urban areas of Karachi, Pakistan which includes (Rehri Goth, Ibrahim Hyderi, Bhains Colony, Ali Akbar Shah). RSV is a respiratory pathogen with potentially high disease burden in developing countries. This will be a two-year mortality-based surveillance study in order to obtain more accurate estimates of the burden of severe RSV infection and associated deaths in infants in the urban areas of Karachi.
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 and monitor the research activities including data collection as well as maintain necessary records, create and sustain liaison with the relevant stakeholders for the smooth implementation of all necessary activities of the project. Specific responsibilities include to:
- Supervise field teams;
- monitoring the data collection process in the field, evaluating and ensuring the accuracy of the data;
- maintain log of enrollments and follow-ups;
- coordinating with the project supervisors to discuss field related activities;
- provide training to the staff as per the protocols and guidelines of study;
- oversee the project, simultaneously, ensuring smooth and efficient day-to-day operation of research related activities;
- ensure all research related auditable materials are always up to date;
- monitoring all components of the project in the field, evaluating, and ensuring the accuracy of the data;
- translation and transcription of data from Urdu to English;
writing a weekly report.
Requirements
You should have:
- at least Bachelor’ s degree or Master’s in Social science will be preferred or equivalent;
- one – Two years of relevant work experience;
- strong communication and interpersonal skills;
- team player;
- good writing skills;
- basic Knowledge of survey and other research designs;
- data collection, analysis and interpretation in terms of report writing and biostatics;
- strong interpersonal skills and communication;
- integrity and strong research ethics;
- excellent written and verbal communication skills in English;
- comfort with working in challenging field-based settings;
- proven mixed methods research skills;
strong people management skills, particularly in challenging field environment;
Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.
