Project Coordinator (12 Month Sessional Contract - Wits Health Consortium)

SUMMARY:
Background:

• Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Limited ("WHC") is a wholly-owned Company of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa) under its Faculty of Health Sciences
• WHC provides Faculty with a legal framework within which to operate the research and other activities necessary to support its academic objectives
• In addition, WHC offers a range of products and services to Academics

POSITION INFO:
Main purpose of the job:

• To coordinate a community based study assessing body composition
• To assist with training support and quality improvement for the study, as well as sample management and analysis

• DPHRU - Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Soweto

• Assist with training for staff in the study
• Manage regulatory and ethics related matters for the study
• Review of participant files for completeness
• Assist with study documentation development and maintenance of study records
• Biological sample management and laboratory analysis of stable isotope assessments
• Maintain a good system for reporting daily study activities
• Review data as set out by the study protocol
• Compiling and submission of study progress reports
• Manage day-to-day running of the study
• Set study recruitment/enrolment and retention targets for the team and ensure that they are met
• Manage scheduled and unscheduled participant visits for the study

• Masters Degree in Paediatrics and Child Health or similar field with Research experience
• Driver’s licence and able to drive a manual vehicle
• Experience working with stable isotopes

• More than 2 years’ experience in clinical research
• Research experience and/or experience managing research studies or fieldwork
• Experience with body composition measures using Deuterium Dilution and Doubly labelled water
• Computer literacy - competence in RedCap, MS Word and Excel is essensial

• Staff supervisory experience and/or experience managing research studies or fieldwork would be an advantage
• Experience with individual and/or group-based training, and/or adult education experience
• Ability to function in a fast-paced multi-tasking environment and pay attention to detail
• Good interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work in a diverse team
• Able to exercise discretion and independent decision making
• Well organised
• Problem solver
• Experience of working with donor-funded projects and in a research or academic environment is an advantage
• Ability to engage with the community in which the study is conducted

• Only if you meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV
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• Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position
• Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates
• Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful
• Closing date: 17 February 2026
• Note: No CV will be accepted after the closing date

• WHC, in accordance with its Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto
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