SUMMARY:
A Project Manager (12 Months Fixed Term Contract) vacancy is available at our Client, Wits Health Consortium's MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt) in Bushbuckridge - Mpumalanga.
POSITION INFO:
Background
The MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt) is an exceptional health and population research centre in rural northeast South Africa. With more than 25 years of longitudinal health and socio-demographic surveillance in the Agincourt sub-district. As an important activity of the MRC/Wits Agincourt Research Unit, the Agincourt HDSS-Clinic- Hospital Link was developed as an ongoing longitudinal data platform to capture and store patient identifies, demographic and clinical information. Data is collected from primary healthcare facilities in the Agincourt Health and socio-Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) study area and nearby district hospitals (Matikwana, Mapulaneng and Tintswalo).
Patients are then linked to the Agincourt HDSS population facilitating more complete monitoring of the burden and impact of various illnesses, coverage of healthcare services, and study of the selective use of healthcare services. The ensuing analytic data is also used to provide local and district health and other public sector authorities with much-improved statistics on the utilization of services, integrated chronic care, and the burden/impact of other illnesses, including co-morbidities, on critical, decentralized levels of the healthcare system.
Utilizing the Agincourt HDSS-Clinic-Hospital Link, the Agincourt HDSS and other nested studies aim to assess the extent to which adult individuals with multiple chronic health conditions self-monitor their health, what methods they use, and the effect of self-monitoring on behaviors and health outcomes. Working with a designated Data specialist, this position will contribute operationally and assist with managing and coordinating all aspects of the Agincourt HDSS-Clinic-Hospital Link and the Multimorbidity Self-management study based in Mpumalanga Province.
Main purpose of the job
- To contribute operationally and to assist with managing and coordinating all aspects of the Agincourt HDSS-Clinic-Hospital Link and the Multimorbidity self-management study
Location
- Agincourt-Bushbuckridge (Mpumalanga Province)
Key performance areas
- To manage and coordinate the Agincourt HDSS-Clinic-Hospital Link and Multimorbidity Self-management study. This will include staff training and supervision of data clerks in clinics and hospitals; planning of field logistics and monitoring of daily activities to meet targets and study objectives; working with a designated Data specialist to ensure high data quality
- Monitoring the progress of research activities and generating regular and ad-hoc reports as required
- To report regularly on study progress to Agincourt field managers, study investigators
- Maintain study site documentation in accordance with Good Clinical Practice
- To assist with any outstanding ethics applications/ amendments and respond appropriately to ethical and welfare issues concerning participants and staff
Required minimum education and training
- Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health/Epidemiology/Social Sciences or related field
Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities
- Experience working within the public health care sector
- Experience in coordinating and managing public health research projects
- Good data management skills
- Able to work well in a team as well as independently
- Able to work under pressure
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Ability to explain technical information clearly to different audiences (e.g., study participants)
- Familiarity with the concept of quality assurance, monitoring and fidelity in research
- Excellent management and organizational skills
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Valid South African Driver’s license
Required minimum work experience
- Minimum of 2 years project management experience
- Working experience in a low- or middle-income country
TO APPLY
- Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV - Please Apply Online
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
- The closing date for all applications is 10 February 2021.
- 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.
- In accordance with our Employment Equity goals and plan, preference will be given to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.
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