SUMMARY:
A Project Manager (Research) 24 Months Contract (Banakekeli Young Carers - BYC) vacancy is available at our Client, Wits Health Consortium, in Acornhoek - Mpumalanga.
POSITION INFO:
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.
Main purpose of the job
- The position is to manage a study across three sites in Mpumalanga province
- The incumbent will work closely with the principal investigator, co-investigators, and other members of the project team to rollout the quantitative and qualitative research in the field
Location
(Banakekeli Young Carers) Acornhoek, Mpumalanga
Key performance areas
- Ensure overall coordination and provide management and administrative support for the various study components
- Assist in project planning and provide support in short- and long-term planning to establish and implement the study protocol, including all standard operating procedures
- Manage teams of fieldworkers across three sites in Mpumalanga
- Coordinate, support, and monitor all fieldwork activities such as data collection, tracing participants, participant reimbursements, referrals to the social worker, community liaison, uploading of data to an encrypted server
- Develop and test strategies to follow up study participants
- Maintain all study records in accordance with the study protocol
- Ensure ethical protocols and procedures are adhered to
- Report on study progress and outputs
- Monitor day to day project finances and petty cash
Required minimum education and training
- Master’s degree in health/social sciences (e.g., Public Health, Sociology, Gender studies, Psychology, Social Work) or other relevant field
- Experience working or researching in the field of gender-based violence or child protection
- Experience managing research studies or fieldwork
- Excellent understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies
- Strong management, administrative, and computer literacy skills (including Zoom/MS Teams, Office Package particularly Excel and basic knowledge of statistical software e.g. SPSS, STATA or R)Valid driver’s license with no penalties
- No criminal record
- Fluent in English
Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities
- Excellent project management skills
- 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
- Well organized
- Problem solver
- Ability to work in a high-pressure environment and ability to deliver work to high standards even under pressure
- Experience working with minors and vulnerable populations
- Experience of working with donor-funded projects and in a research or academic environment is an advantage
- National travel and overtime/weekend may be required from time to time
- Working in rural or under-resourced areas Is required
- Must be willing to relocate to Ehlanzeni District Mpumalanga for the duration of the study
- The ability to communicate in Xitsonga or Siswati is an advantage
Required minimum work experience
- Minimum 2 years’ project management experience
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 08 October 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
Please note that AJ PERSONNEL is only responsible for advertising the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.
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