Research Specialist, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health

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, in collaboration with the Swiss Red Cross (SRC), is going to implement a community-based research project in district Dadu with the Department of Health, Government of Sindh and other local partners.

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.

Your core responsibilities will be to:

• develop high quality research proposals for funding, conduct research and contribute in publications
• ensure proper identification and registration of patients as per study protocols
• supervise and monitor domiciliary visits
• monitor and report on the disease surveillance
• provide training to the study staff as per the protocols and guidelines of study
• ensure the completeness, proper filing and archiving of the Case Report Files (CRFs)
• ensure that the double entry is done for data entry
• prepare and compile periodic study progress reports and present the study results as per the requirements.

Requirements

You should have:

• Master’s degree in Anthropology, Sociology, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Health Policy & Management, Public Health or Healthcare Management, preferably with some additional certification and knowledge of Good Clinical Practices (GCP)
• at least three years of experience in community research and in training teams
• excellent organization skills and self-motivated
• excellent interpersonal and communication skills, preferably in Sindhi as well
• skills on proven mixed research methods
• ability to work effectively in teams
• integrity and strong research ethics
• proficiency in the use of computers particularly in MS Office package
• willingness for frequent  travel for overseeing quality assurance of departmental research projects and training of local staff.

This is a close-ended position.