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Research Associate, IGNITE

Aga Khan University (AKU)Pakistan, Mityari

5 days ago

Job description

Introduction

The Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health aims to support the introduction, scale-up and further piloting of high quality and high impact interventions to improve Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (MNCAH) in Pakistan by harnessing the potential of both public and private sectors, coupled with introduction of women and girls empowerment intervention.

The overall goal of the IGNIT3 LHW Nutrition, Hygiene, and Heat Adaptation Training Trial will be to determine whether training LHWs in Sindh province to deliver an enhanced integrated package of nutrition, hygiene, and heat adaptation interventions to women of reproductive age (WRA) will improve birth, child growth, and other outcomes more as compared to training LHWs to deliver the standard package of interventions.

This study is situated within the greater context of strengthening the existing LHW program and is intended to inform the effectiveness and value of integrating multi-sectoral content into routine LHW training packages. The evidence generated will also provide information on the feasibility, acceptability, and scalability of the integrated climate-sensitive training package.

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 support the Research Specialist (RS) CoE to facilitate the effective implementation, conduct and evaluation of CoE programs and ensures that programs are adhering to ethical, medical and humanitarian principles. You will be responsible for :

Supervise and monitor all field activities at all field sites around the Pakistan;
coordinate with staff working at field sites in multiple cities of Pakistan for the completion of task within the stipulated timelines;

provide training to the project staff at multiple field sites;

coordinate with Government and Community stakeholders for carrying out the project activities in high-risk areas of Pakistan;

visit field sites for monitoring and auditing purpose to ensure proper field operations as per the guidelines and SoPs provided;

actively work on proposal development of research studies;

liaison with granting agencies and other stake holders for project operations;

ensure the completeness, proper entry and archiving of the CRFs and / or questionnaires;

monitor and report the hospital / mortality surveillance;

monitor and report on the disease surveillance from non-project facilities (private and public sectors, and NGOs);

prepare and present weekly, fortnightly and monthly project reports and presentations for the progress of study being carried out at multiple locations;

prepare and present weekly, fortnightly and monthly project reports and presentations.

Requirements

You should have :

MA / MPH / MSc Epi Bio / Masters in any relevant field or equivalent;

2-3 years of related work experience at community level;

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;

willingness to work on field sites

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.

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Research Associate • Pakistan, Mityari