Africa Health Research Institute’s vision is optimal health and well-being of under-resourced populations.
Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) is an independent, transdisciplinary scientific research institute based across two campuses in the province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) in South Africa. AHRI’s research combines population, basic and translational, social, and clinical sciences to understand and intervene in the health and well-being of South African communities. AHRI works in partnership with local communities and South African academic, governmental, and other policy stakeholders and collaborates with over 60 institutions globally. AHRI prioritizes the training of the next generation of African scientists.
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Africa Health Research Institute’s (AHRI) vision is the optimal health and well-being of under-resourced populations. To achieve this, AHRI undertakes transdisciplinary academic research to understand and intervene in the health and well-being of under-resourced South African communities. AHRI conducts world-class research in HIV, TB, and non-communicable diseases, spanning basic, clinical, social, and population sciences.
We are seeking highly motivated and outstanding individuals to be trained as HDSS data collectors (fieldworker, tracker and/or call centre agent). The responsible person will be responsible for performing telephonic and field-based data collection tasks from households and individuals in the Demographic Surveillance Area (DSA) using a set of data collection instruments.
Data collection happens in regular rounds and organised in sequential week blocks. Data will be collected through electronic based, involving recording of responses and/or collection of bio measures (such as height, weight, BP, etc.) and biomarkers such as blood specimens, including testing for HIV serostatus.
As for Telephonic data collection will be on an electronic platform, requiring a Call Agent to have a good voice projection, and very skilled in fast-paced electronic capturing of data from telephonic interviews. The training programme will be based at our Somkhele site.
Requirements
Senior Certificate
Certificate in Surveillance Data Collection
A 10-day HIV/AIDS Counselling Certificate from registered service provider
HIV Rapid Testing Certificate
Good Clinical Practise or Good Practice in Health Research Certificate/s will be an advantage.
Drivers Licence as an added advantage
Minimum experience
Experience in conducting home-based rapid HIV test services.
Experience in a field-based and/or telephonic data collection.
Experience in data capturing.
Must be computer literate.
Must be a resident and a member of a homestead from within the Demographic Surveillance Area (DSA).
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