Project Co-ordinator - R676A at South African Medical Research Council

Responsibilities:

• Establishing relationships with stakeholders such as healthcare clinic staff
• Quality assurance of data
• Staff supervision
• Planning (daily, weekly, monthly) and managerial tasks
• Administrative tasks and oversight
• Stigma reduction training and intervention delivery as required
• Recruitment and tracking of participants as needed
• Completion of consent and study interviews as needed

Core Requirements:

• Four-year tertiary qualification/honours degree in Public Health or social sciences
• 3 or more years of research experience working with substance use, gender, and HIV work (including delivery of evidence based biobehavioural interventions).
• 2 years’ experience with administrative duties of research studies.
• Previous experience in project management or supervisory roles in conducting interventions and other fieldwork activities for community-based research projects particularly on HIV prevention/treatment and substance use in the community.
• Experience with staff supervision/training
• Speak fluent English AND isiXhosa/Afrikaans (preferably some level of both isiXhosa and Afrikaans)
• Have a valid South African driver’s license with current driving experience.
• Be comfortable working with participants who use substances
• Familiarity with communities in Cape Town area