Research Support Administrator - Durban at Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)

Description

The Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) is seeking a highly motivated Research Support Administrator to join the Clinical Research Department. The Research Support Administrator will support the Head of Department in the development and maintenance of the research technical, operational, ethical, governance, compliance, and any other administrative research activities on clinical research projects. They will also provide support in flagging to the project team, new or amended research policies and procedures at AHRI, and provide regulatory support such as that related to ethics.

He/she will also provide technical, research and other inputs in securing grants and in the implementation of projects. In addition, they will also be tasked with QA/QC activities in effort to maintain key institutional study databases with the intent of promoting data integrity within and across the institution.

The position requires high level analytical skills, strong in activities relating to the development of research protocols, grant submissions and is essentially deadline driven with a careful attention to detail and ability to multitask. The Research Support Administrator will work closely with the Head of Department, project managers, study coordinators, PI's and other internal and external institutional stakeholders to support research implementation, give administrative assistance, support SOP and grant writing, promote the integrity of research and research outputs, and maintain the institutional clinical research document repository at AHRI.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduate degree (honours or masters)
• Advanced computer literacy, proficient in Ms Office, email and internet.

Minimum Experience

• Experience in clinical research administration.
• Previous experience in database management, SOP and grant writing.

Advantageous

• IT knowledge and database skills
• QC and QC technical competencies
• Research experience
• GCP compliant and knowledge of medical terminology