Study Coordinator - Tembisa at The Aurum Institute

YOUR JOB WILL BE:  

Responsible for study coordination and management through:

• Oversight and monitoring of screening, enrolment, research data collection and participant retention and clinical management.
• To ensure that recruitment, screening, enrolment and retention targets are met, and systems are in place and implemented to meet agreed targets.
• Ensure management of all assigned staff to ensure adherence to protocols and SOP’s.
• Ensure timely, accurate, complete, collection of data from research participants.
• Ensuring all activities are conducted according to GCP standards and the study protocol.
• To oversee quality control of study documents.
• Liaise with stakeholders at study site and research team.
• Liaise with data management team to identify, address and resolve queries timeously.

Staff management

• Ensure staff have all the appropriate support and materials to complete their work.
• Supervise and support the research team in carrying out project duties.

Provide weekly reports to Principal Investigator on:

• Project status e.g. Screening and enrolment numbers or numbers of interviews conducted. 
• Quality assurance and control, and corrective actions.
• Stock levels of equipment, consumables and documents at each site.

General Administration:

• Address and ensure error corrections are attended to.     
• Ensure maintenance of study equipment
• Maintain inventory for all study equipment, consumables and documents, and order of stock for the study site.
• Responsible for preparing files and documents for Audits/Monitoring, in coordination with the Project Manager.
• Assist in writing and distribution of minutes.

Requirements

YOU MUST HAVE:

Knowledge of:

• Intermediate personal computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, and excel spread sheet.
• Efficient in Microsoft office
• Quantitative and qualitative epidemiological research methods
• GCP training

Work Experience:

• Experience in clinical research, primarily in the field of health research, preferably on HIV/COVID
• At least 3 years’ experience managing people and/or projects
• At least 5 years’ experience in /clinical research – Network / DAIDs protocols

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or Diploma in Nursing.
• Strong quality and data management understanding is essential.
• Valid GCP certificate
• Valid driver’s license
• Own car