Job Opportunities at Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)

Description

• The Research Administrative Assistant provides administrative and secretarial support for the WHO Problem Management for Adolescents Living with HIV programme team. The incumbent will also assist in the coordination of meetings, organizing, and preparing for training that will be conducted by the project or external facilitators. The administrative assistant will support the Programme team with all operational day-to-day activities and where necessary scientific documentation. The incumbent will be required to be mostly office-based in Somkhele, but not limited to assistance with project needs or tasks that are field-based and Durban based.

Overview of Duties

• Coordinate administrative tasks for research operations
• Work with postdoc and Social Science department to develop and implement an inventory for standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Maintain and control programme assets and assets lists
• Maintain and file all programme records
• Initiate and manage all purchases including requisition, delivery and payment procedures.
• Management of assets and consumables through receiving, handling, storing, and issuing stock
• Provide secretarial services for meetings and trainings
• Perform other office-based research coordination and administration duties and tasks as required
• Assist the PI, postdoc and research team on the project with operational aspects of fieldwork related activities

Requirements

• A degree or Diploma in research or business administration or relevant field
• 2 years related experience in a similar role within research environment
• Experience in an administrative position, similar role, or any previous administrative assistant position(s)

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Description

• The desired incumbent will provide high level assistance to the junior and senior social scientists through involvement and contribution to developing coding frames, conducting rudimentary coding. The role will also include data collection, developing descriptive labels or codes of data to begin the initial steps of analysis and writing up a narrative report of the study findings. The position will be based in our Durban site.

Requirements

• Honours Degree qualification in Social Science. Having a master’s degree is an added advantage
• Must have a valid driver’s licence and have passed the AHRI driving test.
• 2 years’ relevant experience in qualitative data collection
• Experience of developing coding frames and writing up study findings
• Basic knowledge of qualitative data analysis