Job Vacancies at Desmond Tutu Health Foundation

Requirements

• Post-graduate tertiary qualification (at least honors with masters preferred) in Social Sciences or Public Health
• At least 1 year experience in a similar role within a research environment
• At least 1 year of program planning, organizing and management experience
• At least 1 year’ experience in qualitative (interviews and focus group discussion) data collection and quality control
• Must have experience in conducting literature reviews
• Must have experiencing using a reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials
• Xhosa and English speaking
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
• Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and Men’s Health
• Excellent communication - verbal & written skills
• Ability to build relationships with stakeholders and use these to manage study
• Strong administrative and logistical skills
• Planning and organizing
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to maintain effectiveness during changing conditions
• Detail-oriented
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Advantageous:

• Certificate in Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
• Experience in qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Valid driver’s license with own transport
• Publication in a peer-reviewed journal

Responsibilities:

• Provide research and administrative support to senior researchers
• Conduct in-depth literature reviews as requested
• Support study socio-behavioural scientists with study-specific tasks, including participant interviews, file management, and quality checking, and participant scheduling and follow up
• Liaise and co-ordinate with community outreach teams regarding the follow up of study participants and scheduling of interviews/focus group discussions/surveys
• Conduct, transcribe and analyse qualitative interviews and FGD’s
• Assist with protocol development and revisions by providing input as needed.
• Manage research protocol ethics submissions
• Assist with qualitative data management and analysis as needed.
• Assist lead socio-behavioural scientists with any presentations that need to be done on study data
• Assist with designing, developing, and distributing materials on the study
• Attend research meetings as required for project staff

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Requirements

• Grade 12 Certificate
• HIV counselling and Testing Certificate (HCT)
• Certificate of competence: Rapid Finger-Prick testing
• Rapid Testing Quality Improvement Initiative Certificate
• At least 1-year experience of working with adolescents within a research/ community health environment
• Knowledge of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
• Knowledge of Sexual Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS, TB and STI’s, and counselling
• Computer literacy with sound knowledge of email, Microsoft office suite etc.
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Fluency in English and or Afrikaans and or IsiXhosa
• Ability to work well under pressure and to maintain effectiveness during changing conditions
• Maintain confidentiality
• Administration skills
• Ability to work independently as well as part of the mobile clinic team
• Client focused and detail-orientated
• Willingness to work irregular hours, including weekends

Advantageous:

• Experience in a Community Based research-Projects
• Valid Driver’s license
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Certificate
• Knowledge of HIV
• Certificate for PrEP

Responsibilities:

• Providing welcoming and supportive environment to adolescent clients regardless of race, gender, or HIV status
• Conduct Rapid HIV, pregnancy testing and follow up where required.
• Provide basic HIV/ARV/ PrEP/PEP education to participants individually and in groups
• Assist in tracking of participants enrolled into research projects
• Accurate and complete questionnaire administration
• Participate in recruitment and consenting activities
• Follow-up telephone calls with study participants
• Assist with recruiting patients for research studies on the Mobile Clinics
• Assist with community surveys.
• Assist with filing research forms and patient files.
• Maintain strict client confidentiality
• Capturing study data on mobile app
• Weekly and Monthly progress reports on research participation (recruitment, enrolment and retention)
• Assist with other project related activities as required