MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit Social Science Research Team Leader Jobs in Uganda
Job Purpose:
The position holder is to support the Principal Investigator (PI) of a project in the implementation of the study with a particular focus on recruiting and assessing GPC participants for common mental illnesses including major depressive disorder (MDD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as training and mentoring of the research
assistants.
Roles & Responsibilities
Principal duties
• Obtain ethical clearances for the different studies run by the group and making renewal
submissions;
• Supervise and manage a group of social science research assistants;
• Ensure studies within the group are run following best practices;
• Conduct staff training and supervision on psychiatric phenotype and social science data
collection and analysis, as may be required;
• Conduct data analysis of qualitative data from interviews, discussions, observations and from rapid qualitative assessments;
• Work with statisticians and data managers to support the uploading and analysis of quantitative data, answering queries on cleaning and emerging results;
• Ensure filing of collected data and project documents;
• Assist in developing study training manuals;
• Coordinate defined intervention activities for the study (if appropriate);
• Follow up of participants and conducting quality control of qualitative data; and,
• Draft manuscripts and presentations from study data.
Financial Management
• Handle payments to participants during study activities and provide accountability to the MRC administration for the same; and,
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Handle cash expenses / DFA holder for a maximum of 500,000 UGX.
Line Management Responsibilities
• Train and mentor other study staff (fieldworkers and social science research assistants)
Person Specification
• Bachelor’s degree in a social science subject;
• Masters level qualification in Clinical Psychology;
• GDPR and HSP/GCP training;
• Should possess experience in working research setting;
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team with clinical/epidemiological
researchers;
• Experience in developing training materials;
• Experience in delivering training;
• Experience in data analysis using SPSS or R or Stata;
• Experience in petty cash handling;
• Should have knowledge of good clinical practice and ethics in research;
• Knowledge of psychiatric disorders;
• Should possess self-drive;
• Excellent social and communication skills;
• Excellent organizational skills; and,
• Able to work independently as well as part of a team.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit Social Science Research Team Leader Jobs in Uganda
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