Research Associate, Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health
 

Entity
Aga Khan University
 

Location
Pakistan
 

Introduction
The Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health aims to support the introduction, scale-up and further piloting of high quality and high impact interventions to improve Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (MNCAH) in Pakistan by harnessing the potential of both public and private sectors, coupled with introduction of women and girls empowerment intervention. 

The Aga Khan University is a private, international university committed to international standards of excellence in teaching, research and service. Its teaching hospital, the Aga Khan University Hospital has been accredited by the prestigious Joint Commission International for achieving the highest international healthcare standards.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

This is a grant-funded contractual position.
 

Responsibilities
You will be responsible to support the Research Specialist (RS) CoE to facilitate the effective implementation, conduct and evaluation of CoE programs and ensures that programs are adhering to ethical, medical and humanitarian principles. You will be responsible for: 

• supervise and monitor all field activities at all field sites around the Pakistan;
• coordinate with staff working at field sites in multiple cities of Pakistan for the completion of task within the stipulated timelines;
• provide training to the project staff at multiple field sites;
• coordinate with Government and Community stakeholders for carrying out the project activities in high-risk areas of Pakistan;
• visit field sites for monitoring and auditing purpose to ensure proper field operations as per the guidelines and SoPs provided;
• actively work on proposal development of research studies;
• liaison with granting agencies and other stake holders for project operations;
• ensure the completeness, proper entry and archiving of the CRFs and / or questionnaires;
• monitor and report the hospital / mortality surveillance;
• monitor and report on the disease surveillance from non-project facilities (private and public sectors, and NGOs);
• prepare and present weekly, fortnightly and monthly project reports and presentations for the progress of study being carried out at multiple locations. 

Requirements
You should have:  

• a BSCN/Masters in Arts / Masters in Science or any other relevant degree

• atleast two years of experience in community research.

• timely and reliable communication with internal team members

• the ability to provide support to RS in regular written progress/performance reports on projects to the directors

• integrity and strong research ethics

• excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and verbal communication in local languages

• strong computer and interpersonal skills

• the ability to manage time and prioritize tasks effectively

• the ability to work in a teams and resilience

• the ability to cope with work pressure

• willing to work in the communities/field sites

• good Computer and Report Writing Skills.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.