
Purpose of position
The surveillance coordinator will play a key role in the PRISM project, leading comprehensive surveillance activities
Job Description
- Sensitization of district and local stakeholders
- Leadership and coordination of health facility surveillance and cross-sectional surveys
- Planning and budgeting for field activities
- Participation in the development of protocols, SOPs, and data collection tools
- Conducting data quality assessments, mentorship, and CMEs at health facilities
- Ensuring proper administration of informed consent, proper collection and management of data and samples from study sites.
- Prepare and distribute study updates and reports
- Lead study team meetings
- Participate in data analysis, manuscript preparation, and dissemination of study findings in collaboration with the data management team and the investigators.
Key Result Areas/Outputs
- Leadership, supervision of staff, and team management
- Implementation of study activities including surveys, data quality assessments, mentorship and CMEs for health workers at the MRC sites, and other fieldwork
- Data and sample management including collection and analysis
- Report and manuscript writing
- Storage and maintenance of study documents including informed consent forms and other regulatory files.
Qualifications and other desirables for the job
1. MBChB/MD – Minimum Qualification
2. Registration with the UMDPC & valid Annual Practicing License
3. Master of Public Health/Master of Science (Added advantage)
4. Experience carrying out research (research at undergraduate level-minimum)
5. Excellent interpersonal skills/Experience working with and leading teams
6. Excellent attention to detail
7. Must have good computer and interpersonal skills.
8. Must have valid GCP and HSP certificates