Research Coordinator

Aga Khan University

Position: Research Coordinator

Introduction:

The Aga Khan University’s Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD) was established in the year 2020 to serve as a University-wide entity for providing a unique platform for facilitating strategic engagements and partnerships between AKU, University of Central Asia and the wider Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). IGHD aims to address global health and environmental challenges by creating a multi-disciplinary support system and infrastructure, whereby researchers across campuses and regions can collaborate and contribute.

The IGHD works across four thematic areas, including Sustainable Development Goals (including Broad Social Determinants of Health); Gender Equity and Empowerment; Climate Change, Urban Development, and Health, and; Agriculture, Food Security, and Nutrition.

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.

Job Role / ResponsibilitiesSupervise all project related activities from field management to data collection, quality control of data collected and maintain good working relationship among staff & community. Also, would be required to involve actively in the proposal development at IGHD. Specific responsibilities include to:

• 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 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. 

Eligibility Criteria / Requirements:

You should have:

• MBBS/ MPH/MSc Epi Bio/MA/Psychology or equivalent
• 2-3 years of related work experience at community level
• strong communication and interpersonal skills
• team player. 
• good writing skills. 
• basic Knowledge of survey and other research designs
• data collection, analysis and interpretation in terms of report writing and biostatics
• strong interpersonal skills and communication
• willingness to work on field sites