Vacancy title:
Senior Research Assistant

Jobs at:
Epicentre

Deadline of this Job:
27th January, 2017 by 5:30pm

Duty Station:
Mbarara, Uganda

Job details:
Epicentre is a non-government organization created by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in 1987 to help improve the quality of its field interventions. Since 1996, Epicentre has been a World Health Organization (WHO) collaborating centre for research in epidemiology and response to emerging diseases. Epicentre’s work hinges around three main activity areas: clinical research, field epidemiology and training.

Job Summary: The Senior Research Assistant will act as the field principal investigator of a Yellow fever study and will assume responsibility for the proper conduct of the trial in coordination and under the supervision of the international principal investigator and the Director of the centre.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Ensure that the study is implemented in compliance with the study protocol and that any deviations are properly documented and communicated.
• Actively participate in the development and adaptation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• The incumbent will initiate and coordinate the process of obtaining study approval from the local Regulatory Authorities and Ethics Committee bodies, as applicable.
• Submit any substantial amendment of protocols or patient information and Informed consent forms for approval to the local Regulatory Authorities and Ethical bodies.
• Plan and execute the initial and continuous training of staff related to the study in coordination with the international principal investigator and study monitor.
• Ensure that all members of research team he/she is in charge of conduct the study in accordance to GCP regulations in agreement with protocol and study related SOPs.
• Maintain a Study Trial Investigator file containing all essentials documents.
• Record and promptly report Serious Adverse Reactions and other notifiable events to Sponsor, relevant local ethics and regulatory authorities.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• The applicant should be a Medical doctor with advanced training in clinical research, epidemiology or public health.
• Additional training in Good Clinical Practice.
• Registered with Medical and Dental Practitioners Council.
• Previous experience on clinical trial study implementation is an asset.
• Extensive knowledge of ICH guidelines, GCP, and the clinical trial study process.
• Ability to work effectively in teams as well as independently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Job application procedure
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send their applications either by post or E-mail to:
Resources Manager,
MSF/Epicentre Mbarara Research Centre.
P. O. Box 1956, Mbarara, Uganda

Email to: epi-ug-rec@epicentre.msf.org