Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, September 21 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
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,
• 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.


Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Follow the link below to fill a form and submit your application documentation:
https://redcap.link/Social_Science_Research_Team_Leader_SSRTL_923 

Filling the form more than once will lead to automatic disqualification. High level of integrity while filling the form is required and will be considered during shortlisting.
Combine all your application documentation i.e. cover letter, CV & certified copies of academic documents into one PDF document. Deadline for application is 29th September 2023, 5:00 pm. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview. This position is open to Ugandan nationals only. Strictly follow the application procedure as failure to do so will lead to automatic disqualification. Only online applications through the link provided will be accepted. You will receive a notification in your email if your application and documentation have been successfully received.
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N.B: You will be required to present certified copies of your academic documentation before employment.
The applications should be addressed to:
The Head of Human Resources,
MRC/ UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit,
P.O. Box, 49, Entebbe, Uganda.


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