Assistant Manager, Department of Emergency Medicine

Assistant Manager, Department of Emergency Medicine

Introduction

Aga Khan University, chartered in 1983 as Pakistan's first private international university, is committed to the provision of education, research, and health care of international standards relevant to Pakistan and the region. The affiliated Aga Khan University Hospital provides state-of-the-art clinical facilities and well-equipped diagnostic services. The University currently has teaching sites in Pakistan, East Africa, the United Kingdom, and Afghanistan, and is a major component of the Aga Khan Development Network.

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.

The Department of Emergency Medicine at the Aga Khan University, Karachi, is the regional leader in establishing high-quality clinical service and academic programs. The current clinical facility consists of 60 beds, including a fast track, separate adult and paediatric emergency units, cardiac emergency, a clinical decision unit, resuscitation rooms, isolation rooms, and triage. The main Emergency Department (ED) provides care to over 75,000 patients a year. Most patients require complex medical and surgical/trauma care. In addition, the department supervises a satellite free-standing emergency department.

The Department of Emergency have been awarded the National Institutes of Health’s D43 Grant. The goal of this grant program, “AKU Trauma Injury Research Training Program (AKU-TIRTP)” is to strengthen trauma and injury research capacity across different countries and build a strong cross-regional model of collaboration. The programme will train several PhD researchers and a large number of trainees through a series of workshops and online courses, and it will support contextually relevant research in care of the injured with a focus on emergencies, disasters, and conflict.

This is a grant-funded contractual position.

Job Role / Responsibilities:

You will be responsible to:

• develop and monitor the annual budget of research grants
• liaise with the finance department and funding agencies for budget approvals, invoice processing, and payment-related matters
• coordinate the grant checklist process and liaise with various departments of AKU for approvals
• ensure timely renewal of grant proposals and subcontracts, and orderly closeout of completed activities
• assist the principal investigator in the submission of intramural and extramural grant applications, ensuring compliance with university and funding agencies’ policies
• maintain records of all departmental grant awards
• coordinate project activities and monitor deliverables of assigned projects
• support internal and external audits of grants
• ensure timely provision of necessary supplies as per research project requirements and maintain proper records
• review monthly GL, JC, and GVR.

Responsibilities:

You should have:

• master’s degree from a reputed university
• at least three years of relevant experience in a recognised organization
• knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply sponsor, institutional, and departmental policies
• experience of managing teams and people
• excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.