Research Specialist, Community Health Sciences

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 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 Community Health Sciences (CHS) is the leading unit of its type in Pakistan, recognized regionally and internationally for the relevance, quality, and extent of its work in support of public health and the development of primary health care systems. It comprises of five major operational sections: Epidemiology & biostatistics, Health policy & management, Population & reproductive health, Environmental health & climate change, and non-communicable diseases & mental health.

This is a grant-funded contractual position.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• ensure proper identification and registration of patients as per study protocol
• supervise and monitor domiciliary visits
• monitor and report mortality and hospital surveillance
• monitor and report on disease surveillance from non-project facilities (private and public sectors, and NGOs)
• provide training to the study staff per the protocols and guidelines of study
• ensure the completeness, proper filings, and archiving of the CRFs
• make surprise visits to household and field sites to check quality of data collected
• preparation and compilation of study progress report
• in collaboration with the Data Manager, prepare monthly project reports
• present the study results as per the requirement
• to develop high quality research proposals for funding agency; conduct research and contribute in publications.

Requirements

You should have:

• MSc. In Epidemiology and Statistics / MPH / MSPH/Master’s in HPM/ master’s degree in psychology/M.Sc. in
• Anthropology/M.A. Sociology or any other relevant field
• preferably with additional certification and knowledge of public health
• two to three years of experience preferably in quantitative data collection and analysis
• experience in training teams in evaluation and interventions
• willingness for frequent travel to remote locations for overseeing quality assurance of departmental research
• projects and training of local staff
• highly organized and self-motivated
• excellent interpersonal communication skills
• proven mixed methods of research skills
• ability to work in teams
• integrity and strong research ethics
• excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Comprehensive employment checks will be conducted.