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• General Administrative Duties – develops
  training materials and tools, trains research team and maintains
  documentation of training, coordinates and facilitates monitoring and
  auditing visits, responds to any monitoring/audit findings and implements
  approved recommendations.
• Team coordination – works in close
  coordination with all members of the study team to ensure the community
  liaison team, social scientists, laboratory scientists, clinical field
  team and others, as appropriate, meet regularly and work in close
  collaboration.
• Preparation of Scientific Proposal –
  Assists the PI in determining feasibility of conducting the study
  including confirmation of study population availability.
• Protocol Development & Review –
  Participates in protocol development, reviews and comprehends the
  protocol, attends investigator meetings, prepares ethics and regulatory
  submission documents, prepares other study materials e.g. informed consent
  document, case report forms (CRFs), enrolment logs, and drug/device
  accountability logs, SOPs etc, establishes and organizes study files e.g.
  study master file, participant files etc.
• Study/Trial Budget Preparation –
  collaborates with the PI and other appropriate persons to manage the study
  budget and confirms accuracy and completeness of budgeted costs.
• Study/Trial Conduct – reviews and
  understands the protocol, communicates study requirements and provides
  appropriate training and tools to the study team, documents date of
  training and signatures of study personnel trained on study specific
  training log, collects documents needed to initiate the study for
  submission from the sponsor, develops and implements recruitment
  strategies, conducts or participates in the informed consent process,
  screens participants for study eligibility, coordinates participant tests
  and procedures, collects data as required by the protocol, assures timely
  completion of CRFs, maintains study timelines, maintains adequate
  inventory of study supplies, performs Investigational Product (IP)
  accountability with support from the study pharmacist, completes study
  documentation and maintains study files, maintains effective and ongoing
  communication with sponsor, ethics and regulatory authorities, research
  participants and PI during the course of the study, assists PI in
  preparation and submission of protocol amendments to the local ethics and
  regulatory authorities, manages the day to day activities of the study
  including problem solving, communication and protocol management. Ensure
  timely reporting of SAEs to sponsor, ethics and other regulatory bodies.
• Reporting – assists PI with scientific
  and compliance reporting requirements in accordance with the sponsor and
  local ethics and regulatory guidelines.
• Study close-out activities – study close
  documentation and notifications to the study subjects, research team, and
  other parties, completion of outstanding monitoring findings and queries,
  investigational product accountability together with the study pharmacist,
  ensures secure storage of study documents, and contributing to research
  articles and reports.
• Perform any other roles as assigned by
  the PI

• The applicant for the Medical Research
  Council (MRC) UK / UVRI Scientist B / Study Coordinator-
  CHAPS Project job placement must hold a Master’s level qualification in
  public health, epidemiology, medical statistics, clinical trials or other
  health related fields is an added advantage.
• Three years of experience in research
  setting.
• Previous experience of coordinating
  clinical research studies
• Understanding of ICH/GCP guidelines for
  human research
• Computer Competency including
  proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
• Good writing, communication and oral
  presentation skills
• Understanding Phases, I-IV of clinical
  trials
• Should have basic knowledge of epidemiology and
  biostatistics
• Should have basic knowledge of statistical and database
  software e.g. Microsoft access, Epi-info, Stata among others
• Should have Medical knowledge –
  information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries,
  diseases, and deformities including symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug
  properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures
• Broad knowledge of administration and
  management- strategic planning, resource (including human resource)
  allocation, leadership, and coordination of people and resource.
• Personal Integrity
• Emotional Resourcefulness
• Ability to Learn
• Forward Thinking
• Reliability
• Openness to Others
• Independence
• Analytical Thinking
• Conceptual Thinking
• Pro-activity
• Results Orientation
• Thoroughness
• Concern for Excellence
• Flexibility towards Others
• Service Orientation
• Development Orientation

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