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Job Title:   Quality Control Officer (5 Jobs)   

Organisation: Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health (MakSPH)

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Co-Principal Investigator

About US:

Makerere University College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health (MakSPH), and the Ministry of Health, with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, plan to conduct a climate change health vulnerability and adaptation assessment (VAA) to facilitate the sound management of climate Change-related health risks in Uganda. Evidence generated by the VAA will be used to inform the development of a Health National Adaptation Plan for Uganda. The assessment will be conducted in healthcare facilities in 43 districts in the 15 regions of Uganda i.e. Acholi, Ankole, Bugisu, Bukedi, Bunyoro, and Busoga. Kampala, Karamoja, Kigezi, Lango, North central, South central, Teso, Tooro, and West Nile. It is based on this background that, MakSPH seeks to recruit responsible, qualified, and competent individuals who can work with minimum supervision to join the core research team.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Participate in the training of research assistants on quality control and assurance
• Ensure adherence to study ethics including the consenting process
• Conduct quality control and assurance of the data collection process during the survey
• Ensure that all selected facilities have been visited by the RAs and all eligible respondents have been interviewed by the research assistants
• Carry out spot data quality checks/ assessments in the assigned regions
• Make compliance reports to the study coordination team
• Provide the Co-Principal Investigator with daily updates on the work done
• Participate in the daily debriefing meetings to troubleshoot any issues arising from the field
• Any other duties assigned by the Study Coordinator or co-principal investigator

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in a health-related discipline such as Environmental Health, Nursing and Public Health OR Social sciences, Environmental Sciences, or Statistics. Possession of a Master’s degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Environmental Sciences, or Statistics will be an added advantage.
• Evidence of being a team leader on at least 2 research projects
• Must have a certificate of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) or Human Subjects Research
• Proven research experience in healthcare settings is mandatory
• Should have at least three years of experience in quality assurance and control in research
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Prior experience in using mobile data collection applications (ODK, Kobo Collect, or Survey Monkey)
• Must have an Android phone of version 10 and above and should be willing to use it for data collection
• Must be willing to work beyond official working hours in the field

Terms of service: This is a short-term position which will not exceed four weeks

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested persons should send on email their applications, scanned copies of their academic documents with a current Curriculum Vitae (C.V) and a recommendation letter (addressed to the Dean School of Public Health) to sweemhealthconsultlimited@gmail.com, indicating the language of preference, two referees, and their active (24hour) phone contacts.

Deadline: 9th September 2023 by 17:00 hrs.

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