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Job Title:   Social Sciences LEAD   

Organisation: Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Principal Investigator

About US:

Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is an independently governed institute within the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University and has the mission “To strengthen health systems in Africa, with a strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development.” IDI has operations across Uganda as well as in a number of other African countries and has a staffing of over 1,000 managing multiple projects in research, clinical services, public health and training.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Grant applications and proposal development for new research
• Conduct mentorship activities to junior staff
• Contribute to designing and revision of qualitative tools
• Organize and participate in debrief sessions with research team members on qualitative data collection.
• Collect or supervise data for qualitative interviews
• Analyze qualitative data
• Play critical role in development and revision of abstracts and manuscripts
• Support grant writing and resource generation for the Academy.
• Assist in preparation of study protocols and progress reports for IRB and other research bodies
• Work with management to prepare project plans, budget and schedules
• Ensure research project compliance and adherence to the ethical and regulatory requirements
• Conduct data collection in hard to reach areas like Islands in Kalangala

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Masters degree in social sciences, or any relevant field e.g Psychology, Public health, sociology
• Certificate in Good clinical Practice
• Certificate in Human Subject Protection
• Other Professional training with added advantage
• Certificate in computer assisted Qualitative data analysis using NVivo or ATLAS.ti software
• Certificate in Research Writing in the Social Sciences course
• Certificate in Project Management in Global Health course
• Research skills
• Analytical skills
• Computer literacy
• Organizational skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Supervisory skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Willingness to problem solve
• Resilience
• Decisions required on job
• Budget expenditure decisions
• Designing and revision of data collection tools
• Developing workplans
• Manuscript writing
• Experience of at least 2 years and knowledge in establishing research project and overseeing and managing project start-up and close-out
• Formal training in qualitative study designs and conduct as well as over 4 years of research experience with focus in HIV research, TB and other infectious diseases
• Experience conducting interviews, including design and reporting among populations living with HIV in Uganda
• Publication of research, at least two manuscripts as first author

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested applicants should apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 31st March 2024

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