Position: Project Manager
Location: KwaZulu Natal, Western Cape
Closing date: 30 October 2024
Minimum requirements:
- A Master’s degree in the social and human sciences or related fields; OR relevant certification, qualification, or experience
- 2-3 years’ experience managing research projects involving human participants
- Experience managing multi-phase projects.
- Experience supervising and managing teams
- Experience in collecting data, including in-depth interviews and focus group discussions
- Fluency in English and Afrikaans
- Ability to use Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Good interpersonal, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work accurately, independently and in a team.
- Ability to work to strict deadlines and attention to detail.
- A valid and unendorsed driver’s license
Key responsibilities:
- Planning, organising, and managing the project so that operational and scientific goals are achieved.
- Participating in regular project team calls with collaborators.
- Recruiting, training, and providing ongoing support, supervision, and mentorship to project staff
- Collecting data
- Fostering a culture of continuous learning through ongoing assessment of study activities, processes, and systems
- Monitoring individual and team performance as per the HSRC performance management and appraisal processes
- Assisting with the management of the budget and finances of assigned projects, ensuring appropriate use of funds for designated purposes
Position: Data Assistant (X5)
Location: Pietermaritzburg
Closing date: 30 October 2024
Requirements:
- Grade 12
- Demonstrated computer literacy.
- Minimum 1 years’ experience in data entry, able to capture data efficiently and accurately.
- Minimum 1 years’ experience in the research environment identifying data collection errors and facilitating corrections according to good clinical practice guidelines.
- Able to understand and implement the data processing procedures for multiple projects as per the approved project protocol.
- Able to engage and work closely within the component, and with project personnel to ensure the highest standards of data quality and adherence to the study protocol.
- Willingness to work over weekends as and when required.
- Ability to speak both isiZulu and English.
Key responsibilities:
- Primary point of contact for assigned projects, leading data processing and quality checking per the project protocol.
- Supervise issue and receipt of study documentation.
- Data transmission and data downloads from data collection and processing tools
- Ensuring timely data entry within agreed benchmarks for completion and data quality
- Filing and document management and archival for assigned projects.
- Identifying and flagging missing data for resolution
- Query resolution and reporting
- Quarterly data audits
Position: Post Basic Pharmacy Assistant
Location: Pietermaritzburg
Closing date: 30 October 2024
REQUIREMENTS:
- Senior Certificate (Grade 12) and Pharmacist’s assistant (post-basic) certificate of qualification from a provider of education and training approved by the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC)
- Current registration with the South African Pharmacy Council as a Pharmacist Assistant Post Basic
- Proof of registration with the SAPC as a Post Basic Pharmacy Assistant
- A valid driver’s license.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Stock management – ordering, receipt, issue / distribution, control, maintaining stock levels, record-keeping and storage (including daily temperature checks) of pharmaceuticals and non-pharmaceuticals, expiry checks, stock rotation, stock-take, security, stock management and maintaining stock levels in various sections in the Pharmacy.
- Unpacking / receipt of stock received from suppliers
- Pre-packing of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical products
- Manufacture / compounding of sterile and non-sterile pharmaceutical products,
- Collection and recording of statistics and information. Assist in the compilation of reports.
- Administrative functions associated with the receipt, supply / distribution of pharmaceuticals.
- Counselling clients on medicine use and health education, provision of basic primary health education.
Position: Clinical Interviewer
Location: Pietermaritzburg
Closing date: 30 October 2024
REQUIREMENTS:
- Post-graduate Diploma in Psychology (equivalent to Honours level) or Bachelor of Psychology qualification or Bachelor of Social Work
- Registration with the HPSCA as a Counsellor or Social Worker
- Strong qualitative analytic skills.
- Experience with multi-phase projects
- Fluency in English and isiZulu
- Ability to use Microsoft Word
- Good interpersonal, organisational and problem solving skills
- Ability to work accurately, independently and in a team
- Ability to work to strict deadlines and attention to detail
Key responsibilities:
- Working with the qualitative manager to ensure that data collection activities are conducted smoothly, ethically, and completed to deadlines
- Recruiting adult research participants and key stakeholder informants (for example community health workers or clinic staff)
- Scheduling and undertaking key informant and stakeholder in-depth interviews
- Collecting interview notes and facilitating audio recording of the interview.
- Recruiting participants and conducting focus group discussions with adults, adolescents and children
- Participating actively in team review meetings and feedback discussions
Position: Masters Research Trainee
Location: Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg, or Pretoria
Closing date: 4 November 2024
Minimum Requirements:
- Applicants must be in possession of a relevant Honours degree and be registered or about to register for a Masters degree in public health with a recognised South African or other university;
- A sound grounding in research methods will be a strong recommendation;
- Requisite computer skills (e.g. Microsoft Office,)
- Working experience with some of the following data software packages: STATA, Epi Info, SPSS, Nvivo, AtlasTI or other relevant statistical packages;
- Ability to work well under pressure and to meet deadlines.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Collection and analysis of data;
- Management or supervision of research projects
- Participation in the conceptualization and execution of research projects;
- Participation in the formulation of research questions and writing proposals;
- Assisting with the submission of research proposals for ethical review;
- Writing up of research results, research reports, and manuscripts for publication;
- Presenting results of projects in different forums (webinars, conferences, seminars, and other forums);
Position: Editors/Writers (X10)
Location: Free State, Western Cape, North West, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Limpopo, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga
Closing date: 28 October 2024
Minimum Requirements:
- A master’s degree in Language, Journalism, Media and Communication or extensive experience in academic writing.
- Experience working in the social sciences and humanities is preferred.
- At least 5 years relevant professional experience as an editor/writer of high-quality English language publications.
- At least 3 years of experience in academic editing.
- Proficient experience in Microsoft environment including the use of OneDrive and academic software such as RefWorks.
- Proven experience in editing for scientific publications would be advantageous.
- Demonstrable writing skills.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Editorial and writing services will include but is not limited to:
- Content editing: Ensure the final product is professionally written, accurate and coherent.
- Language Editing: Assess drafts for linguistic quality, including grammar, syntax, and consistent use of terminology and style; correct errors and provide a certificate attesting to the language edit if required.
- Academic Editing: Edit theses for Masters and PhD candidates, ensuring clarity and scholarly quality.
- Technical Editing: Ensure consistency in font, size, and formatting according to specified requirements.
- Report and Publication Formatting: Format reports and publications according to guidelines.
Application:
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