iCARE Plus Nigeria Job Recruitment
Job title: Study Coordinator
Location: Benue state & Akwa Ibom State
Slots: Two (2)
Job category: Contract
Job type: Full time
Overview: iCARE Plus Clinical Research Center (CRC) is funded by the United States National institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct interventional trials over 5 years with outcomes across the HIV care continuumin youth aged 15-24, including young men who have sex with men (MSM), through new Clinical Research Performance Sites (CRPSs) in HIV “hotspots” across Nigeria’s six geopolitically distinct zones. The CRPSs include Akwa Ibom, Benue, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, and Taraba.
The Benue CRPS seeks to recruit two (2) Study Coordinators at the two clinical sites in Benue State (1 at Federal Medical Centre Makurdi, 1 at General Hospital Gboko). The Study Coordinators will be responsible for the coordination of the Treatment intervention arm activities of the iCARE Plus study involving youth receiving HIV treatment at Federal Medical Centre Makurdi and General Hospital Gboko. The services of a full time Study Coordinator on a contract basis for one year in the first instance but renewable thereafter based on satisfactory performance is required.
Responsibilities
- Work with the Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Investigators (Co-Is) of the project.
- Work closely with the Treatment Arm Lead and Program Manager on this project.
- Conduct all study enrolments and follow-up related activities including study visits.
- Meet regularly with the Treatment Arm Peer Navigators for progress reports.
- Provide continuous update on the progress of the intervention.
- Report any anomaly or protocol deviation promptly to the PI through the Program Manager and the Co-Is.
Support the planning and co-facilitate step-down trainings.
• Maintain good relationship with the study participants and ensure constant follow-up.
Uphold the highest level of confidentiality regarding all data collection procedures
• Carry out any tasks that may be assigned by the PI and Co-Is of the project.
Required Competencies
- High level of personal and professional integrity.
- Highly motivated with proven ability to set and achieve ambitious targets.
- Flexible and able to multitask.
- Excellent organizational and coordination skills and strength in building and maintaining relationships.
- Excellent communication skills including a very high standard of spoken and written English
- Very good proficiency in relevant computer applications particularly Microsoft Office- Word, Excel, Power point, Outlook.
- Experience with electronic data collection tools.
- Ability to demonstrate creative thinking about major challenges facing youth.
- Experience in clinical/research work with youth.
- Experience/involvement in grant projects – project design, implementation and Monitoring and Evaluation.
Qualifications
• Master’s degree in a health-related field is required.
Interested persons should send an application, current CV and scanned copies of credentials by email to [email protected] by 26 July, 2024.
Note: Applications from individuals who have experience with key populations at risk of and living with HIV are strongly encouraged to apply.
