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Introduction:Aga Khan University, chartered in 1983 as Pakistan's first private international university, is committed to the provision of education, research, and health care of international standards relevant to Pakistan and the region. The affiliated Aga Khan University Hospital provides state-of-the-art clinical facilities and well-equipped diagnostic services. The University currently has teaching sites in Pakistan, East Africa, the United Kingdom, and Afghanistan, and is a major component of Aga Khan Development Network. As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment. The Outreach and Research Programme of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health has ten community-based field sites across Pakistan, including four in Karachi, and focuses on research for the betterment of women and child health. The Department has a Nutritional Research Laboratory as well as an Infectious Disease Research Laboratory that cater to the needs of its research projects. It has well-acclaimed work to its credit at both the national and international level. Responsibilities:The Research Coordinator will support socio-behavioural research activities related to health and health-related aspects by coordinating field operations, ensuring data quality, supporting participant enrolment, conducting interviews, and facilitating community-based research activities. Specific responsibilities include to:
- develop research instruments for new projects according to their objectives
- train junior staff including LHVs, CHWs, Data Collectors, Field Workers, and Research Assistants in research, interviewing skills, and proper data collection
- ensure validity of data collected from the field
- independently conduct interviews and prepare detailed interview notes
- review and screen hospital data and laboratory reports to enrol suspected patients as per medical records
- ensure proper collection of specimens according to provided guidelines
- assist supervisors in visiting hospital facilities and community settings to brief stakeholders about study objectives
- monitor Data Collectors, Field Workers, and CHWs at field sites to maintain data quality control
- visit households in communities to ensure successful completion of data collection activities, including quality control checks
- conduct quality checks on datasets, identify and document errors or inconsistencies, and support data cleaning activities
- raise community awareness regarding child health issues based on project activity guidelines
- follow and ensure field implementation of project-related SOPs and guidelines
- ensure proper implementation of project interventions
- assist supervisors in carrying out day-to-day field activities
- prepare and present weekly project-related activity reports
- perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor.
- Bachelor's degree; preference will be given to candidates with a Master's degree in Arts, Science, Organisational Psychology, Sociology, or another relevant discipline
- one to two years of experience in community research
- ability to manage time and prioritise tasks effectively
- ability to work in team setting
- good communication and interpersonal skills
- resilience and ability to cope with work pressure
- willingness to work in communities and field sites
- good computer and report-writing skills.
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