Public Health Evaluation (PHE) Associate Director
ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION
Job Description
Public Health Evaluation (PHE) Associate Director
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Position Details
Job title: Public Health Evaluation (PHE) Associate Director
Location: Kinshasa, DRC
Grade: 8
Primary Manager: Country Director
"Sometimes in life there is that moment when it's possible to make a change for the better. This is one of those moments."
-Elizabeth Glaser
Job Summary
The Public Health Evaluation Associate Director reporting to the Country Director, is responsible for the research and evaluation portfolio of the organization. He/she provides strategic leadership and oversight of the clinical, implementation, operations, and program effectiveness research conducted by EGPAF/DRC, in close coordination with the technical and SI teams. The Public Health Evaluation Associate Director will directly contribute to generation of a strong evidence base to improve the effective delivery of quality programs to further the mission of EGPAF/DRC, improving the lives of Congolese infected and affected by HIV.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Leads and manages the EGPAF/DRC portfolio of research and evaluation activities including the generation of proposals and other requests for funding related to HIV clinical, implementation, or program effectiveness research
- Leads and/or oversees all aspects of the research and evaluation studies, from idea conception, development of protocols and data collection instruments, personnel training, study implementation, data management/analysis to manuscript writing.
- Work closely with the Technical and SI teams to identify priority program and public health evaluation questions
- Identify and evaluate interventions to address key programmatic challenges using strong scientific methodology to inform the program, MOH, and the broader HIV field
- Liaises with the EGPAF global regulatory officer to ensure all human subjects’ research protections are in place and all protocols undergo appropriate sponsor, U.S. and DRC IRB review and approval.
- Ensures the highest quality scientific, ethical and regulatory standards for all research activities
- Supervises and mentors research team members to enhance their knowledge and career development
- Contributes to capacity building of EGPAF staff and Fellows, partners, and MOH personnel in the conduct of research through research trainings, mentoring, and sharing/review of relevant scientific literature
- Participates in preparation of study reports, abstracts and manuscripts and dissemination of results at district, national, and international levels.
- Collaborate with the global Research team and research teams across EGPAF programs to leverage global expertise, share experiences, and facilitate multi-country research activities
Required Qualifications
- MD, PhD or similar advanced degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Maternal Child Health, Public Health or HIV related sciences
- Minimum of 5 years of proven experience in health research in developing countries, including protocol elaboration, design of surveys, data collection, data analysis, and scientific publication elaboration
- Experience in maternal, child health and HIV/AIDS research preferred;
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge and understanding of HIV services, PMTCT, MCH, pediatric and adult HIV care and treatment
- Knowledge of protection of human subjects in research and ethics regulations to ensure compliance with all local and international requirements
- Proficiency in the use of databases such as Microsoft Access, Epi-Info and analytical software, such as STATA, SPSS, R is an advantage
How to apply
Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply trough the Foundation website and/or by clicking to the link below no later than June 20, 2019. https://chj.tbe.taleo.net/chj05/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=PEDAIDS&cws=1&rid=1775
