Haramaya University, Oromia, Ethiopia

Haramaya University is one of the oldest Universities in Ethiopia, with its first intake in 1954. It is about 17km from the city of Harar, 40km from Dire Dawa (where there is a regional airport), and 510km East of Addis Ababa. The College of Health and Medical Sciences is based on a campus in Harar town to facilitate training of students in nearby hospitals. This campus also hosts the office of the two Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS).

The post-holder will be responsible for working withhealth care workersand research staff to support and facilitate all research activities within the Paediatric and Maternity department.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

The post-holder will work as part of the team under the guidance of the principal investigator/co-investigators or line manager to support the conduct of clinical surveillance and the smooth running of clinical research activities. The post holder will closely work with staff assigned by the LSHTM in the performance of the research and clinical practices. The post-holder will manage a team of research staff (physicians, nurses and fieldworkers) and will be overseeingof activities related to CHAMPS and the maternal infection study, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory policies in the provision of medical care. The post has a particular focus on capacity building of hospital and research staff and the post-holder will be expected/have the opportunity to contribute to eg teaching and advancing clinical practice in the Hospital. There will be the possibility to work on aligned research projects/develop research interests within the scope of CHAMPS and related research projects.The Clinical Researcher will be responsible for developing capacity for the surveillance programme, using standardised operating procedures defined in the CHAMPS protocols. In addition, the post holder will be expected to develop an individual research base in a related area depending on the existing skills and interests of the successful applicant in the program.

Responsibilities: 

The post holder will closely work with staff assigned by the LSHTM in smooth flow of activities related to the research activities both in the clinical and community setting. Some of the major activities include:

• Day to day oversight of study activities, including staff allocation, planning of activities, recruitment of eligible patients and sample collection.
• Supervision of research staff including physicians, nurses and fieldworkers in coordination with Clinical Research Fellow.
• Involvement in community liaison and sensitization in collaboration with the social science team.
• Present or represent the CHAMPS study at scientific meetings
• Lead new research projects within the scope of the CHAMPS project
• Participate in CHAMPS network events and teleconferences
• Develop a personal programme of research* within the scope of the CHAMPS project
• Assist in the supervision of epidemiology and public health students at Haramaya University
• Ensuring compliance with good clinical practice, research guidelines and regulations.
• Maintain study documentation including storage of records.
• Development of education material and training sessions to build capacity of research staff.
• Ensure integration of research results into clinical practice to improve quality of patient care eg by contributing to mortality & morbidity meetings, supporting development of clinical guidelines, specific training and audit.
• Involvement in study design, writing of study protocols and database creation.
• Participate in research meetings and presentations as required by the PIs.
• Attend other meetings / training / updates as required.
• Generate project specific reports.
• Any other duties assigned by the line manager or PIs.
• Contributing to eg teaching at masters courses/nurse degrees/other at HU

Duty Station:                        

• Primarily Hiwot Fana Hospital, Harar

Responsible to:        

• Clinical Research Lead/Co-PIs

Duration of contract            

• 1 year with possible extension