UCT Jobs – Research Officer

Website University of Cape Town

Job Description:

The role of the UCT Research Officer will be to coordinate the various research activities required in the South African site, including contributing to the design of the study, training and supervising fieldwork staff and fieldwork processes, overseeing the collection of data, reporting to the Trial Management Committee, the ALIVE South Africa PI, and to the UCT Ethics committee and project Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB), assistance with the analysis of data, and writing up of study findings for publication in peer reviewed scientific journal articles and policy briefs.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Assisting with setting up and co-facilitating the youth advisory team.
  • Working with the South African ALIVE team to ensure the smooth running of the research tasks, including but not limited to making travel arrangements, maintaining project files and storing and managing data in keeping with the ALIVE data management policy.
  • Attending meetings and preparing reports on indicators of progress with the South African PI on all work packages
  • Conducting relevant tasks at country level as required by the ALIVE programme. This includes, conducting qualitative research, identifying suitable research tools/instruments to assess major outcomes, training and supervising fieldworkers, and supervising the overall data collection system and processes during the course of the formative, intervention development piloting and experimental phases of the ALIVE study.
  • Collecting, cleaning and analysing data and preparing reports and journal articles based on these findings.
  • Submitting reports to the UCT ALIVE PI for submission to the ALIVE Director at Kings College London.

Job Requirements:

  • Project management experience
  • At least 3 years of experience working in public health or mental health in low resource settings.
  • Evidence of a publication record in peer-reviewed academic journals would be an advantage.
  • Ability to speak Xhosa and/or Afrikaans would be an advantage
  • A Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. psychology, public health, social science).

Job Details:

Company: University of Cape Town

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, SA

Application Deadline: N/A

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