Research and Programme Coordinator

Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Research and Programme Coordinator to join our team in Aweil South Sudan.

The successful candidate will have:

Qualifications and experience:

Essential

• MSc in Public Health, Global Health, Sociology, Anthropology, Epidemiology, Population Studies or a related social science discipline, or another post-graduate qualification with a substantial qualitative research component
• Substantial experience in social science research design, management, and implementation
• Demonstrable experience designing topic guides and carrying out qualitative interviews and/or focus group discussions.
• Demonstrable experience in transcribing and analyzing qualitative data.
• Experience of building positive working relationships between NGOs and MoH
• Experience working in public health in developing countries within government, an international organisation or research institution.
• Experience in developing training materials, carrying out and supervising training.
• Experienced in applying qualitative methods of data collection and analysis.
• Familiar with South Sudan’s routine HMIS

Desirable

• Experience in using quantitative and qualitative data analysis software (NVivo/MAXQDA)
• Experience of working with an INGO

Work-based skills and competencies: 

Essential

• Strong leadership skills and a supportive attitude towards team members
• Excellent research technical skills (epidemiology, statistical analysis etc.)
• Excellent diplomacy and stakeholder liaison skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Good technical writing skills
• Proficient in the development of data entry programmes and in using statistical analysis software (EpiInfo, EpiData, Excel, Access, Stata)
• Fluent in both written and spoken English.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

We need to keep beneficiaries safe, so our selection process reflects our commitment to safeguarding. Please find our Code of Conduct, Safeguarding Policy and Privacy Notice here.

This role is conditional of Malaria Consortium securing funding for this role. 

Due to the nature of this role, we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and the role might be filled and closed before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.

This is a fixed term contract for the period of 12 months.

To apply for this position, you will need to have the right to work in South Sudan.