Research Study Coordinator

About the role:
This role will be overseeing an OFDA funded nutrition research study beginning March 1, 2018 ending September 30, 2019. It is a new role with unaccompanied terms based in Nairobi, Kenya with frequent travel to Somalia, and a salary of Grade 4 €35,981- €39,979
Concern Worldwide and the Institute for Global Health at University College London, have jointly been awarded a research project to conduct a randomized cluster controlled trial of cash transfers and behavior change communication. The study will investigate the effectiveness of the intervention against risk factors for acute child malnutrition. The trial will be conducted amongst IDP living in the Mogadishu-Afgoye Corridor. The trial was funded by OFDA for a period of 24 months full time and led by Concern Worldwide. The research project may include other sub-contracted partners that will be involved in delivering the technological solutions for behavior change communication.
This position is under the supervision of Concern’s Programmes Director and the technical guidance of the UCL Principal Investigator (PI) and will directly manage a research field coordinator, a research study intern as well as guide the health and nutrition team on research technicalities as necessary.
Your purpose:
Concern is seeking to recruit a Study Coordinator for the research project. This person will work closely with colleagues in Concern and UCL to coordinate and facilitate all aspects of the study including the design and creation of audio messages used for the BCC, trial design, and implementation. In addition, this position will coordinate other health and nutrition funded research for the country programme, and ensures linkages in programming and efficiency in use of resources.
You will be responsible for:

Lead the development and finalisation of the OFDA funded project’s detailed study protocol and implementation work plan
Develop questionnaires and other tools on digital data gathering platforms for all quantitative and qualitative data collection for the study, including cross sectional and /or cohort household/ child/caretaker surveys; regular context and programme monitoring data for the process evaluation.
Ensure all data protection commitments and protocols are in place and adhered to
Lead the organisation of the field site activities including:
Hiring, training, and managing study staff
Overseeing budget management
Supervising the collection of process evaluation data.
Supervising the collection of cross-sectional and/or cohort quantitative study data.
Supervising the collection of qualitative study data.
Testing and providing quality assurance of all quantitative data collection and process evaluation data collection using mobile devices and paper, through field observation and appropriate quality control tests.
Overseeing the downloading of data from the digital data gathering systems and ensure that data are appropriately backed-up.
Assist with data analysis and paper writing activities that may arise over the course of the study.
Assist in preparation of monitoring (including budget) reports for the study donor.
Input into data analysis, reports, and presentations.
Undertake other activities as per the needs of the trial on the ground and in respect to coordination of other nutrition funded research projects.
Assist in the development of reports, project concept notes, proposals and budgets as needed
Represent CWW and UCL at all necessary coordination meetings or events

Your skills and experience will include:
Essential

An MSc degree in epidemiology, public health, nutrition, or a related discipline
Collection, quality assurance and basic analysis of anthropometric data.
Professional work in a low-income setting, including managing personnel and budgets
Working in a nutrition or health research environment
Ability to manage teams of field staff of varying abilities
Excellent reasoning and problem solving skills
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
Ability to share skills and knowledge
Ability to manage and analyse data using statistical programmes
Use of standard Microsoft Office programmes at a moderate or advanced level.
Sound knowledge of nutrition and/or food security in low income settings
Willingness and ability to spend extended periods working in Mogadishu
Ability to work on own initiative and manage own time, whilst interacting with colleagues
Ability to handle conflicting priorities and prioritise effectively
Willingness and ability to learn and develop new skills
Excellent interpersonal skills, including an ability to work and communicate effectively with individuals from different disciplines, backgrounds and cultures
Confidence to work collaboratively, flexibly, and effectively with UCL and other partner organisations
Attention to detail and ability to work to a very high level of accuracy

Desirable

A PhD in in epidemiology, public health, nutrition, or a related discipline
Working within humanitarian organisations implementing nutrition/health interventions in Somalia
Living and working in challenging field environments for extended periods
Living and working in insecure situations
Remote management of humanitarian programmes
Working on cash transfer programmes
Working on large demographic or epidemiological studies
Design and testing of field questionnaires
Using mobile devices for data collection
Cleaning data and preparing datasets for analysis
Analysis of epidemiological datasets
Writing / inputting into scientific papers for publication
Use of Stata for data management / analysis
Use of ArcGIS for spatial data collection, mapping, and analysis
Use of software for programming mobile data collection devices
Knowledge of cash transfer programming

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