SUMMARY:
Intern: Implementation Science (BMGF Planning Grant) (6 Months Internship) x2 vacancies are available at our Client, Wits Health Consortium's Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (RHI) in Parktown, Johannesburg - Gauteng.
POSITION INFO:
Background
The Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI) is a renowned African-led research institute that seeks solutions to Africa’s health challenges.
It is located within the University of the Witwatersrand and addresses some of the greatest public health concerns affecting our region, including HIV and its related problems, sexual and reproductive health and vaccinology. This is done through pioneering, multi-disciplinary research; responsive technical support and innovation in health services; and evidence-based policy development and advocacy with national, regional and global stakeholders.
Main purpose of the job
- Wits RHI is implementing the BMGF Planning Grant to create an appropriate and receptive environment for the effective use of existing and new HIV prevention products to maximize their impact as they become available for AGYW in Gauteng province, South Africa.
Location
- 8 Blackwood Avenue, Parktown
Key performance areas
To effectively deliver on the project activities, there is a need for 2 Interns to assist the team with the following:
- General administrative support to the staff
- Collect, manage and maintain quality data for research and operations purposes
- Adhere to Good Clinical Practice Standards
- Ready to work on deadline and tight schedules
- Excellent organizational skills; attention to detail and a focus on quality and innovation
- Support the study staff in ensuring the appropriate monitoring and study registers, logs/tools are used and the data captured
- Address relevant concerns and misconceptions about the study and report to study staff
- The ability to prioritize work, exercise initiative and work with minimal direction
- The ability to work independently and collaboratively with colleagues
- A cross-cutting M&E project team including follow-up of participants
- Demand creation in the field
- Qualitative data collection and analysis
- Translating and transcribing the research documents
- Quantitative data management
- Planning of training and participating in this training
Required minimum education and training
- A degree in social sciences, any scientific discipline or equivalent with relevant experiences and education/training
Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities
- Traveling may be required
- Must be able to work in the community/clinics with patients who are HIV positive or negative and/or vulnerable
Required minimum work experience
- Experience with qualitative data analysis using NVivo software and analysis package would be an advantage
- A good understanding of research designs, methods and data processing and management
- Wits RHI prefers individuals who have never worked at all
- Wits RHI wants, at the end of the assignment, the interns should have gained exposure and experience in the field as well as providing an opportunity to see if the career field is the right one based on getting personal experience in the field
TO APPLY
- Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV - Please Apply Online
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
- The closing date for all applications is 12 March 2021.
- Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
- Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful.
- In accordance with our Employment Equity goals and plan, preference will be given to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.
Please note that AJ PERSONNEL is only responsible for the advertising of the advertisement on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.
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