TB Clinical Director - Ekurhuleni District

Requirements:

Excellent personal computer skills.

SA Citizen or valid work permit to work in South Africa.

Moderate/Excessive overnight travel (up to 33%) by land or air if required (local and international).

Financially savvy, analytical thinker.

Willing to work over-time to get the job done in line with reasonable expectations for a senior management position.

Experience in implementing trials at international site(s) in one or more of the following non-African countries: Romania, Moldova, Georgia, and Germany; and in one or more of the following African countries: Mozambique, South Africa and others as may be applicable.

Education:

Master’s Degree from college or university in Health, Science, Medicine or related field.

Project Management qualification.

Post graduate degree(s) / post-from College or university in Clinical Trials, Health, and Science, Medicine or related field.

Advanced MS Work, Excel, Power Point & Project.

Advantageous:

Ability to speak additional language (local / foreign).

Experience:

10 years specialist local and international experience local in site start-up, regulatory support, managing multi-country Clinical Research/Trials.

At least 5 years’ experience Programme Management (or in managing multiple trials at any given time)

Experience in analysing data and summarising vast amounts of data into graphs.

Managed multiple trials in parallel, sound understanding of the Sponsor role and implementation of Investigator-initiated trials from scratch (local and international).

Tracking of expenditure (budgeted versus actual and actual versus project progress progress) and annual funder reporting.

Protocol development.

Work Description:

The TB Clinical Director will be responsible for the effective management of two or more large international projects, and will oversee implementation at partner / collaborator sites, locally and internationally. The role requires trial Sponsor implementation and management experience in managing international teams and providing the necessary start-up, regulatory and Sponsor support relevant for the specific country(ies). The TB Clinical Director would need to provide technical oversight and accountability for the project and would need to work with other related role players in achieving, maintaining, improving, tracking and reporting of expenditure against budget, timelines, trial performance metrics, study start-up activities and quality indicators.

Technical Work Responsibilities:  Can be obtained upon application.