Project Co-ordinator – AAU/ College of Health Science
Development and Project Management, Health Care, Social Sciences and Community
AAU/ College of Health Science
College of Health Sciences
The College of Health Sciences (CHS), Addis Ababa University (AAU), is a professional health sciences college, established in 2009/10 by the reorganization of previously separate institutions of health under one umbrella. The CHS is comprised of four schools and one teaching hospital. The four schools are the School of Medicine (SoM), the School of Pharmacy (SoP), the School of Public Health (SPH) and the School of Allied Health Sciences (SAHS). The SAHS offers professional training in nursing, midwifery and medical laboratory technology. The rationale behind the establishment of the CHS is to encourage cross-breeding across various disciplinary paradigms; standardize curricula across disciplines; set standards and quality checks for the teaching-learning process; maximize human resources utilization through joint planning in teaching common courses and in conducting research; create opportunities in collaborative research and publication; maximize shared use of facilities for effectiveness and efficiency in teaching-learning, research and services; and create opportunities to address the health needs of the community in an integrated manner as a health team.
All Schools of the CHS offer professional degrees at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels except for the School of Public Health which offers only postgraduate degrees at MSc and PhD levels. However, the SPH is heavily engaged in offering public health courses to undergraduate students of the other Schools in the CHS. The CHS currently has over 5000 students, and employs over 600 full-time faculty members. The College currently offers eight undergraduate and over 70 postgraduate programs. The Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH) is the teaching hospital of the College. TASH is the largest specialized hospital in Ethiopia, with over 700 beds, and serves as a training center for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, dentists, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, medical laboratory technologists, radiology technologists, and others who shoulder the responsibilities to solve the health problems of the community and the country at large.
In line with the mission and vision of AAU, the CHS exercises unique roles in training highly skilled health professionals at MSc, PhD, specialty and subspecialty levels. This allows it to contribute to the expansion of quality health care, education and research in the country. The CHS is the only institution where some specialized tertiary health care is rendered. Moreover, under the new reorganization of AAU, the CHS is expected to enjoy a high level of academic and administrative autonomy.
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Background
We are currently looking to hire a project administrator for our project (NIHR GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH GROUP ON PROMOTING CHILDRENS’ AND ADOLESCENTS’ MENTAL WELLBEING). Our aim is to develop culturally sound mindfulness intervention to promote children’s and adolescent’s mental wellbeing. The Project will work in Addis Ababa, Addis Ketema Sub-city
The Role of the Project Co-ordinator
The successful applicant will be responsible for co-ordinating the project
Principal responsibilities:
- Prepare activity reports and co-ordinate preparation of financial reports for quarterly reporting to the funder.
- Responsible for ethics protocol submission and processes linked to ethical approval and ethical conduct of the study
- Line management of research co-ordinator, research assistants, field co-ordinators, data collectors and other field staff.
- Work closely with the data manager to ensure implementation of all standardised operating procedures for quality data collection and management.
- Liaise with local and international stakeholders to support engagement in the studies.
- Oversee the delivery of research, training, and knowledge exchange programme initiatives, ensuring they are managed to business requirements, specification, time, and budget.
- Prepares project status reports and briefings, keeping the in-country lead and project management committee(s) informed of project status and related issues.
- Responsible for the timeous and high-quality preparation of project documentation, reports, correspondence and maintaining comprehensive files and records as appropriate.
- Routinely monitor all activities and support the delivery of strong governance of projects through supporting the administration of advisory boards meetings, as well as management meetings, work package meetings and stakeholder workshops.
- Liaise with internal departments and international project partners
- Additional tasks as directed by the study investigators.
Personal attributes
- Well organised.
- A high level of attention to detail.
- Ability to work with others, including international collaborators
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
Terms and conditions
Salary: Negotiable depending on qualifications and experience.
Hours of Work: Are governed by the laws of Ethiopia. However, the nature of the work is such that it might require working overtime and weekends.
Holidays: Are governed by the rules of Addis Ababa University for project workers.
Length of Contract: A 3 years post subject to six monthly contract renewal.
Probationary Period and Notice Period: There is a three-month probationary period for this role. The notice period is one month.
No. required: One
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Salary and benefits: Negotiable
Terms of employment: Full-time, 3 years post subject to six monthly contract renewal
Reports to: Country Leads, CAMW Project
Qualifications:
- MSc in health-related or social science-related field, with thesis.
- 2 years of work experience in project coordination.
- Knowledge of health research essential.
- Experience co-ordinating and community-based or intervention study an advantage.
- Experience preparing reports for international partners an advantage.
- Experience in working with international collaborators is essential.
- Discretion and ability to handle confidential and sensitive information.
- Experience with both qualitative and quantitative research methods and data analysis.
- Strong computer program literacy and knowledge.
- Strong administrative and organisational skills.
- Experience in Research with Children is an advantage
Negotiable depending on qualifications and experience.