Job Description

Research Coordinator, Brain and Mind InstituteEntity Medical CollegeLocation Karachi, PakistanIntroduction Aga Khan University chartered in 1983 as Pakistans first private international university, is committed to the provision of education, research, and health care of international standards relevant to Pakistan and the region. The affiliated Aga Khan University Hospital provides stateoftheart clinical facilities and wellequipped diagnostic services. The University currently has teaching sites in Pakistan, East Africa, the United Kingdom, and Afghanistan, and is a major component of Aga Khan Development Network.As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employeestrainees and partners to share this commitment.The Brain and Mind Institute BMI is a newly minted entity at the Aga Khan University AKU, with key hubs in Nairobi for East Africa and Karachi for South and Central Asia. The BMI seeks to build capacity in the domains of mental health and neuroscience. In collaboration with partners, the Institute is advancing research leadership capacity and support service delivery across East Africa and South Asia, and other regions served by the AKU. The Institute supports a hub for scholarship exchange and action on mental health issues, as well as educational, clinical, and communitybased programs. BMIs research focuses on the context of todays youth in Africa and South Asia, while our programmatic offerings address mental health related and brain health issues, including stigma and resiliency. A significant area of interest is the implementation of sciencebased programming in hospital and community settings that translate new discoveries into prevention and treatment programs.This is a grantfunded contractual position.ResponsibilitiesYou will be responsible tooversee and monitor all operational field activities and implement planned strategiesliaise and coordinate study requirements with relevant departments of AKU and external stakeholdersmanage field related items, record keeping, and storage of project related itemsmaintain documentation of the field activities on a regular basiskeep record of all equipmentassist and coordinate with the data management unit team in tasks including data collection, editing, and cleaning, and entryresolve day to day operational issuesarrange meetings and keep a record of minutes of the meetingsprovide weekly field updates to the supervisor RequirementsYou should havemasters in epidemiology and biostatistics, health policy and management, public health, or relevant fieldat least 3 years related work experiencebasic knowledge of survey and other research projectsgood interpersonal and communication skillsskills in data collection and report writingexcellent team playerability to effectively work in a team settingability to handle difficult situations and work under pressurewillingness to work on field sitesComprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.

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