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ICAP of Columbia University is working in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation and the Ministry of Medical Services to strengthen HIV Care and Treatment services in the country and conduct high quality research to inform national and international policy.

ICAP has received funding from the National Institute of Health to conduct a two year study on Mother Infant Retention in PMTCT (MIR4 Health Study).

Applications are invited for the following positions:

Study Site Coordinator – MIR 4 Health Study (3)
Location: Allocated sites in Nyanza

Overall Job Function:
The Site Coordinator will be responsible for overseeing day to day study activities at the site to ensure smooth implementation of the study, safety of study participants, and accuracy of the data collected.

The will be supervised by the Study Coordinator.

Key Responsibilities:
To obtain consent from potential study participants
To obtain consent and administer questionnaires to healthcare providers and lay counsellors
To monitor patient recruitments and retention and oversee follow ups and patient tracking activities
To ensure proper storage of study materials e.g. patient folders, study questionnaires, consent forms
To carry out on-site quality control for data collection
To supervise the research assistants

Requirements
Diploma in Nursing or relevant Degree/Diploma in Social Sciences
Experience in conducting research
Excellent communication skills ( both oral and written)
Understands/Speaks and reads Luo well
Good use of Microsoft office especially in excel

All applications including a current CV, telephone number and 3 referees (one who should be at least your current/previous supervisor) should be sent to the HR and Administration Manager, ICAP icap.vacancies@gmail.com before 31st December 2012.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

ICAP is an Equal Opportunity Employer