Social Science Research Team Leader Navigendi NGO Jobs – Medical Research Council (MRC UK) /UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit

Principal duties;

• Support the PIs in regulatory submissions and reporting, including adverse events

• Identify and screen participants, administer consent

• Conduct staff training and supervision of research assistants on qualitative research methods with children and youth with disabilities, research ethics and child protection

• To contribute to qualitative research design, and development of research instruments at each phase of fieldwork

• To contribute to management and coordination of qualitative data collection and organization of fieldwork logistics

• Conduct qualitative data collection with children and youth with disabilities

• Conduct and supervise data transcription, coding and data management of interview data

• Co-facilitate participatory workshops and youth advisory meetings with the in country PI

• Conduct data analysis of interviews and workshop data in collaboration with the PIs

• Keep study documents up to date and ensure filing of project documents

• Follow up of participants to reduce drop out

• Positively manage and follow up child protection issues in line with study protocol

• Ensure strict adherence to quality and ethical guidelines.

• Draft manuscripts and presentations about study data

• Prepare and submit study updates/reports to the Study Principal Investigator.

• Handle payments to participants during study activities and provide accountability to the MRC administration for the same

• Handle cash expenses / DFA holder for a maximum of 500,000 UGX

• Prepare and submit study updates/reports to the Study Principal Investigator.

• Contribute to dissemination of study findings including assisting in drafting of progress reports/peer reviewed manuscripts.

• Other duties as may be assigned by the relevant authority as deemed necessary.

Financial management.

• Ensure proper accountability of project resources in line with MRC/UVRI & LSHTM policies; and,

• Ensure study participants’ time / transport compensation payment.

Line Management:

• Supervise the Social Science Research Assistants