Public Health Research Specialist

Description:

Bachelor's Degree in Medicine/equivalent and Diploma/ Certification or equivalent in Public Health.

PhD in Public Health or equivalent in Community Medicine highly preferred

Experience: Minimum 7 years of research experience, with a strong focus on Primary Health. Proven track record of academic contribution with 5 published works. Demonstrated leadership in managing and mentoring research teams, ensuring successful project execution and collaboration.

Core Responsibilities :

Provide subject and technical expertise and support for the PHCC Research Office.

Provide high level technical input into development of PHCC policy and standards, Research Strategy, Plans and assist in their implementation.

Participate in the work of the PHCC Research committee including research reviews as a subject expert.

Contribute to the design of technical coordination and participation in relevant primary care research.

Engage with stakeholders and coordinate identification of research partners for grant-funded research.

Support research training and capacity building including development of training materials, postgraduate Specialist training in Community Medicine and Family Medicine.

Lead in the development of research tools, design of priority research projects and their implementation.

Provide leadership in research data management, preparation of reports, manuscripts and other outputs.

Coordinate the preparation of PHCC Annual Research Reports and their dissemination.

Engage with Workforce development and training to develop a comprehensive system for the training and development of research staff.

Review the training needs of research staff and prepare plans to address gaps in collaboration with Director of Clinical Research.

Act as lead for the production of regular reports on progress of research, highlighting issues and concerns and making recommendations and suggesting an action plan to Director of Clinical Research.

Demonstrate a proactive approach to patient safety by thinking about what might go wrong in all your undertakings and take necessary measures to prevent them from happening.

Partner with line manager to understand risks in your area of work, develop a plan on how to mitigate those risks, and develop shared accountability for implementing and evaluating the plan.