Project preparation 

• Organize health facilities exploratory mission and situation assessments. If necessary, elaborate specific site procedures.

• Coordinate the submission of the project study protocols to ethics and other necessary regulatory bodies.

• Follow the development of collaborative agreements with institutions involved in the project.

• Prepares national and international orders of material and equipment.

• Coordinates the sites assessment selection for the evaluation of the decentralized diagnostic strategy.

• Organise the patients and samples flow with the sites.

Project coordination 

• Participates in exploratory missions, situation assessments (defining medical operational priorities when needed) and participates in the development of the project policy, annual plan, budget review and project proposal and donor reports.

• Supports operational research and innovation for newer intervention to address current gaps in program implementation

• Develops training modules and participates in training

• Realizes on-site and remote coaching o adapted to the specific needs of care providers

• Ensures the project is implemented following Good Clinical Practices (GCP), project procedure and protocols.

• Ensures that quality assurance procedures for clinical, laboratory and data management are in place.

• Facilitates site visits by national and international project partners.

• Participate in the recruitment in different studies.

• Provides technical support to medical personnel in the field through self-knowledge and policies

• Supervises, coaches and evaluates the Junior Medical Referent

Project communication and reporting 

• Oversees medical data collection, analysis and reporting to the line manager in order to ensure proper monitoring of the program.

• Coordinates the communication with the ethics committees: safety reporting and renewal of approvals. Participating in the project teleconferences and meeting with the central research unit.

• Participates in the elaboration of the national project communication plan

PROFILE REQUIRED

Education

• Master level: MSc, Master of Public Health, Master of international health or Master of Epidemiology.

• Doctorate in medicine is a plus

Experience

• At least 5 years’ experience in communicable diseases including tuberculosis control

• Minimum 3 years of working experience in similar projects

• Working experience in clinical research is an added value

• Previous experience in capacity-building or training healthcare workers is mandatory.

Skills

• Knowledge of International Council for Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) guidelines,

• Training in GCP

• Ability to work effectively in teams as well as independently

• Strong interpersonal and partnership skills to link the needs of a clinical research project with the realities of operational implementation in a context of resource-limited countries and the expectations of national authorities.

• Flexible for regular travel to study sites

• Ability to work in partnerships and networks.

• Ability to analyze information, data and write concisely.

• Fluency in English

• Training in project management is an added advantage.