Location: Kiambu and Nairobi,
A clinical research Project is currently seeking experienced individuals with excellent organizational and technical skills, who are team players, dedicated, hardworking, innovative, highly motivated and able to work in a high-pressure environment requiring multi-tasking abilities.
Reporting to the Study Coordinator, the Research Assistants/HTS Counselors will support the studies through implementation of all components of the study protocols at the site level. The study will be conducted in Nairobi and Kiambu counties.
Responsibilities:
- Ensuring compliance to protocol and procedures for all study components
- Conducting all study components in the preferred language (English, Kiswahili) of participants
- Administering the informed consent process
- Administering the client and provider surveys
- Conducting HIV testing and counseling (HTS) services to the study participants where applicable
- Offering health education, pre and post-HTS counselling services to study participants, where applicable
- Tracking participants’ status for all study components
- Ensuring completeness of all data collected (recordings, field notes, survey)
- Participating in study meetings (in-person, internet conference calls)
- Assisting with dissemination of study findings
Required Qualifications:
- Diploma in Nursing, Public Health, Pharmacy, Sociology, Community Health & Development, Social Work, Counselling or any other relevant health/social sciences. Degree qualification in the related field will be an added advantage
- NASCOP training and certification for HTS counselors
- Experience in HIV Testing & Counselling. Training and experience in adolescent counseling will be an added advantage.
- Experience with community-based research for public health or clinical studies preferred.
- Experience with research studies or programs focused on adolescents added advantage
- Experience in qualitative surveys and transcription is an added advantage
- Training and experience in conducting quantitative surveys preferred
- Be willing to work in informal and low-income settlements
- Flexibility to work non-business hours; being available for calls outside normal business hours, due to time differences between the U.S.A and Kenya
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent analytical, communication and report writing skills
- Computer literacy, particularly in the use of MS word, Excel and PowerPoint
