Duties / Responsibilities
- Engage stakeholders and lead in the co-creation of governance arrangements;
- Enablement of trans disciplinarily in APCC operations;
- Develop standard operating procedures for research cohorts participating in the APCC;
- Develop guidelines for consistency in data and bio-specimen governance across the APCC (sharing, ownership, commitment to harmonizing);
- Support the development of guidelines dealing with and resolving conflict (dispute/grievance mechanisms with sufficient independence to adjudicate less or more serious issues regarding sharing data);
- Develop guidelines for authorship and publications using APCC materials;
- Provide templates for APCC rational and proposed activities in line with in-country data protection and sharing guidelines;
- Develop guidelines for onboarding and managing country specific principal investigators and data producers;
- Development of guidelines of how unexpected challenges such as epidemics, may influence governance principles and structure;
- Develop communication products e.g. blogs on data governance in an ecosystem with multi-disciplinary datasets;
- Represent the Centre in high- level national and regional forums including relevant technical working groups and expert committees;
- Lead and participate in dissemination of research findings and policy dialogue with appropriate audiences;
- Plan and coordinate the APCC program and its activities including supporting activities of the governance and capacity building cores;
- Ensure implementation of policies and practices as per Wellcome Trust regulations;
- Maintaining budget and tracking expenditures/transactions by working closely with the project grants and financial officers;
- Manage communications on APCC through media relations, social media and the APHRC Policy Engagement and Communication team;
- Schedule and organize meetings/events and maintain agenda for APHRC related activities; and
- Prepare monthly/quarterly project reports.
Qualifications, Skills, and Experience
- At least seven years’ post-master’s degree experience in a research setting.
- Experience conducting field research and managing data collection teams.
- Experience in engaging policy makers and key stakeholders with research evidence.
- Good writing skills and experience in developing standard operating procedures in relevant subject areas.
- Ability to work independently, set priorities, juggle tasks and meet tight deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills and ability to work in a culturally diverse team.
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