Zambart is an independent Zambian research organization whose headquarters is at the University of Zambia’s Ridgeway Campus in Lusaka. Zambart is globally renowned for its interdisciplinary research on HIV and Tuberculosis and has contributed to HIV and TB policy and practice at national and global levels. Zambart’s research portfolio now includes a broader scope of urgent public health issues. Zambart staff form an interdisciplinary team with a range of expertise including epidemiology, clinical science, social science, laboratory, operations research, health systems and services research, health policy analysis, health economics, health communication and counselling.
Zambart’ s vision is to conduct quality interdisciplinary health research on issues of public health importance Zambia and contribute to improving health policy and practice leading to better health for all.
Our mission is to contribute to global public health policy and practice through the generation of an evidence based by conducting high-quality health research in Zambia.
To support our wide range of research activities, we are looking for an ambitious, suitably qualified candidate to fill the following exciting position that has arisen:
Position: STUDY MANAGER – Global Fund UNAIDS/ABC/M Study
Duty Station: Zambart House, Lusaka.
Job Purpose:
The position of the Study Manager will be part of Zambart Health Economics Unit under the Global Fund UNAID/ABM/M Study. The job holder will manage the ABC/M study of HIV and related services, generally supervising the field team, coordinating the administrative activities of the study, offering support and coordinating meetings between the study team and UNAIDS/ABC/M stakeholders as well as drafting administrative and technical reports to the ABC/M stakeholders and UNAIDS. The study Manager will support the Principal Investigator (PI) and the Consulting Health Economist by managing the budget, scope, timeline, contracts, communication, and quality review process.
Expected Roles and Responsibilities will include the following:
Manage the administrative side or /non-technical aspects of study.
Create and manage project timelines.
Review study budgets and expenses against timelines.
Identify changes in project plans and implement solutions for managing these changes.
Support organizing internal and external project status meetings.
Keep, distribute, and follow-up on actions from these meetings.
Develop and maintain strong working relationships with Zambart core administration.
Working with regulatory office at Zambart to manage ethics and institutional review board (IRB) submissions.
Support and coordinate the team, timeline, and subcontractors (UNZA) as needed.
Working with the PI, manage quality-assurance activities for data collection, including scheduling and documenting senior review, quality control of data, and editing.
Liaise with project administrators and field team leaders to source supplies; obtaining quotations, execute purchases and manage ongoing communications.
Support and Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies.
Support the project review processes.
Participate in refining data collection tools and approaches. Understand and support the implementation of data collection.
Qualification and experience:
Bachelor’s level degree in Economics, Business administration, project management, development studies or any other related field of studies
Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a nonprofit organization.
Demonstrated experience planning and budgeting activities and resources for projects.
Demonstrated experience or skills developing timelines, flowcharts, workplans, tracking tools, spreadsheets, and other elements of project plans using MS-Excel and MS-Word.
Demonstrated experience working on research projects, experience working on health economics-related studies is an added advantage.
Experience with processes for handling confidential information (added advantage)
Excellent written and verbal English communication skills are a prerequisite
Applicants meeting the criteria for the above jobs should send their latest CVs, three traceable reference contacts, and a cover letter outlining clearly how they meet the above criteria, to The Head of Human Resources, Zambart Head Office, Ridgeway Campus, P.O Box 50697, Lusaka or send your application via email to jobs@zambart.org.zm
Closing Date:
The closing date for the receipt of applications is 26 August 2024.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
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