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Job Title ⇒ Social Science Team Leader
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Organisation ⇒ Medical Research Council MRC UK /UVRI and LSHTM Uganda
Research Unit
Duty Station ⇒ Entebbe, Uganda
Reports to ⇒ Project Leader/Senior Scientist
Position Code ⇒ SSTL – 1120
About US ⇒
The Medical Research Council MRC UK is an internationally recognised centre
of excellence with dominant research themes in the areas of HIV and emerging
infections, vaccines and immunity, and chronic diseases and cancer. Through a
multidisciplinary approach, intersecting basic science, epidemiological
research, social-behavioural research and the conduct of new intervention
evaluation studies, the Unit contributes knowledge on changing epidemics and
diseases, the evaluation of innovative health care options, treatment and
prevention and the development of health policy and practice in Africa and
worldwide. Following the signing of strategic transfer agreements between the
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine LSHTM and the Medical
Research Council MRC UK, the Unit formally joined LSHTM on 1st February
2018. The exciting new partnership will boost research capacity into current
and emerging health issues in Africa and throughout the world. The Unit is
based at the UVRI Entebbe campus with established outposts in Kalungu, Masaka,
Wakiso and Kampala Districts.
Job Summary ⇒ The Social Science Team Leader will be supporting the
Preparing for Group B StreptococcuS vaccine studies PREPARE qualitative
studies at Kawempe Hospital and contributing to the social science team under
the supervision of the designated Project team leader.
This programme work, under the EDCTP funded PREPARE consortium activities led
by the
MU-JHU Research Collaboration, a Clinical Research and Service Delivery
Organization, will develop a clinical vaccine trial site in a Sub-Saharan
setting capable of undertaking phase 11-IV trials, determine the pregnancy
outcome rates in this population in preparation for trials of vaccines in
pregnant women, conduct a vaccine trial of a licenced pertussis vaccine,
define the burden of neonatal, infant and maternal GBS disease in a Sub-
Saharan African population, estimate the serocorrelates of protection against
the major GBS types causing disease in European and African settings; and
conduct two trials of candidate GBS vaccines.
Key Duties and Responsibilities ⇒
⇗ Analyse results from focus group and key informant interview using appropriate qualitative analyses, interpret findings and write reports to guide future activities and community engagement programmes;
⇗ Ensure well-planned activities are implemented in order to engage all relevant stakeholders using consistent and appropriate messaging and approaches;
⇗ Train and set up teams at hospital and community level to manage community engagement activities and coordinate all national level meetings;
⇗ Enable consistent and accurate communication regarding stakeholder engagement activities and their intended outcomes internally as well as be responsible for the overall oversight and management of PREPARE’s public engagement programme at the site;
⇗ Support the Public Engagement Advisory Board and Community Advisory Board and other community influencers;
⇗ Lead on writing peer-reviewed publications.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience ⇒
⇗ Masters level degree in a relevant field or post graduate qualification in Science
⇗ A minimum of five years of experience in a clinical research setting, preferably including experience in social and behavioural science research;
⇗ Prior experience with both qualitative and quantitative research and analysis;
⇗ The candidate should have knowledge of the principle and practices of public engagement, knowledge of different methods of public engagement in health research;
⇗ Understanding of working with policy-makers and informing policy, good understanding of vaccine development and research, and concepts of herd immunity;
⇗ Understanding of the consent process with regard to vaccine trials and assessing individual comprehension of research information
⇗ Good command of both English and Luganda;
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