The Ifakara Health Institute is a health research organization with offices in Ifakara, Dar es Salaam, Ikwiriri, Bagamoyo, and Mtwara, Tanzania. The institute conducts health-related research in a variety of areas, including malaria and HIV/AIDS.
Data Officer (1 post) – TMCI, Dar
Ifakara is looking for a qualified and experienced individual to work as a Data Officer for serving as an assistant to the Data Manager supporting the delivery of data management services.Nafasi za kazi ifakara health institute
Job Summary
Position: Data Officer (1 post)
Reports To: Principal Investigator/Project Leader
Work Station: Dar es Salaam
Apply By: April 27th 2022
Duties and Responsibilities
- Work closely with the study coordinator, Data Manager, study team, and other stakeholders.
- Prepare data management documentation.
- Support Investigators in the preparation of data management plans.
- Support to oversee database administration including management of user account access and support.
- Provide training and mentoring to research assistants.
- Perform quality review of data for completeness, accuracy, and consistency based on the specific study protocol.
- Generate data queries, track query resolution and provide data cleaning status updates.
- Liaise with data server host site staff with regard to software maintenance and system administration.
- Assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly and/or annual reports, assisting supervision of data collection and coordination of randomized control trial.
- Perform any other duties that may be assigned by the Principal Investigator.
Qualification and Experience
- Bachelor in Computer Science/Information, Technology/Health Informatics or Statistics or equivalent qualification.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience relevant to research coordination, data management and analysis.
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Research Officer (1 post) – VPM, Dar
The sought Research Officer is a medical doctor who will work with the VPM project in the selected health facilities of Dar es Salaam.
Job Summary
Position: Research Officer (1 post)
Reports To: Project Leader
Work Station: Dar es Salaam
Apply By: April 27th 2022
Duties and Responsibilities
- Screening of the patients eligible for the study.
- Enrolment of the patients screened for the study.
- Management of the patients.
- Identification and Management of adverse and severe adverse event.
- Follow up of the patients under the study.
- Initial development of SOPs.
Qualification and Experience
- Doctor of medicine (MD)/ Bachelor of medicine.
- Experience in clinical research.
Skills and Competencies
- Patient Management skills.
- Computer skills.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Adhere to IHI core values (Transparency, Integrity, Respect, Responsibility and Initiative).
Research Officer (1 post) – DECOCE, Dar
The Research Officer will work with the DECOCE project to provide medical care to patients admitted in one of the district hospitals of Dar.
Job Summary
Position: Research Officer (1 post)
Reports To: Project Leader
Work Station: Dar es Salaam
Apply By: April 22nd 2022
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Duties and Responsibilities
- Screen patients.
- Enroll patients.
- Manage patients.
- Identify and manage adverse and severe events.
- Follow up on the patients.
- Initial development of SOPs.
Qualification and Experience
- Doctor of Medicine (MD).
- Experience in clinical research.
Skills and Competencies
- Patient Management skills.
- Computer skills.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Adhere to IHI core values (Transparency, Integrity, Respect, Responsibility and, Initiative).
Project Accountant (1 post) – Dar
The Project Accountant will be responsible of day-to-day management of projects’ accounts.
Job Summary
Position: Project Accountant (1 post)
Reports To: Senior Projects Management Accountant
Work Station: Dar es Salaam
Apply By: April 27th 2022
Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepare projects reports as per the funding partners’ requirements.
- Provide monthly projects financial status reports to projects leaders (and whenever needed).
- Prepare and submit monthly cash and budget balances to the Senior Projects Management Accountant.
- Prepare annual and quarterly updated projects’ cash flow report and submit the same to the Senior Projects Management Accountant for institutional compilation.
- Prepare and submit quarterly projects reconciliation report to the Senior Projects Management Accountant for review.
- Provide information requested by funding partners in liaison with the Senior Projects Management Accountant (i.e., Financial Reports, Projections, Copies of Vouchers etc.).
- Initiate payments and process them with regard to budgets and proper ledger accounts.
- Prepare monthly projects personnel bills and submit to the Senior Projects Management Accountant for review, consolidation and posting.
- Keep records of daily movements of projects transactions (Projects subsidiary ledgers).
- Work with projects leaders to review budgets before submitting the same to the grants and contracts team.
- Control projects expenditures against budgets.
- Verify and capture imprest retirements.
- Keep track and record of all projects fixed assets – in the respective project fixed asset register.
- Keep copies of donor contracts (soft and hard copies) and all projects’ reports (i.e., custodian of projects documents).
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Qualification and Experience
- First degree or Advanced Diploma in Accounts or Finance; a certification in Accounts will be an added advantage.
- Projects Management skills will be an added advantage.
- Customer service skills.
Skills and Competencies
- Cooperative attitude.
- Highest level of integrity.
- Experience in donors’ accounting procedures (USAID/CDC, EU, EDCTP, WT, The Global Fund, BMGF, IDRC, GCC, DFID, WHO, etc.).
- Literate in Microsoft office program specifically excel, word and power point.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and should be able to communicate with Projects Leaders and Donors.
- Fluent in both English and Swahili languages.
- Team Player; customer services oriented; self-motivated; and quality result oriented.
Dietician (1 post) – Bagamoyo
The Dietician will work in the metabolic kitchen to oversee the accurate preparation and serving of meals to study participants.
Job Summary
Position: Dietician (1 post)
Reports To: Co-Investigator/Nutritionist
Work Station: Bagamoyo
Apply By: April 27th 2022
Duties and Responsibilities
- Weigh, measure prepare and cook foods, beverages, and nutrition supplements using established protocols for research diet preparation according to the specific research diet plan.
- Collect all unconsumed foods, weigh and record to allow calculations of the uneaten portion.
- Collect/record food intake of the subjects as per research protocol through 24-hour diet recall and validated food frequency questionnaire – identifying their food preferences, dislikes and likes.
- Carefully monitor compliance of subjects, at all times and especially during feeding and meals times to identify problems of compliance, correct these problems and alert the Research Nutritionist when any deviation occurs.
- Conduct daily/weekly inventory and order food and supplies to support metabolic kitchen operations as required
- Collect data and maintain all records pertaining to food production and consumption and metabolic assessments.
- Organize activities for the subjects and develop appropriate nutrition-related educational materials and delivery of nutritional education to individual subjects as well as group education programs.
- Perform other duties as specified by the clinical trial core team.
Qualification and Experience
- Bachelor degree or Diploma in Home Economics and nutrition with demonstrated skill in cooking other than for family.
- Work experience of at least 1 year is preferred.
- Experience with computer systems required, including web-based applications and some Microsoft Office applications that may include, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Knowledge of any statistical software will be an advantage but not essential.
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Skills and Competencies
- Ability to work independently as much as possible and follow precedents and procedures.
- Teamwork, problem-solving skills and ability to manage temper.
- Willingness to learn and be innovative.
- Good communication skills and ability to understand and communicate with colleagues, subjects and relatives.
- Maintains strong and effective working relationship with co-workers as well as other department or patient care staff.
- Good writing and organizational skills to write up daily summary reports and maintain diet data records.
Cook (1 post) – Bagamoyo
The Cook will work in the metabolic kitchen to prepare meals for the study participants.
Job Summary
Position: Cook (1 post)
Reports To: Co-Investigator/Nutritionist
Work Station: Bagamoyo
Apply By: April 27th 2022
Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensure the food preparation workstations, cookware and utensils are clean and sanitized.
- Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh.
- Follow recipes, including measuring, weighing and mixing ingredients.
- Bake, grill, steam and boil meats, vegetables, fish, poultry and other foods.
- Present, garnish and arrange final dishes.
- Follow all food health and safety requirements.
Qualification and Experience
- Secondary School Education Certificate (Form IV/VI).
- Diploma in Food Production, Hospitality Management, or Hotel Management.
- Experience in related works with demonstrated skills in cooking other than for family.
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Skills and Competencies
- Ability to skillfully multitask.
- Ability to work independently as much as possible and follow precedents and procedures.
- Teamwork, problem-solving skills and ability to manage temper.
- Creativity, innovative and willingness to learn.
- Good communication skills (to understand and communicate with colleagues, participants and relatives).
- Maintains strong and effective working relationships with co-workers as well as other department or patient care staff.
- Time management and record-keeping skills.
Research Officer (1 post) – LSM, Dar
Research Officer will work with the LSM-TEMT study which focuses on the evaluation of the process and impact of larva source management.
Job Summary
Position: Research Officer (1 post)
Reports To: Project Leader
Work Station: Dar es Salaam
Apply By: April 22nd 2022
Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop, review and update the project work plan and study protocol.
- Prepare the study protocol required for ethical approval.
- Supervise field activities to assess coverage of the larviciding teams on identification of mosquito breeding habitats.
- Supervise field activities to assess the capacity of larviciding teams on correct characterization of breeding habitats
- Supervise field activities and assess the larviciding teams’ adherence to the larviciding project implementation protocol.
- Supervise field activities and assess capacity of larviciding teams on covering identified breeding habitats with required rounds of larvicide application.
- Supervise field activities and assess capacity of the project internal M&E teams on visitation to breeding habitats for verification of presence and characterization done by the larviciding teams.
- Supervise field activities and assess capacity of M&E teams on generating summaries and reports emanating from larviciding implementation data for guiding operations.
- Supervise field activities and assess if the mechanism of impact of larviciding intervention is attained as expected.
- Lead the field team to identify factors which possibly moderate the response of mosquito larvae to the effects of the bio larvicides.
- Supervise field activities and conducting FGDs and IDIs to explore facilitators and barriers to the implementation of the project.
- Supervise mosquito surveillance activities.
- Ensure systematic and proper handling and management of data.
- Analyze data and write reports and manuscripts.
- Provide mentorship to undergraduate staff working in the project.
- Assist with any other duties as directed by the project investigator.
Qualification and Experience
- Holder of Undergraduate Degree in Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation in Health
- Vast experience of working in public health research projects.
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Skills and Competencies
- Conduct different assays performed in the laboratory for example ELISA, PCR, insecticide susceptibility.
- Must possess proposal writing skills.
- Conversant with study/experiments designing.
- Knowledge in insecticide products and bio-efficacy evaluation.
- Knowledge in mosquito identification.
- Must possess report writing skills.
- Computer skills (Microsoft office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Skills on STATA, R Studio etc. will be an added advantage.
- Adhere to IHI core values (Transparency, Integrity, Respect, Responsibility and, initiative).
Remuneration
An attractive and competitive remuneration package will be offered to successful candidates as per IHI salary scales.
Equal Opportunity
IHI is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit intentional biases or
discrimination and harassment of any kind at the work place and during
recruitment. All employment decisions are based solely on job
requirements and individual qualifications, and our recruitment process
is governed by the labour laws of Tanzania.
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Mode of Application
All candidates who meet the above job requirements should send their
application letters together with their detailed curriculum vitae (CVs)
showing contact addresses including email, telephone/cell phone numbers
and copies of academic and professional certificates to the email
address below.
The deadline for this application is 17:00hrs on Friday, April 22nd 2022. All e-mail application subject lines should include: RESEARCH OFFICER – LSM-TMT PROJECT. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview.
Human Resources Manager
IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE
#5 Ifakara Street Plot 463 Mikocheni
P.O. Box 78,373
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Email: recruitment@ihi.or.tz
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