Public Health Evaluation Director, Maseru, Lesotho 50 views0 applications

Job Summary

The Public Health Evaluation Director reporting to the Country Director, is responsible for the research and evaluation portfolio of the organization. He/she provides strategic leadership and oversight of the clinical, implementation, operations, and program effectiveness on research conducted by EGPAF/Lesotho, in close coordination with the technical and SI teams. The Public Health Evaluation Director will directly contribute to generation of a strong evidence base to improve the effective delivery of quality programs to further the mission of EGPAF/Lesotho, improving the lives of Basotho infected and affected by HIV.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Planning and Technical Leadership

• Design, lead, manage and ensure technical quality of research and evaluation portfolio and staff capacity development within EGPAF Lesotho.
• Lead and oversee the EGPAF/Lesotho clinical, implementation, operations, and program effectiveness research in collaboration with Technical and Strategic Information teams.
• Lead and/or oversee all aspects of the research and evaluation studies, from idea conception, development of protocols and data collection instruments, personnel training, study implementation, data management/analysis to manuscript writing.
• Develops and oversees budgets, policies, and procedures to guide research and evaluations within EGPAF Lesotho

Quality Assurance

• Serves as Principal Investigator across a range of HIV, MNCH, TB, PHC, global health security ad other emerging infectious disease topics
• Collaborates with EGPAF global research team and teams across the Foundation, to leverage global expertise, share experience and facilitate multi-country research activities
• Liaises with the EGPAF global regulatory officer to ensure all human subjects’ research protections are in place and all protocols undergo appropriate sponsor, U.S. and Lesotho IRB review and approval.
• Identify and evaluate interventions to address key programmatic challenges using strong scientific methodology to inform the program, MOH, and the broader HIV field.

Capacity Building

• Strengthens local partners’ staff, national health institutions and the MOH to carry out high quality research
• Develops staff capacity within EGPAF Lesotho for high-quality research and evaluation.

Collaboration and Partnership

• Develops and oversees partnerships that expand EGPAF’s ability to conduct and disseminate research of importance to the Foundation and the country eXtfO3D BVUcJh
• Work with New Business and global research teams to generate research funding through proposal development and submissions to funding agencies
• Required Qualifications

MD, PhD or similar advanced degree in Epidemiology, Maternal and Child Health, Public Health or Global health related sciences

• Minimum of 10 years of proven experience in health research and evaluation in developing countries, including serving as a study Principal Investigator, leading study design, protocol development, data collection, data analysis, and writing/contributing to scientific publications
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in administration of research projects including managing research teams and donor management
• Experience in maternal, child health and HIV/AIDS research preferred.
• Experience in developing research protocols for IRB review and managing IRB correspondence and requirements nationally and internationally
• Extensive knowledge of and demonstrated experience in research methodologies
• Experience in providing study monitoring and oversight for implementation, including regulatory and protocol compliance and data quality assurance

Bonus points:

• Well published in peer reviewed journals
• Knowledge and understanding of HIV services, PMTCT, MCH, pediatric and adult HIV care and treatment
• Knowledge of protection of human subjects in research and ethics regulations to ensure compliance with all local and international requirements
• Proficiency in the use of databases such as Microsoft Access, Epi-Info and analytical software, such as STATA, SPSS, R is an advantage
• Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.