Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation – Malawi (BCMCF-M) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the Malawi Government in the health sector. Our Mission is to provide high-quality, high-impact, highly ethical pediatric and family-centered health care, health professional training and clinical research, focused on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, malnutrition and other conditions impacting the health and well-being of children and families worldwide.
BCMCF-M is seeking qualified candidates to fill the positions of:
Position: Research Assistant
Contract Duration: 1 year (possibly renewable)
Location: Mitundu, Kabudula, Nathenje, Lumbadzi, Chitedze, Kawale, Area 18, Area 25.
Reports to: Study Coordinator
STATUS: Full time (40 hours per week).
Position description and responsibilities
and Preterm birth Research Study to be done in hospitals and health centers across Lilongwe. The research assistant will be responsible for assisting in arranging and conducting meetings with study stake holders at the and around villages of the health facilities they will be assigned. Conducting community sensitization/study awareness campaigns, assessing study participants including screening, consenting enrollment and following-up participants at the and around villages of the health facilities they will be assigned, ensure all study biological specimens are collected, labeled, stored and transported in a timely manner, documenting, and ensuring quality of data entry for the study. The assistants will be responsible for giving acceptable standards of care to clients under the supervision of the Principal Investigator and assigned investigators.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following
-Pension
-Medical Insurance
-Group Personal Accident cover