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The Umeed-e-Nau (UeN) initiative of the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Women and Child Health aims to support the introduction, scale-up and further piloting of high quality and high impact interventions to improve Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (MNCAH) in Pakistan by harnessing the potential of both public and private sectors, coupled with introduction of women and girls empowerment interventions. UeN has two major components; one is to introduce proven effective MNCAH interventions at scale in 8 districts and the second is to generate evidence through innovative approaches to improve MNCAH while included in the public health programme in Pakistan.

You will be responsible for overall coordination of the research projects which involves to prepare, update project documents, communicate with collaborators and investigators, implement research projects in field, conduct data analysis and compilation of project reports. Specific responsibilities include to:

• implement and supervise research projects, develop instruments for data collection and monitoring
• share progress of the projects, supervise data entry activities, coordinate with laboratory management for specimen testing and reporting carry out field visits as part of quality assurance in data collection procedures
• contribute in research communication by publication of information generated through project activities in peer reviewed journals
• work closely with administrative staff to ensure discipline, sufficient supplies and availability of project staff at the field sites
• contribute to analysis and synthesis of evidence for systematic reviews of research and provide editorial support for and contribute to the quality assurance of summaries, proposals and reports
• coordinate for recruitment and training of research staff as per projects' requirements observing, resolve and report to higher management along with solutions of identified problems for efficient performance at field sites
• liaise with community stakeholders and project staff of all tiers to ensure smooth running of projects’ activities within the settings.

You should send your detailed CV by email to human.resources@aku.edu and mention the position applied for in the subject line.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.