JOB DETAILS:
Position Summary:
The candidate will be responsible for maintaining QA/QC activities for the Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP).

Required Roles and Responsibilities.
• Work with the Study coordinator, Medical Officer and the PI to ensure that study activities and processes are conducted as per protocol and related SOPs.
• Ensure that CRFs are correctly, accurately and promptly filled by the clinic research team before presentation for data entry.
• Evaluate and respond to quality events, incidents, queries, and complaints as they arise in real time.
• Keep up to date with all related quality and research ethics legislation and compliance issues.
• Work with the Study Coordinator to compile and prepare materials for submission to regulatory agencies.
• Establish and document internal quality assurance and quality control processes/procedures.
• Utilize guidance documents (SOPs, MOPs, research protocol, etc), local and international standards, or consensus standards to support the research teams to conduct all research procedures as expected.
• Conduct the day-to-day quality control audits and promptly communicate the findings to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Communicate any critical compliance risks noted from these activities to the Principal Investigator and or senior management.
• Prepare a weekly QC/QA updates for discussion in the weekly research meetings.
• Identify and coordinate the resolution of data queries as they happen.
• Determine relevant data quality training requirements and assist with staff training.
• Work with the Ministry of Health In charges of to ensure quality data for all conducted research and address any queries or data anomalies with relevant staff.
• Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor/designee.

Required Education and Knowledge:
Minimum Qualification required: Diploma in Clinical Medicine or Diploma in Nursing and Midwifery.

Experience: Minimum of 2 years relevant experience in Quality Control/Quality Assurance in a research setting.

Technical Skills and Abilities:
• Good writing and presentation and interpersonal skills
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and self-motivated/driven.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Have a fair working knowledge of quality assurance and control procedures, regulations as they relate to medical research.
• Possesses the ability to train all levels of staff in Quality Control/Assurance
• Ability to work in teams, motivate, influence data staff and manage time and projects.
• Organizational, planning, research and problem-solving skills.
• Must be detail-oriented and understand the importance and benefits of data quality.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to present findings and recommendations
• Ability to work as a part of a team and interact with data users and managers.
• Strong statistical and numerical ability
• Possess technical skills necessary to work with computer systems such as knowledge of office software such as Microsoft word, excel and access.

Physical ability:
• Ability to professionally communicate in writing and verbally or other means deemed appropriate. The ability to frequently travel between MUWRP sites in Uganda.

Supervisory controls: The candidate will report directly to the QA/QC Coordinator / Designee