Clinical Trial and Training Coordinator

Reports Directly to: The Principal Investigator Quite4Life Project at CTCA.

Directly Supervises: None

Duty Station: Kampala Uganda

The position holder is expected to facilitate and participate in training for qualitative data collection, piloting stage of the study happening in October 2022 and at the randomized trial stage and is expected to start work in October 2022. This is a specific, time-bound contract type of assignment and not full-time employment.

Job purpose

The objective of recruiting a Clinical Trial and Training Coordinator is to prepare the research assistants, interviewers, data collectors, data entrants to understand the requirements of the task to enable the perform and deliver quality work. Therefore, the project seeks to recruit a professional responsible for holding the research program training component to realize project goal and specific. The Training Coordinator will be contracted for specific segments covering October 2022 to April 2023.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Conduct a study-wide training needs assessment and identify skills or knowledge gaps that need to be addressed
2. Development of the training plan that will cover direct training, mentorship, and training evaluation.
3. Design, prepare and order training aids and materials
4. Select appropriate training methods or activities such as simulations, mentoring, on-the-job training, professional development classes
5. Participate in review and development of materials, protocols, training manuals
6. Participate in development of annual work-plans addressing training and mentorship/research exchange needs for the collaboration.
7. Plan, coordinate and monitor trainee placement and how they fit in the study sites health service delivery
8. Assess instructional effectiveness and determine the impact of training on research assistants’ skills and key performance indicators.
9. Gather feedback from trainers and trainees after each educational session
10. Partner with internal stakeholders and liaise with experts regarding instructional design
11. Manage and maintain in-house training facilities and equipment
12. Develop training reports
13. Other roles will include but not limited to

• Ensure quality of the training processes and outputs
• Check on deadlines of the training activities
• Attend meetings

Qualifications

1. Proven work experience as a Training Coordinator, Trainer, Training Facilitator or similar role
2. Extensive knowledge of instructional design theory and implementation
3. Adequate knowledge of learning management systems and web delivery tools
4. A bachelor’s degree in Medicine, plus a master’s degree in Public Health
5. Have excellent communication skills, both oral and writing skills.
6. Proven ability to complete full training cycle:- assess needs, plan, develop, coordinate, monitor and evaluate i.e Possess training skills and experience necessary to analyse training.
7. At least 2 years’ hands-on experience coordinating multiple training events in a research setting particularly RCTs
8. Experience coordinating multi-site /country programs reporting, and collaboration program management will be an added advantage.
9. Should have advanced computer skills, particularly statistical packages.
10. Experience with e-learning platforms