Position: Program Director

Organization: Sangath

Location: Goa

Duration: One year (can be extended depending on performance and funding)

Job profile:

• To manage the research grant and promote and ensure compliance with good practice in relation to the conduct of research, the ethics policy, and other relevant policies.

• Be involved in scientific discussions with collaborators, Principal Investigators, and funding organization.

• Provide support to the Principal Investigators in submitting grant applications, IRB applications, and progress reports.

• Provide leadership to meet study targets and milestones (ensure timely and accurate submission to IRBs, sponsors and master agreements)

• Execute project management processes and methodologies to ensure the study is delivered on-time and within the budget, while adhering to high quality standards

• Responsible for assembling study plans, team and work assignments, directing and monitoring work efforts on a daily basis, identifying resource needs, performing quality review, and escalating functional, quality and timeline issues appropriately.

• Responsible for managing investigator relationships. • Responsible for tracking study documentation through signature/approval processes

• Serve a critical role as liaison, facilitate meetings between project stakeholders and leadership, and complete and maintain professional documentation for projects and deliverables, and develop SOPs as needed.

• Monitor budget utilisation and inform quarterly projections on the basis of project requirements

• Establish and maintain clear communication and effective working relationships with key external stakeholders, including government and non-government agencies, local stakeholders, health professionals and collaborators

• Coordinate meetings with project team and collaborators.

• Contribute to and provide mentoring to other researchers in Addictions Research Group.

• Lead and provide mentoring to the research team in writing manuscripts and academic outputs for dissemination of project findings.

Essential requirements:

• Doctorate (PhD) degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, Global Health or closely related field AND at least 5 years of relevant experience OR Post-graduate degree in Public health, Mental health, Epidemiology, Global health or closely related field AND at least 10 years of relevant experience

• Minimum two peer reviewed academic publications as first author.

• Proficient skills in software for qualitative and quantitative analysis (STATA, R, NVivo, etc.)

• Experience in team management.

Desirable characteristics:

• Experience in managing Randomized Controlled Trials (including development of protocols, data collection, data analysis and manuscript writing)

• Experience of working in Public Health systems such as PHCs/CHCs/District Hospitals.