Junior Scientist

The South African Medical Research Council; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 250 000 - 350 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading medical research organization in Pretoria is seeking a Junior Scientist to coordinate data collection and maintain research documentation. The role requires a 4-year Honours degree in Social Sciences with at least 2 years of research experience. Responsibilities include managing participant communications and supervising research assistants. Applications are open until November 08, 2025.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ research experience, including project coordination and small team management.
• Enrolment in master’s degree in social sciences or Public Health advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and participate in follow-up quantitative and qualitative data collection.
• Assist with data cleaning and coding.
• Maintain research material inventories and ethics documentation.
• Manage participant scheduling and reimbursements.
• Supervise research assistants and report on their performance.
• Support preparation of scientific manuscripts and presentations.
• Contribute to dissemination activities.

Skills

Data collection and quality control

Transcription and translation

Participant communication

Research assistant supervision

Education

4-year Honours degree in Social Sciences or related field

Job description

Job title: Junior Scientist

Job Location: Gauteng, Pretoria

Deadline: November 08, 2025

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Responsibilities

• Coordinateandparticipateinfollow-upquantitativeandqualitativedatacollectionand quality control.
• Assistwithtranscription,translation,datacleaning,andcoding.
• Maintainresearchmaterialinventories,participantrecords,andethicsdocumentation.
• Manageparticipantcommunications,scheduling,tracking,andreimbursements
• Superviseresearchassistantsandreportontheirperformance.
• Supportpreparationofscientificmanuscripts,policybriefs,andpresentations.
• Contributetodisseminationactivities,includingacademicandstakeholderevents.

Requirements

• 4-yearHonoursdegreeinSocialSciencesorrelatedfield
• Minimum2years’researchexperience,includingprojectcoordinationandsmallteammanagement.

Advantageous

• Enrolment in master’s degree in social sciences, Public Health or other related fields advantageous
• 1 years’ experience with quantitative and qualitative research.
• 1 year working in the gender-based violence field of study.