Project Coordinator (29 months contract Wits Health Consortium)

Ajpersonnel; Soweto; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Project Coordinator for a 29-month contract with a focus on managing a clinical health study in Soweto. The ideal candidate will have a Matric Certificate, with 1-2 years of research management experience. Strong communication skills in English and/or Zulu or Sesotho are crucial. Responsibilities include coordinating study components, managing field workers, and ensuring adherence to study protocols. This role requires adaptability in a diverse community environment.

Qualifications

• Fluent in English and/or Zulu/Sesotho.
• Minimum 1–2 years of research experience managing research studies or fieldwork.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate needs and implementation components of clinical breast examination study.
• Manage recruitment and retention targets for the team.
• Conduct training for staff as per study protocol.

Skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Computer literacy in MS Word and Excel

Problem solving

Education

Matric Certificate

Job description

Project Coordinator (29 months contract – Wits Health Consortium)

Location: Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa

Background

• Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Limited (WHC) is a wholly‑owned company of the University of the Witwatersrand under its Faculty of Health Sciences.
• WHC provides a legal framework for faculty research and offers products and services to academics.

Main purpose of the job

• Coordinate needs and implementation components of the feasibility and acceptability study for the Soweto home‑based screening clinical breast examination study.

Key performance areas

• Set study recruitment/enrolment and retention targets/matrix for the team and ensure that they are met.
• Effectively manage the implementation of the study mixed‑methods needs analyses and pilot intervention in accordance with the study protocol.
• Manage and coordinate study intervention field workers.
• Identify implementation issue and report them in a time‑effective manner.
• Review data as set out by the study protocol.
• Manage day‑to‑day running of the study.
• Manage scheduled and unscheduled patient visits and appointments where required in accordance with study protocol.
• Conduct protocol SSP SOP and any study related training for staff.
• Manage regulatory and ethics related matters for the study.
• Source documentation development or fine‑tuning when appropriate.
• Review participant files for completeness.
• Maintain a good system for reporting daily study activities.
• Compile and submit study progress reports.
• Coordinate study update meetings.
• Assist in project planning and implement the study protocol including all standard operating procedures.
• Support and contribute to quality control of the qualitative study.
• Maintain all study records in accordance with the study protocol.
• Ensure ethical protocols and procedures are adhered to.
• Convene meetings liaise and communicate with partners in the communities government and as required.
• Maintain database files and records for the project as required.

Location

Soweto Gauteng

Required minimum education and training

• Matric Certificate
• Fluent in English and/or Zulu/Sesotho

Required minimum work experience

• Minimum 1–2 years research experience managing research studies or fieldwork

Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities

• Ability to function in a fast‑paced multi‑tasking environment and pay attention to detail
• Good interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work in a diverse team
• Computer literacy competence in MS Word and Excel essential
• Able to exercise discretion and independent decision making
• Well organised
• Problem solver
• Experience working with vulnerable populations
• Experience of working with donor‑funded projects and in a research or academic environment is an advantage
• Soweto travel and overtime/weekend may be required from time to time
• Working in under‑resourced areas is required
• Ability to engage with the community in which the study is conducted

To apply

• Only if you meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above you may submit a detailed updated CV.
• Please apply online and complete your registration via our website to enable and protect you as a candidate and to accept the new POPIA terms and conditions.
• This will then create your permanent profile with which you can apply for all jobs as advertised by AJ PERSONNEL.
• However you may remove your profile from AJ PERSONNEL when you are no longer in the job market.
• Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.
• Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates.
• Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful.
• Closing date: 14 November 2025
• Note: No CV will be accepted after the closing date.

Employment equity and information

• WHC in accordance with its Employment Equity goals and plan will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.
• AJ Personnel is only responsible for advertising and the response handling on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium.
• AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.

Key skills

EMR Systems, Employee Relations, Typing, Patient Care, Clerical Experience, HIPAA, Computer Skills, EMT Experience, Medical Terminology, Transcription, Epic, Phone Etiquette

Employment type

Contract

Experience

Years

Vacancy

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