Government jobs in South Africa

Location: Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa

• 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.

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

• 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.

Soweto Gauteng

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

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

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

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