Junior Health Economist

Ce. SHHAR Zimbabwe is an organisation that specialises in population health research and programming, including on sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. Ce. SHHAR has an extensive national, regional, and international academic and community partnership network. Ce. SHHAR has a diverse range of funders which include the Wellcome Trust, the Gates Foundation, UK Medical Research Council, Templeton World Charity Foundation, Global Fund for AIDS TB and Malaria, UNICEF and UNFPA. We partner very closely with the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (UK). Ce. SHHAR is implementing a National Key Population programme on behalf of National AIDS Council and Ministry of Health and Child Care in all 10 provinces in Zimbabwe.
JOB ROLE
Junior Health Economist to conduct economic cost and resource use data collection for PACE (Prevention Accelerator for Communities on the Edge of sex work), a novel HIV prevention approach for women on the edge of sex work (Eo. SW). Incumbent will be responsible for the following tasks:

Key Responsibilities:
• Collating economic cost and other resource use data (training will be provided)
• Maintaining proper documentation on all economic cost data collection forms
• Conducting cost data entry and assisting with analysis
• Maintaining high quality data collection standards
• Participating in report writing
• Ensuring alignment of all aspects of work with Good Clinical Practice guidelines
• Performing other tasks as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in Health Economics, Economics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Social Science, or related field. Master’s degree is an advantage.
• Minimum 1 year of experience of conducting economic cost data collection
• Demonstrated experience in collating health economics costs data
• Prior experience working in a reproductive health research environment.
• Experience conducting research among vulnerable populations (sex workers)
• Computer competency particularly with Microsoft Office packages: word, excel and power point
• Commitment to working as part of a multidisciplinary research team
• Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication skills in English; Shona or Ndebele an asset
• Current and valid certificate in Good Clinical Practice and Ethics is an advantage

• Collating economic cost and other resource use data (training will be provided)
• Maintaining proper documentation on all economic cost data collection forms
• Conducting cost data entry and assisting with analysis
• Maintaining high quality data collection standards
• Participating in report writing
• Ensuring alignment of all aspects of work with Good Clinical Practice guidelines
• Performing other tasks as assigned

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