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SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (SAMRC)
SENIOR RESEARCH TECHNICIAN(S): DATA COLLECTOR
Durban
Job Reference Number: R949A
Department: Gender and Health Research Unit
Business Unit:
Industry: Academic
Job Type: Contract
Positions Available: 1
Salary: Market Related
The South African Medical Research Council, Gender and Health Research Unit (GHRU) requires suitably qualified Senior Research Technician (S): Data Collector to support our disability and SRHR-related research and training projects.
Job Description
The South African Medical Research Council, Gender and Health Research Unit (GHRU) requires suitably qualified Senior Research Technician (S): Data Collector to support our disability and SRHR-related research and training projects.
Responsibilities:
- Assisting in implementing study protocols and SOPs
- Translation and Transcribing
- Supporting research implementation (e.g.
- Conducting of interviews and focus group discussions
- Quality control of interviews and group discussions
- Review of research tools and documents
- Providing disability accommodation and support
- Recruit participants
- Conduct informed consent and enrollment of participants
- Keep data management log and other monitoring tools up to date
- Prepare and print all relevant documents for the fieldwork
- Contact and engage with stakeholders' participants to prepare meetings and events
- Support meeting preparations to ensure everything is set for the meeting
- Prepare reimbursement and arrange travel for participants
- Filling and record keeping of source
- File informed consent and other
- Recruitment forms as per SOPs
- Labelling and filing source documents
Duration:
6 Months
Job Requirements
Core Requirements:
• Grade 12/NQF level 4
• Good Clinical Practice certification
• Disability and GBV research experience of 6 months or more
• Experience working with people with disabilities
• Experience in translating and transcribing
• Experience in qualitative data collection
• 6 months -1 years’ experience in qualitative methods for data collection
Advantageous:
Any experience greater than that which is stated above
Closing Date: 14 July 2026
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW
Pretoria
Job Reference Number: R912A
Department: Environment and Health Research Unit
Business Unit:
Industry: Research
Job Type: Contract
Positions Available: 1
Salary: Market Related
The SAMRC’s Environment and Health Research Unit (E&HRU) requires an enthusiastic and suitably qualified Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
Job Description
The SAMRC’s Environment and Health Research Unit (E&HRU) requires an enthusiastic and suitably qualified Postdoctoral Research Fellow. The position is associated with the research project CliMMetA (Climate, Muscle function and Metabolomics in Africa), funded by the Medical Research Foundation in the UK. This project includes data from three countries - The Gambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The individual will be jointly supervised by the study co-principal investigators from SAMRC in South Africa and the University of Bristol in the UK and based at SAMRC in Pretoria. To meet the requirements of this post, we require a person with a qualification in epidemiology / biostatistics / medical statistics or related relevant field.
Responsibilities:
- Assist with co-ordination of study activities and tasks
- Data processing, analysis and writing of scientific manuscripts and reports
- Create research translation outputs such as policy briefs and media output
Duration of the Contract
- 2 years
Remuneration
- R350 000 - R400 000 per annum depending on experience and does not include benefits
Job Requirements
- A PhD qualification in epidemiology / biostatistics / data science/ medical statistics or related relevant field
- Evidence of excellent data analytical skills, with proficiency in STATA or R
- Evidence of excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Code 8/10 driver’s license
Advantageous:
- Experience with Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Closing Date
- 06 July 2026