We are seeking an Associate Researcher for a 2-year-regular position (renewable) to work within the Epidemiology, Public Health, Impact Unit at the International Vaccine Institute in Seoul, Korea. (Duty station : Seoul, Korea)

Job Description

This job is responsible for supporting the project teams in the effective and efficient execution of programmatic and logistical aspects of epidemiologic research projects.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

1. Support epidemiologic project research

• Provide support to principal investigator/project team on study design and development of study protocols, forms, and standard operating and good clinical practice procedures in provision of technical guidance in the field
• Contribute to the planning and development of scientific agendas and presentations for workshops, trainings and international scientific meeting/conferences
• Ongoing verification of program-related and site-related documents, including protocols, informed consents, study forms, and scientific as well as financial reports, and visiting study sites to assess program progress, provide feedback and training, troubleshooting for scientific and technical issues, and assure capacity-building and compliance to project activities
• Provide support for legal documents such as research agreements, memorandum of understandings, and service agreements for the assigned program areas
• Coordinate and monitor submission of project-related institutional review board (IRB)-documents as requested

2. Support Field Project supervision

• Support project team by accounting for activities of field workers on site to ensure proper implementation of study protocol and SOPs
• Identify unique or recurring issues inconsistent with study protocol
• Assess and address research topics related to study protocol and motivate field team to achieve high performance and results

3. Support Database Management

• Facilitate database sharing from field sites to data management team
• Monitor database cleaning and coding to ensure proper data is available for analysis
• Create and monitor Sharepoint site and GIS maps for data collection, sharing, analysis and collaboration

4. Publication support

• Create reports for sharing results and assisting field evaluation and monitoring
• Analyze data for trends and associations for publication
• Contribute in drafting/editing/reviewing of scientific publications.

Job Requirements and Qualifications

1. Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

2. Related Field Work Experience

• 3+ years with Bachelor’s degree; 0+ year with Ph.D./M.D. or Master’s degree

3. Technical and Professional Skills / Knowledge

• Knowledge of data analysis programs
• Post-graduate training courses in Public Health/Epidemiology are preferred.

4. Language Proficiency

• Fluency in English
• French is beneficial