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Oncology Research Manager Partners In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima (PIH)

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Job Description

Job Title :

Oncology Research Manager

Department:

Oncology

Grade :

4A

Location:

Burera site

Reports to :

Director of Research and Training

Positions Reporting to:

Oncology coordinators, data collectors


PIH ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE

Partners In Health (PIH), headquartered in Boston, MA, is an internationally recognized non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. Through its service delivery, training, advocacy, and research, PIH works globally to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need and to serve as an antidote to despair. PIH programs have worked in Haiti, Peru, Guatemala, Mexico, Russia, Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi, Burundi, Kazakhstan, the Dominican Republic, and Boston.

In 2005, PIH and its Rwandan sister organization, Inshuti Mu Buzima (IMB), began working in partnership with the government of Rwanda to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic afflicting the population and to comprehensively strengthen the public health system in rural, underserved districts in Rwanda. Today, PIH supports delivery of comprehensive integrated non-communicable disease services in three rural districts of Rwanda, including cancer care. Cancer care is predominantly based at the flagship Butaro Cancer Center of Excellence (BCCOE), which was inaugurated in June 2012 and has since provided care to thousands of patients, with services ranging from cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

The Oncology Research Manager in this position will support all oncology research related projects that will be assigned to him/her.

Job Industry

Public Health, Health communications

Job Salary Currency

Job Salary Fixed

No

Key Deliverables

· Plan, coordinate and execute research projects within the oncology program.

· Develop research protocols, study procedures and data collection tools together with the projects’ PIs and the PIH team.

· Ensure that research milestones are attained as planned

· Monitor and control expenses within allotted budget.

· Ensure timely data collection and analysis

· Supervise the oncology research coordinators and data collectors to ensure collection of high quality data

· Collaborate with oncology clinicians and programmatic team to clarify unclear data

· Respond to data quality control and data cleaning queries

· Maintain data security per study protocols

· Prepare and submit research progress or completion reports

· Present findings to management and other dissemination platforms

Essential Qualities

Essential Qualities
  • Advanced degree in Public health, nursing, medicine, global health statistics, or related field
  • At least 2 years of full-time working experience in a related field, preferably with direct research involvement.
  • Proven skills in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, as well as mixed-methods studies.
  • Ability to lead a research project from conception to finish
  • Strong track record of team management.
  • Experience working with clinicians especially in cancer care and ability to learn basic information and terminology regarding cancer care
  • Strong organization, communication and writing skills
  • Fluency in English and Kinyarwanda
  • Skills in using data analysis software like STATA, MAXQDA or of any other qualitative and quantitative analysis software and using RedCap.
  • Experience in administering surveys and qualitative data collection methods
  • Experience collaborating in international organisations is a plus
  • Flexibility and willingness to travel to, live and work in rural areas.
  • Be a team player and have ability to work independently with a very minimal supervision.
  • Ability to live PIH/IMB values: Ubumuntu-Compassion, Ubupfura-Integrity, Ubwubahane-Mutual respect, Ubunyangamugayo-Honesty, Ubumwe-Togetherness, Agaciro- Dignity, Kugira ishyaka-Solidarity
  • At Partners In Health, we are committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work- including our patients, families and community members – as well as our staff are treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Application Process

If you believe that, you are the right candidate for the above position, please follow the link below and submit your CV and application letter in pdf or word formats only.

 https://www.pih.org/employment?p=jobs&nl=1


Close Date

20/08/2025

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