Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist
KwaZulu-Natal | Contract
The Health Systems Trust (HST) is hiring a Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist (SRCS), to support the work of Principal Investigators (PIs) from South Africa and the United States who hold a faculty position at the Ragon Institute of MGB, MIT and Harvard, USA. The successful candidate will work closely with the PIs to manage the regulatory requirement of their human subjects research conducted in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Clinical studies are conducted 20 minutes south of Durban at the HST project site, FRESH, which is an established clinical research platform. Basic science investigations are conducted at laboratories at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Nelson Mandela School of Medicine at the HIV Pathogenesis Programme (HPP) and the African Health Research Institute (AHRI). It is the role of the SRCS to ensure that all research activities are conducted in full compliance with regulatory requirements, ethical standards, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), sponsor guidelines, and institutional policies. The research includes clinical trials, clinical and socio-behavioural studies, and secondary use of biological specimens and data. The SRCS will report to the Ragon’s Regulatory Compliance Programme Director. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract position, renewable based on funding.
CCMDD Co-ordinator
National | Contract
The Health Systems Trust (HST) seeks to appoint a CCMDD Co-ordinator to support the implementation, scale-up, optimisation, and sustainability of the CCMDD Programme. This role forms part of the national co-ordination of CCMDD under the Gates Foundation-funded programme. The positions will be based in Gauteng. The co-ordinator will provide technical leadership, co-ordination, and oversight to ensure effective co-ordination of the CCMDD programme across provinces, districts and public health facilities. The CCMDD Co-ordinator will work closely with Department of Health (DoH) at National and Provincial levels, facility staff, private sector partners, District Support Partners (DSPs), and the SyNCH Helpdesk to strengthen capacity, improve CCMDD adoption, and drive performance. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract position, renewable based on funding and performance.
Research and Implementation Science (RIS) DIRECTOR
KwaZulu-Natal | Contract
Health Systems Trust (HST) is a renowned South African non-profit organisation driving change for effective and equitable health systems. We work to strengthen health systems, generate and use evidence, and support the implementation of priority health programmes and health system improvements to improve health access and outcomes in South Africa and beyond. We are seeking a senior leader to drive our research, implementation science, and strategic information management agenda, strengthening evidence generation, knowledge translation, ethics and research governance, programmatic learning, and external thought leadership. The Director will work across programmes and partners to ensure research and strategic information are strategically aligned, methodologically rigorous, and translated into actionable improvements in policy and practice. This position is a fixed term contract renewable based on performance and funding.