Project Coordinator Scabies - Antwerpen, België - Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

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Antwerpen, België

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Geplaatst door:

Sophie Dubois

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Beschrijving

Main tasks:
overseeing administrative tasks, communicating with stakeholders and ensuring resource availability for the project team.

CONTEXT
The Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) is one of Belgium's leading institutes for training and research in tropical medicine.

It is organized in three departments:
public health, clinical sciences and biomedical sciences.

The ITM delivers outpatient, clinical and preventive services in infectious diseases, including tropical and sexually-transmitted diseases and is regularly collaborating with Sciensano and Departement Zorg to improve clinical care, diagnostics and public health in Belgium.

ITM strives for the advancement of science and health for all, through innovative research, advanced education, professional medical services and capacity sharing.

It has a strong interdepartmental and interdisciplinary capacity to study and understand infectious epidemics and drug resistance of tropical origin.

In collaboration with Department Zorg (Care) and Sciensano, ITM is launching a new 16-month long study on scabies in Flanders.

Scabies is a contagious and severely itchy skin condition caused by a microscopic mite.

Scabies infestations have been increasing in Belgium over the past 10 years in the general population, in men and women of all ages, especially 15-25 years-old.

In Flanders, the increase in incidence of scabies has additionally mostly been seen in large cities.

It is so far unknown whether a large part of this increase is due to therapy failure, re-infections and/or other factors.

This study aims to measure the number of scabies presentations to outpatient care and estimate the extent of scabies' therapy failure and re-infections in Flanders, as well as to improve our understanding of scabies-specific care seeking behaviours and care giving behaviours.

Working with physicians and scabies patients in four cities in Flanders (Antwerp, Ghent, Bruges and Leuven) the study team will collect information using surveys and in-depth interviews.

The results from this study will in turn support Department Zorg in targeting measures to reduce the burden of scabies in Flanders.

ITM is looking to hire a coordinator to support the study over the period of 1 year.

Most of the work is being conducted at ITM, Antwerp, Belgium, but staff must be prepared to travel within Belgium.

The project coordinator will work primarily within the multidisciplinary team at ITM (clinical, epidemiological, entomological and social science).

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT AND ASSIGNMENT

Project coordinator to oversee administrative tasks, communicate with stakeholders and ensure resource availability for project team.

Assignment

You coordinate the logistic, administrative and financial activities of the scabies study. You support the project in close cooperation with the supporting services of the ITM (Research Office, Accountancy, Project Management, HRM & purchase service).
You coordinate the administrative and logistic preparations at ITM and at the sites of the research study.
You oversee and coordinate the overall study planning.
You coordinate the network of participating clinics, send and collect monthly surveys.
You conduct logistics activities such as organization of trainings and scientific followups.
You participate in external and internal reporting.
You liaise and coordinate with other research scabies activities at ITM in all three departments.
You work closely with the scientific coordination team across all ITM departments and two junior researchers.

PROFILE

Relevant Bachelor's degree (management, finances, administration ) or above.
Experience in project management, with substantial knowledge of financial, administrative, legal and standard logistic procedures (i

e in research projects:
planning, stock management, subcontracting, privacy & ethical legislation etc.)

Experience with working in health research and within Flanders' healthcare system is an asset
Experience working with consortia is an asset.

GENERIC REQUIREMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Flexibility to travel within Belgium for short time periods (max 2 days).
Willingness and capacities to work with fluctuating workload.
Fluency in Dutch and English. Knowledge of French is an asset.
Team spirit and openness to multidisciplinary and multipartners interactions.
Highly motivated, qualityminded and resultdriven.

OFFER
The Institute of Tropical Medicine is committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive institute. We strive for excellence and relevance, integrity, sustainability, persistence and fairness. Your assignment contributes to our mission.

We value human dignity and diversity, academic creativity and a critical spirit, solidarity and cooperation, and the well-being of employees, students, patients and clients.