Background

Makerere University School of Public Health, in collaboration with Jhpiego, is implementing the Scaling the Optimal Use of Multiple ACTs to Prevent Antimalarial Drug Resistance (STOP-AMDR) Project. The project includes an economic and costing study to examine the resources required to introduce and scale up Multiple First-line Therapies in Uganda.

Responsibilities

• To collect and manage economic, financial and resource-use data from health facilities, district offices, implementing partners and national-level stakeholders.
• Attend study training and pretesting activities.
• Facilitate entry into study sites.
• Collect costing and resource-use data in accordance with the study protocol.
• Extract data from financial records, budgets, expenditure reports, procurement and inventory records, payroll records and supervision documents.
• Interview programme managers, health workers, accountants, store managers, procurement officers and other relevant personnel.
• Administer informed consent and respond to participants’ questions.
• Complete costing tools and electronic forms accurately and promptly.
• Verify and reconcile costing data and resolve identified discrepancies.
• Organise, clean and document costing datasets.
• Provide progress updates during team debriefing meetings.
• Ensure the confidentiality and secure handling of study data.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Project Coordinator or investigators.

Qualifications and Desirable Qualities

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Health Economics, Health Services Research, Public Health, Health Services Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, or a related field.
• Training in economic evaluation.
• Experience collecting costing or economic-evaluation data.
• Familiarity with costing methodologies.
• Ability to review and extract data from financial, procurement, inventory and administrative records.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and electronic data-collection platforms such as ODK, REDCap, SurveyCTO or KoboToolbox.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and meet strict deadlines.
• Certification in Human Subjects Protection and/or Good Clinical Practice is desirable.

• To collect and manage economic, financial and resource-use data from health facilities, district offices, implementing partners and national-level stakeholders.
• Attend study training and pretesting activities.
• Facilitate entry into study sites.
• Collect costing and resource-use data in accordance with the study protocol.
• Extract data from financial records, budgets, expenditure reports, procurement and inventory records, payroll records and supervision documents.
• Interview programme managers, health workers, accountants, store managers, procurement officers and other relevant personnel.
• Administer informed consent and respond to participants’ questions.
• Complete costing tools and electronic forms accurately and promptly.
• Verify and reconcile costing data and resolve identified discrepancies.
• Organise, clean and document costing datasets.
• Provide progress updates during team debriefing meetings.
• Ensure the confidentiality and secure handling of study data.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Project Coordinator or investigators.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and electronic data-collection platforms such as ODK, REDCap, SurveyCTO or KoboToolbox.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and meet strict deadlines.
• Ability to review and extract data from financial, procurement, inventory and administrative records.

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Health Economics, Health Services Research, Public Health, Health Services Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, or a related field.
• Training in economic evaluation.
• Experience collecting costing or economic-evaluation data.
• Familiarity with costing methodologies.
• Certification in Human Subjects Protection and/or Good Clinical Practice is desirable.