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Position:          Research Officer – Nutritionist (1 post)
Reports To:  Project Leader/Study coordinator
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Dar es Salaam
Apply By: 30th May 2025

Institute Overview 

Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) is a leading research organization in Africa with a strong track record in developing, testing and validating innovations for health. Driven by a core strategic mandate for research, training and services, the Institute’s work now spans a wide spectrum, covering biomedical and ecological sciences, intervention studies, health-systems research, service delivery and policy translation. 

Position Summary 

Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) seeks a qualified Nutritionist who will be based in Dar es Salaam at the study office at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) and will serve as a contact person for dietary data collection, review, coding and processing. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring overall quality of the data.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • To participate in a clinical research study as per research protocol, GCP, SOPs, etc.
  • To ensure the protection, rights, safety, and well-being of the study participant.
  • S/he will be responsible for training research nurses and research assistants on dietary data collection.
  • Review all dietary data collection forms upon arrival from the study sites.
  • Conduct coding of dietary recall forms ready for entry.
  • Work with the data entry team to ensure timely and correct entry of the coded dietary recall data.
  • To ensure all study-related forms are properly and accurately filled and data is entered daily according to the standard operating procedures (SOPs).
  • Communicate with other study staff regularly at scheduled meetings and actively participate in all meetings.
  • Maintain appropriate working relationships between the hospital staff and IHI at large.
  • Undertake any other tasks that the supervisor shall reasonably require from time to time.

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Qualification and Experience

  • Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition.
  • Prior experience working in dietary data coding in clinical research.
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