Research Training Coordinator

Our mission is to improve the health of millions of people worldwide.

• Full time Position
• Location: New Delhi 
• Fixed Term: For 12 months

We have an opportunity for your career to make a difference!  We have a new and exciting opportunity for a Research Training Coordinator to join our organization.

 How to apply:
Interested candidates should send their resume with full contact details, current and expected CTC/salary. Clearly mentioning the job title " Senior Data Scientist" in the subject line to babita.lukhar@george-services.com by the 19 May 2024

Context and Role

The Centre for Operational and Research Excellence (CORE) was established in 2019 as  research enabler. CORE’s mission is to provide high-quality expertise as well as robust operations, systems and processes to deliver The George Institute’s research strategy.

A key initiative within CORE is the enhancement and development of capacity in research training for GIS staff. The Research Training program is designed to support staff from onboarding to role-specific competency building in project operations and research methodologies. Furthermore, we extend our efforts through an external suite of offerings, collaborating with external partners.

This role will be working on a specific 12-month project, based in India.

The Research Training Coordinator is responsible for providing administrative support to the Global Research Training portfolio to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of Research Training for both internal and external programs, this includes initiatives such as the CORE functional onboarding, CORE Research Knowledge Exchange program, Role-based competency training (internal courses) and external courses. This position requires excellent organisational, problem solving and communication skills, as well as the ability to multitask and support multiple projects.

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Reporting Relationships

The role reports to the Program Manager, Global Research Training, CORE.

 Duties and Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing administrative support for both internal and external programs, including support for course delivery in the yearly training calendar.
• Support the coordination and administration of in-house and external training courses.
• Coordinate activities in our Learning Management System (LMS - Moodle), such as uploading content, enrolling participants, setting up Zoom meetings for interactive sessions, pulling reports, and troubleshooting.
• Liaise with HR to ensure all necessary new employee recruitment information is received before commencing CORE functional onboarding.
• Prepare and maintain templates and documents, including, but not limited to, MS Forms for course expressions of interest.
• Assist with the Research Training Management Committee.
• Ensure a high standard of service delivery to participants and staff through prompt responses to inquiries and requests.
• Compile any relevant Research Training communications for internal or external purposes.
• Monitor the Research Training inbox and promptly respond to any inquiries.
• Assist with the program management of the CORE Research Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series, including communications, confirming speakers’ attendance, and requesting bios.
• Manage the Research Training webpages to ensure they are relevant and up to date.
• Work closely with stakeholders if and as required.

As a Team Member:

• Provide weekly progress updates to team and various stakeholder of coordination activities.
• Ability to work collaborative with team members during peak periods to complete time-pressing tasks.
• Provide feedback identifying continuous improvement opportunities associated with the Research Training and CORE Functional onboarding process to the Head, Global Research Training.
• Demonstrate commitment to The Institute’s organisational values, including performing to an exceptionally high ethical standard and focus on integrity, collaboration and teamwork in all efforts. 

Work, Health and Safety

• Comply with Work Health and Safety legislation and operate in accordance with established Occupational Health and Safety practice and procedures at the Institute.
• Promote and contribute to a safe, secure environment for staff and visitors.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

•  Tertiary qualifications in administrative support and or project management or experience in a similar role
• Strong focus on quality of work
• Proficient in Microsoft office, PowerPoint, Excel and Word and other such platforms as Zoom 
• Excellent organisational, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to multitask and prioritise tasks
• Ability to work independently as well as attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in the face of changing organisational priorities and ambiguous environments
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well and flexibly i.e. autonomously, in small teams and with a wide range varying stakeholders

          For more details, please see the Position Description for this role.

About The George Institute

We are a medical research institute affiliated with leading universities aiming to challenge the status quo in health care.  With 700+ people around the world, and projects in over 40 countries, our Strategy 2025 is all about impact – specifically, the impact of The George Institute’s activities on the health of millions of people, particularly those living in disadvantaged circumstances around the world.

Our strategy focuses on three key research priorities:

Better Treatments: finding better treatments for the world’s biggest health problems.

Better Care: transforming primary health care to support better health for more people.

Healthier Societies: harnessing the power of communities, governments and markets to improve health.

Our innovative commercial enterprises help maximize our impact. 

Here is a sample of the things we are doing to achieve our goal of having the greatest possible impact on global health:

• We are identifying better and safer treatments for the biggest killers like stroke, heart disease and high blood pressure.
• In many countries, our award winning FoodSwitch smartphone app is helping people make healthy food choices when shopping.
• In China, we ran a successful education and awareness program to reduce the amount of salt eaten by people by 25% each day.
• In rural India, we have shown that mobile technology can help diagnose mental health, as well as help treat cardiovascular disease, and we’re looking at similar approaches to treating chronic diseases in Indonesia and China.
• Together with Aboriginal communities in NSW, Australia, we developed an innovative community led program to assist young Aboriginal drivers attain their license, now implemented in a dozen of locations.
• We are developing an affordable dialysis machine, with potential to save millions of lives each year and transform the way kidney disease is treated globally. 

George Institute Services India

George Institute Services India Pvt Ltd (GIS) is a step-down subsidiary of The George Institute for Global Health, Australia (TGI), and has been set up as a commercial, for-profit entity to provide advisory and consulting services in the healthcare space, undertake commissioned research, and provide various services to overseas group entities.