About SANAD:

SANAD is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit, human-right, home hospice care organization established in January 2010. Its mission is to provide comprehensive free of charge home‐based hospice care to advanced chronically and terminally ill patients while preserving their dignity and enhancing the quality of their remaining life. We aim to assist patients in remaining as alert, functional and comfortable as possible within the calm and sanctuary of their own home, surrounded by family and loved ones. SANAD delivers these support services to patients regardless of their nationality, religion, gender, diagnosis or ability to pay.

In addition to its service provision, SANAD is involved in various types of projects including but not limited to service development, capacity building, research, awareness raising and advocacy initiatives.

Abou the Project:

The project includes conducting a needs assessment and situational analysis on palliative care in the Palestinian camps in Lebanon. The aim of this assessment is to understand the need for and situation of palliative care inside the camps to inform the development and provision of palliative care services for people residing in the camps. The project will include two phases with the following main activities:

Research: Palliative care needs assessment and situational analysis

1.      Developing a mixed methods research proposal that aims at assessing the need for palliative care services and the barriers and facilitators for the provision of palliative care services in the camps settings.

2.      Applying for institutional review board

3.      Collecting data (survey, key informant interviews, focus group discussions/one on one interviews)

4.      Assessing and monitoring quality of data being collected

5.      Conducting data analysis

6.      Writing up of report/manuscript

7.      Launching of report.

Awareness raising, capacity building and service delivery:

1.      Designing and implementing awareness raising activities targeting general public in camps.

2.      Implementing generalist trainings targeting healthcare professionals in the camps.

3.      Ensuring the provision of palliative care services either via expansion of current services or development of new services.

Project duration: 22 months.

Job Functions and Responsibilities

The research and project coordinator will take lead with the assistance of the heads of unit on the technical and coordination components of the project. The research and project coordinator will report to the head of quality, research and development (QRD) unit.

·      Conducts literature review and synthesizes findings.

·      Assists in designing research methodology.

·      Assists in developing research tools.

·      Writes research proposal.

·      Applies to institutional review board.

·      Coordinates the operations of data collection (quantitative and qualitative).

·      Monitors the quality of data being collected.

·      Assist in conducting key informant interviews, one on one interviews and focus group discussions.

·      Conducts data cleaning and management.

·      Conducts quantitative and qualitative data analysis.

·      Assists in writing results, report and manuscripts.

·      Assists in dissemination of results to different stakeholders.

·      Coordinates the implementation and evaluation of generalist training by SANAD’s training team.

·      Assists in designing and implementing awareness raising activities.

·      Coordinates the implementation and evaluation of the service provision phase.

·      Ensures coordination with different partners and stakeholders.

·      Ensures write up of progress reports and abiding by project timeline.

·      Writes minutes of meetings conducted with different project partners.

Technical Skills

·      Very good knowledge of research methods and analytical methodologies (quantitative and qualitative)

·      Experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection.

·      Good knowledge and experience in using statistical analytical software (SPSS or STATA)

·      Excellent knowledge and skills in using excel for data analysis and display.

·      Excellent knowledge and skills in use of PowerPoint.

·      Very good English writing skills.

·      Knowledge about palliative care is a plus.

Soft Skills

·      Excellent project management and organizational skills.

·      Excellent problem-solving skills.

·      Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

·      Excellent stress management skills.

·      Willingness to learn, be open and flexible.

Requirements

·      Master’s in public health.

·      A minimum of 2 years of research and project management experience.