Job Description

AHRI is always looking for talented and motivated staff to join our multidisciplinary team. We offer a highly diverse, professional and supportive environment with opportunities for development and growth.
Description:
AHRI seeks a faculty member to support the consolidation of the new clinical trials unit. This will include recruitment of new clinical trials, and be responsible for funding, planning, execution, and reporting. Additionally, they would be expected to be a Principal Investigator on some of the clinical trials.
Clinical trials are expected to take advantage of the laboratory and population infrastructure available at AHRI to address the intractable problems of infectious diseases (tuberculosis and HIV), and adolescent mental health in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. combining. AHRI promotes cross-disciplinary and collaborative research and faculty to undertake research activities that are aligned to the scientific strategy and institutional guiding principles.
The faculty member will be expected to be based in AHRI Somkhele at least three days a week.
Overview of Duties:
Overview of Duties:
1. Research

• Design and complete research. Communicate results though publications, among others. Produce outputs as outlined by DORA principles. Generate individual grant funding.

2. Teaching and learning

• Including but not limited to own student, postdoc and fellow training and joint AHRI training activities.

3. Leadership, management and administration

• Including but not limited to contributions to internal reviewing proposals/applications, serving on internal committees, contributing to the AHRI annual report, attending faculty meetings, attending annual faculty retreats, participating in annual research portfolio review.

4. Social responsiveness

• Including but not limited to AHRI external stakeholder/community/policy engagement, including marketing AHRI and scientific citizenship.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• MBChB (or equivalent qualification) and current registration with HPCSA.
• Substantial accomplishments in research, as demonstrated by a significant number of clinical trials conducted as principal investigator, and first and/or senior author publications in peer-reviewed journals, and initial success in obtaining external research support.
• Preference will be given to a candidate with a clinical trials research focus relevant to infectious diseases, especially HIV and TB. AHRI encourages and actively supports research programmes that may lead to improved tools, biomarkers, diagnostics, drugs, or vaccines to combat TB and related diseases in under-resourced communities.
• Demonstrated experience in training and mentoring students and early career researchers, including successful supervision of trainees to completion.

Please also do not hesitate to reach out to Prof Limakatso Lebina, Director for the Clinical Trials Unit at AHRI, if you have any questions: limakatso.lebina@ahri.org.
Worker Type: Employee
Skills:
The application closing date: 20 Jul 2025
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, kindly consider your application as unsuccessful if you do not hear from us within 14 days of the application closing date.
AHRI is a values-driven organisation. As an employer we are committed to staff engagement and development. Our culture is one of high performance and partnership.
Our values
The successful candidate will be expected to live by AHRI's values, including collaboration, ubuntu, leadership, innovation, transformation, and excellence.
Employment equity
AHRI is fully compliant with South African labour law and is committed to employment equity. This position is primarily open to South African or other African applicants, with a valid work permit desirable. AHRI reserves the right in special circumstances to accept late applications or to extend the above date to facilitate further searches. Furthermore, AHRI reserves the right not to make an appointment.