Community Liaison Officer, Durban

CAPRISA is an award-winning global research organisation located on the campus of the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine in Durban, South Africa and undertakes research in HIV, Tuberculosis and COVID-19 at four clinical research sites in KwaZulu-Natal.  

CAPRISA’s goal is to undertake globally relevant and locally responsive research that contributes to understanding HIV Vaccines and Pathogenesis, HIV Prevention and Epidemiology, including the links between Tuberculosis and AIDS treatment and COVID-19. CAPRISA is a UNAIDS Collaborating Centre for HIV Research and Policy and is recognised as a DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in HIV Prevention and hosts the SAMRC HIV-TB Pathogenesis and Treatment Research Unit. 

The Community Liaison Officer will actively collaborate with internal/external stakeholders to coordinate and conduct community outreach and education programmes to support the various clinical trials / projects that CAPRISA is involved in whilst advocating for participant involvement and retention. The successful candidate will join the CAPRISA team based at the Vulindlela Clinical Research Site (Howick Area).