Description:
Key responsibilities are (but not limited to):
- Support the design of effective integrated strategies for the sustainable, acceptable, and affordable case detection, care and treatment of TB
- Work collaboratively to support on-going social determinant health systems research
- Preparing and facilitating workshops
- Develop a shared bibliography resource and update with relevant literature relating to the social determinants and consequences of TB, and combinations of TB diagnostics
- Carry out other tasks relevant to the post including where necessary policy briefs and communications
- Support with the delivery of the LIGHT capacity strengthening and safeguarding strategies
- Manage and lead key informant interviews, focus group discussions and participatory workshops and disseminate the information to all stakeholders
The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work as an integral member of a multi-disciplinary, multi-national research team. You will have well-developed research skills with the ability to effectively present research findings in oral and written format. You will also demonstrate:
- PhD in a health or health-related science discipline
- Experience in working in health, development or implementation in low-income countries
- Experience in conducting implementation research, and research in the social sciences, health economics, and international health
- Experience of working on research into the social determinants and consequences of health
- Experience in academic paper writing/evidence of published paper authorship and international presentations
- Understanding of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods study design, data collection, and data analysis