Senior Scientist (Seasoned)
Duration: One-year contract
The Health Systems Research Unit (HSRU), based at the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), leads work in the field of evidence-informed policy and practice. Appropriately qualified and experienced Senior Scientists are required to join our team on a full-time basis to support the successful conduct of research, project management and delivery on the three-year EDCTP funded project: Global Evidence, Local Adaptation (GELA). The time-period of the project is from April 2022 to March 2025. GELA aims to enhance evidence-informed guideline recommendations for newborn and young child health in three countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
The job holder's responsibilities will include developing protocols, conducting, and publishing research projects, project management and knowledge translation evaluation work of the project to understand the impact of the evidence we produce on policy and practice, particularly in the field of newborn and child health and public health. Knowledge translation research includes assisting with communication planning and dissemination products. The evaluation includes clarifying the project needs and timelines with the team, planning the evaluation, protocol development as needed, and data collection and analysis, and finally report write up and presentation.
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