Research Associate, Institute for Global Health and Development

Research Associate, Institute for Global Health and Development

Entity: Aga Khan University

Location: Astore

Introduction

The Aga Khan University’s Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD) was established in the year 2020 to serve as a University-wide entity for providing a unique platform for facilitating strategic engagements and partnerships between AKU, University of Central Asia and the wider Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). IGHD aims to address global health and environmental challenges by creating a multi-disciplinary support system and infrastructure, whereby researchers across campuses and regions can collaborate and contribute.

The IGHD works across four thematic areas, including Sustainable Development Goals (including Broad Social Determinants of Health); Gender Equity and Empowerment; Climate Change, Urban Development, and Health, and; Agriculture, Food Security, and Nutrition.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

This is a grant-funded contractual position.
 

Responsibilities

You will be responsible to supervise and monitor the research activities including data collection as well as maintain necessary records, create and sustain liaison with the relevant stakeholders for the smooth implementation of all necessary activities of the project. Specific responsibilities include to:

• Supervise and monitor all project activities – including data collection and analysis;
• coordinate with the team to ensure the protocols of the study are being followed along with the timely completeness of project related activities;
• review the literature related to assigned topic;
• actively work on proposal development of research studies;
• liaison with granting agencies and other stake holders for project operations;
• evaluate and validate the data collected;
• conduct assigned qualitative and quantitative analysis;
• develop and formulate search strategy;
• train and mentor, the junior staff;
• develop the data collection tools as per the requirement of the assignment;
• contribute significantly to peer-reviewed publications in high impact journals;
• design and submit weekly progress reports as per the guidelines;
• perform any other task assigned by the Supervisor;
• prepare and present project related activity reports.
   

Requirements

You should have:

• MBBS or Bachelor’s in Public Health/ Social Sciences/ Environmental Sciences or relevant field (16 years of education);
• 1 year experience preferably in community work;
• ability to work in a team;
• ability to establish harmonious working relations at the place of work;
• flexibility in taking over additional/new responsibilities when required by project;
• knowledge of application of related software packages;
• strong communication and interpersonal skills;
• basic Knowledge of data collection, analysis and interpretation in terms of report writing and biostatics;
• good writing skills;
• should be able to communicate in English.

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.