Location: | London |
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Salary: | £42,099 to £50,585 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 24th May 2024 |
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Closes: | 23rd June 2024 |
Job Ref: | B02-06934 |
About Us
The UCL Institute for Global Health (IGH) is at the heart of UCL’s Grand Challenge of Global Health. The Institute’s vision is for a world where international policy on global health is informed by world-class research.
The Participatory Engagement for City Communities Against NCD Risk in Bangladesh and Nepal (The PECAN Project).
The PECAN project aims to adapt, implement and evaluate a participatory community intervention in cities in Nepal and Bangladesh to address non-communicable disease (NCD) risk determinants and consequences.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Fellow to join our team and be responsible for co-ordination of project activities and the evaluation of community interventions to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases in cities in Bangladesh and Nepal.
About the role
The postholder will provide project management, coordination and technical support with partners in Bangladesh and Nepal and with the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases and funders (UKRI) in the UK.
The post holder will be expected to:
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About you
The candidate must have a PhD or equivalent working experience in epidemiology, global health, statistics, public health, social sciences or a related discipline.
Experience in multi-disciplinary team working, experience of data management for large-scale datasets and knowledge and experience of leading statistical analyses using Stata, including descriptive statistics and regression analysis are also essential requirements for this post.
The ideal candidate will have excellent understanding of quantitative survey research methods applied in global health and will have previous experience of conducting literature reviews, preparing reports and presentations. They will be organised, with meticulous attention to detail and with careful and systematic approach to tasks.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.
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