Position: Research Advisor
Location: International, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Kenya or Tanzania
Contract: 2 year fixed term contract
Salary: Local Terms and Conditions apply
Sightsavers
has an opportunity for a motivated and passionate Research Advisor with
a strong interest in health and disability research to join its Policy
& Strategic Programme Support team. The post holder will work with
our global Research team and will be responsible for supporting research
and other evidence generating activities within Sightsavers’ health,
education and social inclusion programmes in East, Central and Southern
Africa (ECSA).
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The
role is incredibly varied and the post holder will be as comfortable
working with programme beneficiaries in the field as they are in formal
settings with academic, civil society and government partners. The
post-holder will maintain a diverse portfolio of work that spans the
research cycle from identification of problems and developing funding
applications, conducting research through to dissemination of results
for programme, policy and academic purposes.
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The
ideal candidate will be a self-motivated and driven research
professional with excellent technical skills who is now looking for an
opportunity for working in an inter-disciplinary environment to gain
further practical and field based experience. They will be able to
demonstrate their conviction to be involved with hands-on research
processes and implementation work in an NGO context and for the right
candidate, this role would provide an excellent platform for
development.
Candidates
must have a postgraduate degree (or equivalent) in public health,
epidemiology, statistics, social or behavioral sciences or a related
discipline. They will have a good working knowledge of different
research methods including both quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Candidates with a good knowledge of survey research, including a
practical and well-organised approach to the analysis of survey data
will be of particular interest.
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addition, international travel for up to 16 weeks a year (often to
rural locations) and level IV (fluency-speaking/reading/writing) English
ability is required.
This is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills, please read the complete Job Description.PDF for further details
Interviews: Week commencing 2nd March 2020
Please be advised that CV’s and Cover Letters will not be considered in the application process.
As an equal opportunities employer we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Qualified people living with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
Closing Date: 16th February, 2020.
