London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Hiring for Research Fellow (Education) Job at London, England Full Time

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is a world-leading centre for research and postgraduate education in public and global health. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

LSHTM is developing a new online MSc in Sexual and Reproductive Health, to be co-developed with the University of Ghana as the lead partner institution in sub-Saharan Africa and co-delivered by a partnership of sub-Saharan African institutions. By the end of the course, successful students will have the necessary knowledge and skills needed to work in policy, practice, programming and advocacy in sexual and reproductive health. There are two programme directors, one employed by LSHTM in London and one by the University of Ghana. They will oversee the development, management and delivery of the programme.

The successful applicant will have a postgraduate qualification in sexual and reproductive health or a relevant subject, experience of teaching and have excellent written and oral communication skills in English. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is full time, 35 hours per week, 1 FTE and fixed-term for 2 years. The post is funded by the an anonymous donor and is available from April 2022.

The salary will be on the Academic Pathway salary scale Grade 6 in the range £40,611 – £46,119 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service. Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Applications should be made on-line via our website at http://jobs.lshtm.ac.uk. Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to [email protected].

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as “Please see attached CV” will not be considered acceptable.

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.