Ref: 897

Starting Salary:  £27,183 – £32,458 per annum depending on qualifications, skills and experience

Fixed-term 4 year full-time contract

We require a motivated and able researcher to work within The IntHEC project, which is 4 year intervention evaluation programme in Tanzania and Niger. The project aims to increase equity, integration and effectiveness of reproductive health services for poor communities in sub-Saharan Africa and will commence in March 2010.

Duties will include development and review of draft protocols and questionnaires, report writing, synthesis and analysis of process and impact data, and in collaboration with project partners, drafting of papers for academic publication.

You should have a first degree in a health related discipline and a post-graduate degree in Public Health, Epidemiology or an allied discipline.  You will have experience of working within the health sector in a research capacity with specific experience relating to reproductive health, STI or HIV interventions in a developing country. It is important you have excellent report writing skills and be able to deliver to deadlines whilst remaining calm under pressure.  With a willingness to work as an integral and co-operative member of a multi-disciplinary/multinational research team, you will have the confidence to communicate and exercise diplomacy.

If you are interested in applying for this post, please send your application including a CV with a covering letter explaining your interest in, and suitability for the post, together with the names and contact details of 3 referees quoting reference 897 and complete the online personal details form to: Human Resources, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA.

You can email your application to Lstmjobs@liv.ac.uk and further details are also available from www.liv.ac.uk/lstm

Closing date for receiving applications: 5.00pm GMT on 7th February 2010 and interviews will be held in Liverpool in the week beginning 22nd February 2010.

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