Earn over 36000 Pounds Annually as Research Fellow at Raising Voices and The Gender, Violence and Health Centre (GHVC)
Job Title: Research
Fellow
Organisation: Raising Voices and The Gender, Violence and
Health Centre (GHVC)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Principal Investigator
Salary: £36,378-£41,313
per annum
About Us:
Violence against children in schools is a widespread problem with
adverse social, educational and health consequences for children and
communities. Raising Voices has
developed and published the Good School Toolkit to address the quality of
schools in developing countries. The Toolkit aims to create an operational
culture that prevents violence against children at school and an environment
conducive for promoting learning outcomes for children. In collaboration with
schools and organizations working in schools, the methodology has been rolled
out in more than 120 schools in Uganda.
In partnership with Raising Voices, staff from the Gender, Violence and
Health Centre will carry out a study to evaluate the impact of Good Schools on
violence against children and children’s learning outcomes. Plan International is also an implementing
partner.
Raising Voices and GVHC staff will work together to coordinate the Good
Schools Study. We will use a range of
approaches to measure the impact of the Good Schools toolkit on violence and
educational outcomes in primary schools in Uganda. The main activities will be a cluster
randomised controlled trial and a qualitative study; these will be augmented by
a process evaluation, and a cost-effectiveness study.
The Gender, Violence and Health Centre (GHVC):
The Gender, Violence and Health Centre is a multi- disciplinary
cross-departmental research group at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine, that works with partners around the world to conduct action-oriented,
intervention based research on gender-based violence and health.
Raising Voices:
Raising Voices works to prevent interpersonal violence that happens in
the home, in the communities and within institutions that community members use
on a regular basis. Our work is organized into two departments; prevention of
violence against women (VAW) and prevention of violence against children (VAC).
Job Summary: The research fellow will primarily coordinate the
Good Schools Study in Uganda. Good
Schools in an ongoing cluster randomized controlled trial. The post-holder will be expected to
coordinate and manage trial activities, support local field staff, participate
in study design and development, and contribute to analysis, write-up and
dissemination of findings.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Research:
- Assist in the preparation of our trial follow-up survey, including contributing to the design of the study and development of the questionnaire
- Coordinate pilot-testing of the questionnaire, organization of fieldwork logistics in conjunction with Kampala-based staff
- Coordinate survey data collection and data entry and management in conjunction with the larger team
- Offer input to the development of monitoring systems for ongoing monitoring by partner NGO staff
- Update and keep records on the research progress and main findings to be shared with project’s partners; to liaise with the other research stakeholders, informing of progress in data collection and analysis; discussing findings and next steps.
- Contribute to the development of publications and other forms of dissemination material.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The research fellow must hold a masters’ degree in epidemiology/public health with a focus on research.
- Past experience in organizing and coordinating teams, including providing training and day-to-day supervision
- Proven ability to manage projects, write-up and communicate findings.
- Working knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research methods and data analysis
- Excellent organisational and interpersonal skills including a proven ability to work both independently and as part of a team to meet project deadlines.
- Proficiency in using STATA, Access, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- Past experience with data management is an advantage
- Experience working on violence against children will also be a bonus
- Exposure and experience in working in developing countries is highly desired
- Previous trial experience
Salary and conditions of appointment:
The post will be full-time until September 2014 with the possibility of
extension, based in Kampala. The appointment will be made on the School’s
Research Fellow scale, grade 6 £36,378-£41,313 per annum prorated.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested job seekers provide a supporting
statement which 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. For informal
enquiries please contact Karen.Devries@lshtm.ac.uk
All applications should be made on-line via our website at
http://jobs.lshtm.ac.uk The reference
for this post is KD1.
Applications should include a CV and the names and email contacts of 2
referees who can be contacted immediately if shortlisted. Any queries regarding the application process
may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk.
Deadline: 02 March 2014
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