Research Fellows (Social Science) at Centre for Humanitarian Change

Main duties and responsibilities

• Lead a desk review and co-facilitate systems mapping of drivers and processes associated with malnutrition and morbidity surges in communities
• Lead a desk review of community-based actions that can address surges and build community health system resilience
• Co-develop a Community Health Systems Resilience Analysis toolkit (to include a diversity of participatory systems and community-based methods)
• Training and supervision of field assistants Data collection from the piloting of the toolkit
• Qualitative data analysis
• Authoring and co-authoring policy reports and scientific publications
• Engage in wider CLARE programme activities
• Contribute to the development of proposals and expressions of interest for future funding

About you

Essential

• Education: PhD or equivalent qualification/experience in social sciences, international development, humanitarian studies, health, nutrition, geography or other related field of study.
• Skills: Confident in qualitative research methods, data collection and analysis; strong problemsolving, analytical and critical thinking skills; curiosity and an ability to provide theoretical and conceptual inputs; excellent written and verbal communication and facilitation skills; proficiency in qualitative data analysis coding and software (e.g. Nvivo); and a track record of writing and publishing.
• Attributes: A burning ambition for your research to have a major societal impact; self-motivated; detail-oriented; and able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Languages: Fluency in English (reading, writing, and speaking)