Jobs
Position: Researcher
Location: London SE1
Contract: Temporary; nine month contract with possibility of permanent employment
Hours: Full-time
Contract value: £25-35k, dependent on experience
Researcher
The Alliance is seeking a Researcher to manage a nine month project to develop, with WHO, a survey based on the four axes and 20 elements of the global hepatitis strategy, pilot it, launch it, analyse its findings and write six regional reports, one for each of the WHO regions, and one over-arching global report, all in English, to be published in autumn 2012.
In 2010, the Alliance was contracted by WHO to produce a detailed country-by-country analysis of viral hepatitis-related policies in its Member States. The ensuing report, entitled Viral Hepatitis: Global Policy was published in Spring 2010 in the run-up to the WHO Resolution on viral hepatitis (WHA63.R18). Please access http://www.worldhepatitisalliance.org/Policy/2010PolicyReport.aspx for a copy of the report.
The Resolution mandated WHO to develop a global strategy for the prevention and control of viral hepatitis. This has now been completed, although not yet published, and WHO has contracted the Alliance to survey all 194 Member States to ascertain what prevention and control strategies/interventions are currently in place.
Duties and responsibilities
Working closely with the World Hepatitis Alliance team and appointed communications agency, the Researcher will:
• Plan and implement the project to deadline
• Work with WHO’s Global Hepatitis Program to develop the survey and pilot it
• Recruit and manage the research team
• Liaise with government officials to encourage complete responses to the survey and correspond with the Alliance member organisations to validate survey outputs
• Collate and analyse information provided through the survey
• Present key information in six regional, and one global, accessible and accurate reports, broadly along the lines of the Viral Hepatitis: Global Policy Report.
Experience and skills
The successful candidate will be a graduate with proven experience in carrying out high quality research and accurately presenting data and information to deadline. This experience will preferably be in a health-related field and the successful candidate will display an interest in healthcare and international health policy. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and analytical ability are essential, as well as attention to detail and ability to proof-read. Languages other than English would be useful.
For further information about the position please contact admin@worldhepatitisalliance.org
To apply please send your CV, a covering letter outlining your skills and experience, together with an example of a piece of written analysis you have done, to admin@worldhepatitisalliance.org by 5pm on Thursday 19th April 2012.