Research Fellow (RIGHT Call - Rwanda 912)

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £33,348 to £45,155, with potential progression once in post to £44,737

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract until 31 October 2027 

Closes: 29 September 2022

Join our excellent team as the Research Fellow for an exciting 5-year project to develop, implement, and test a novel communication system to improve ambulance response times and patient outcomes in Rwanda.

The project involves working with teams of academics, policy makers, and software developers in the UK, Rwanda, and the US. The candidate will work closely with the Principal Investigator and Rwandan team of researchers to deliver the project. This will require leading the study of the development and implementation of the software solution and assessing patient, implementation, and health system outcomes. 

The candidate will support developing protocols, conducting the research, analysing results, and dissemination of findings to multiple end-users, including via academic and lay publications as well as policy briefs. They will be involved in capacity building with Rwandan colleagues and assist the Research Programme Manager in managing the research project, ensuring deliverables and milestones are met, and facilitating its interface with other ongoing projects.

In addition to the Person Specification (see below) the ideal candidate will be able to travel outside of the UK for extended periods of time.

Person Specification

• First degree in area of specialism and a higher degree relevant to research area or equivalent qualifications
• Knowledge of and experience in pre-hospital care and emergency medicine
• High level analytical capability
• Experience with Implementation Science methodology
• Track record of impactful publications
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly
• Experience of managing projects
• Strong experience of working with diverse stakeholder groups
• Experience in implementing health system solutions in low- or middle-income countries (LMICs)
• Fluency in relevant models, techniques or methods and ability to contribute to developing new ones
• Ability to assess resource requirements and use resources effectively 
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes
• Contribute to the planning and organising of the research programme and/or specific research project
• Co-ordinate own work with others to avoid conflict or duplication of effort
• Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day to day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly

Further particulars can be found here

Informal enquires to Professor Justine Davies [email protected]  

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