Post-Doctoral Social Science Fellowship for Tanzania
Three year contract from July 2010
Families & Sexual Health and Strengthening Institutional Research Capacity
This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for a post-doctoral social scientist to further their career through primary research and through strengthening social science research capacity. The fellowship is a partnership between the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Mwanza, where the Fellow will be based, and the MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK, two leading public health research establishments.
The fellow will be employed by NIMR and the post is available from July 2010. The Fellow will conduct qualitative research on the transmission of sexual norms and behaviours across generations (75% of time) and contribute to strengthening the social science research capacity of NIMR, Mwanza (25% of time).
The project is intended to strengthen research capacity in Tanzania. All applications are welcome, but particularly those from sub-Saharan Africa and from African researchers working overseas who wish to return to the region. The candidate must possess a social sciences doctorate, qualitative expertise, a good publication record, good supervision/mentoring skills, and will be self-reliant and highly motivated. Experience of research on sexual behaviour and family relationships in sub-Saharan Africa would be an advantage. Selection will be on the basis of merit.
This appointment is for a Post-Doctoral researcher, and will provide £20,000 p.a. towards the salary along with a package for research costs, training, conferences and travel to the UK. The research will be in collaboration with the TAZAMA project with opportunities to build a research portfolio, and to develop and lead a strong research team based in Mwanza.
Further details on the post and on employment by NIMR in Mwanza, can be obtained from the NIMR website www.nimr.or.tz or from http://www.sphsu.mrc.ac.uk/careers.php. The closing date is 14th June.
Applications should be in the form of: a covering letter explaining why you are a suitable applicant for the post, a full CV, an example of a first-authored publication, on a topic (if possible) related to the fellowship, and the names and contact details of two professional referees.
Applications should be addressed to:
The Director,
The National Institute for Medical Research,
P.O. Box 1462, Mwanza, Tanzania
or emailed to: mwanza@nimr.or.tz quoting reference NIMR/MRC post-doc.
Interviews are likely to be held in mid to late July, in Mwanza, and may be conducted by telephone if necessary.
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
Further details of the recent work by the TAZAMA project can be found on
http://www.tazamaproject.org/ and of the SPHSU can be found on the Unit’s website www.sphsu.mrc.ac.uk.
For further information about the MRC visit www.mrc.ac.uk
Three year contract from July 2010
Families & Sexual Health and Strengthening Institutional Research Capacity
This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for a post-doctoral social scientist to further their career through primary research and through strengthening social science research capacity. The fellowship is a partnership between the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Mwanza, where the Fellow will be based, and the MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK, two leading public health research establishments.
The fellow will be employed by NIMR and the post is available from July 2010. The Fellow will conduct qualitative research on the transmission of sexual norms and behaviours across generations (75% of time) and contribute to strengthening the social science research capacity of NIMR, Mwanza (25% of time).
The project is intended to strengthen research capacity in Tanzania. All applications are welcome, but particularly those from sub-Saharan Africa and from African researchers working overseas who wish to return to the region. The candidate must possess a social sciences doctorate, qualitative expertise, a good publication record, good supervision/mentoring skills, and will be self-reliant and highly motivated. Experience of research on sexual behaviour and family relationships in sub-Saharan Africa would be an advantage. Selection will be on the basis of merit.
This appointment is for a Post-Doctoral researcher, and will provide £20,000 p.a. towards the salary along with a package for research costs, training, conferences and travel to the UK. The research will be in collaboration with the TAZAMA project with opportunities to build a research portfolio, and to develop and lead a strong research team based in Mwanza.
Further details on the post and on employment by NIMR in Mwanza, can be obtained from the NIMR website www.nimr.or.tz or from http://www.sphsu.mrc.ac.uk/careers.php. The closing date is 14th June.
Applications should be in the form of: a covering letter explaining why you are a suitable applicant for the post, a full CV, an example of a first-authored publication, on a topic (if possible) related to the fellowship, and the names and contact details of two professional referees.
Applications should be addressed to:
The Director,
The National Institute for Medical Research,
P.O. Box 1462, Mwanza, Tanzania
or emailed to: mwanza@nimr.or.tz quoting reference NIMR/MRC post-doc.
Interviews are likely to be held in mid to late July, in Mwanza, and may be conducted by telephone if necessary.
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
Further details of the recent work by the TAZAMA project can be found on
http://www.tazamaproject.org/ and of the SPHSU can be found on the Unit’s website www.sphsu.mrc.ac.uk.
For further information about the MRC visit www.mrc.ac.uk
