Research Assistant

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is a world-leading centre for research and postgraduate education in public and global health. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

The Department of Global Health and Development is seeking to appoint a Research Assistant with experience of successful research project delivery under the guidance of a project lead.

The post holder will be responsible for reviewing and synthesising evidence relating to: conceptual frameworks of food systems including their wider public health and environmental impacts to identify or develop an appropriate framework of food systems in LMICs for use in this research; and policies, programmes and interventions to promote healthy sustainable diets and contextual factors that enable or hinder the achievement of such change. The post holder will also be responsible for stakeholder mapping, key informant interviews and related qualitative data analysis informed by human rights frameworks to inform a study assessing how the public health community can address corporate influence on diets. A MSc degree in public health, nutrition or political science either awarded or imminent or equivalent training is an essential requirement for this role. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is full-time, 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed term until 31 March 2024. The post is funded by the GIZ “Food systems for sustainable healthy diets in low- and middle-income countries” project and is available from 1 April 2023.

The salary will be on the Academic Pathway scale, Grade 5 scale in the range £37,531 - £42,875 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service. Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Applications should be made on-line via our website at http://jobs.lshtm.ac.uk. Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk. Please quote reference PHP-GHD-2023-10.

The supporting statement section 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.

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.

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