Location: | Blantyre - Malawi, Harare - Zimbabwe, Kisumu - Kenya, Liverpool, Yaoundé - Cameroon, Hybrid/On-site |
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Salary: | £38,205 to £41,732 per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 9th April 2024 |
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Closes: | 24th April 2024 |
Job Ref: | APR20245697 |
Full-Time, Fixed-Term contract until 31st March 2026
This role can be based in any of our LSTM locations: Liverpool (UK), Blantyre (Malawi), Kisumu (Kenya), Harare (Zimbabwe) or Yaoundé (Cameroon)
Due to new funding from the Wellcome Trust, we have an exciting opportunity to support institutional research culture across LSTM and our Global Hubs. As Research-to-Policy Postdoc, you will work with our Policy Unit (based at the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme in Blantyre) as part of a team to strengthen capacity across the entire research ecosystem, enabling African partners to lead international research consortia. You will assist technical leadership in supporting researchers to engage with the policy process, and will be responsible for documenting the learning from the project and for supporting partners to develop monitoring and evaluation frameworks for their research-to-policy portfolios.
Responsibilities include:
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