Research Officer - Durban at Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)

Overview of duties

• Conduct a range of desk and literature reviews on topics related to adolescent mental health to inform the AHRI Adolescent Mental Health Strategy.
• Coordinate communication, including regular meetings, between stakeholders in the strategy development processes.
• Conduct and take minutes during, and synthesise learnings from, key stakeholder interviews and engagements.
• Support the Mental Health Lead to develop the Adolescent Mental Health programme of work at AHRI.
• Support the Mental Health Lead to prepare scientific outputs including conference presentations and scientific papers for peer reviewed journals.

Requirements

1. Honours qualification in any field (social sciences preferred, Masters preferred).
2. Evidence of high-quality writing.

Minimum experience

1. 2 years’ experience in a research environment, research assistantship, project management or research coordination role.
2. Experience and good understanding of evidence synthesis (scoping reviews, systematic reviews, desk research) and qualitative research.
3. Experience of engaging with a range of stakeholders (government, community, academic).
4. Evidence of being able to write for an academic and non-academic audience.

Closing date for applications: 26 March 2024

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, kindly consider your application as unsuccessful if you do not hear from us within 14 days of the applications closing date.