Jobs Available at The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC)

Key responsibilities:

• The design and implementation of strategies to effectively disseminate research findings to local, regional, and international stakeholders.
• Developing and supporting high-quality publications that enhance the visibility of SAMRC within national, regional, and global discussions.
• Engage in dissemination activities by creating user-friendly summaries and communication materials that synthesize research for diverse audiences.
• Supporting training and capacity strengthening of staff and students across the SAMRC, including reviewers in South Africa and the continent more broadly.
• With supporting research programmes and internal unit activities, the job holder may be required to deliver presentations and represent the SAMRC at selected meetings, conferences, workshops, or seminars.

Core Requirements:

• PhD in health sciences, epidemiology, or related discipline
• 3-5 years working experience in a research environment
• Presenting at postgraduate level / Contribution to student supervision
• Working knowledge of Publication database searching such as Pubmed
• Presenting at workshops/meetings
• Contributing author of conference presentation output
• Quantitative research methods / Epidemiology concepts

Advantageous:

• Interest in Non-communicable diseases
• Excellent writing skills/science communication
• Capacity in Digital or social media tools

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Responsibilities:

• Assist with co-ordination of study activities
• Data processing, analysis and writing scientific manuscripts
• Create research translation outputs such as policy briefs and media

Requirements:

• A PhD qualification in epidemiology/public health/biostatistics/medical statistics
• Excellent data analytical skills, with proficiency in STATA or R
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Code 8/10 driver’s license

Advantageous:

• Experience with geographical information systems (GIS)