Research-to-policy Postdoctoral Researcher - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

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Description

Reference:

APR

Expiry date:
11:00, Wed, 24th Apr 2024
Location:
Liverpool / Malawi / Kenya / Zimbabwe / Cameroon
Salary:
£38, £41,732.

00 Per Annum- Benefits:

30 Days holiday + Bank Holiday and additional Christmas closure days
Duration:
Fixedterm contract until 31st March 2026
ResearchtoPolicy Postdoctoral Researcher

Salary:
£38,205 - £
41,732

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 at LSTM and in our Global Hubs.

As Research-to-Policy Postdoc, you will work with our Policy Unit (based at the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme in Blantyre), and you can be based from any of our partner institute locations.

In this role, you will work 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.

Your responsibilities will include:

Assessing and strengthening the capacity of LSTM hubs (individual and institutional) to link research to policy, and to engage at the local and international researchpolicy interface.
Working with the EvidencetoPolicy portfolio to strategize and execute improvements to capacity at the hubs
Providing mentorship to team members and developing internal mechanisms to ensure new or growing capacities, whilst supporting teams with their researchtopolicy portfolios
Being involved in the building of an outward looking culture in the LSTM research hubs and engaging with policymakers and systems managers
Developing and executing a learning portfolio linked to researchtopolicy activities and organizing learning events
Developing and executing a monitoring and evaluation framework for the researchtopolicy portfolio

_Please refer to the job description for full details on role responsibilities._

Qualifications and skills required:

***- A PhD degree in a health-related field or Public Policy related field or equivalent

Demonstrable understanding of Health Systems and Public Policy in LMICs
Demonstrable knowledge and skills in both quantitative and qualitative research methods and in conducting different forms of evidence syntheses
Demonstrable skills in engaging policy and decisionmaking spaces in a variety of settings
An understanding and/or skills in the building of capacities in teams and organizations using different approaches and mechanisms.
A good/growing track record of leading, growing, and managing teams
Excellent communication skills written and otherwise of science or technical content to nonscientific/technical audiences, in formal and nonformal settings.

Application Process:

Inclusion is central to our values at LSTM

About LSTM

Founded in 1898 and the oldest of its kind in the world, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for teaching and research in tropical diseases.

Through the creation of effective links with governments, NGOs, private organisations, and global institutions and by responding to the health needs of communities, LSTM aims to promote improved health, particularly for people of the less developed/resource poorest countries in the tropics and sub-tropics.

**LSTM actively promotes Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Policies