Research assistant - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Do you want to contribute to better health for all?

At the Department of Global Public Health, we conduct research, teaching and applied work based on public health science and epidemiology. Our activities have a strong international perspective, and the Department's researchers are scientific advisers to authorities and other decision-makers on the regional, national and international level. The department includes the fields of global health, public health epidemiology and social medicine including health economics, health systems research and implementation research with a total of 150 employees and around 80 PhD students. The position will be within the health system and policy (HSP) research group, Solna, Stockholm, and the sub-group IMPlementation And QualiTy IMPAQT led by Claudia Hanson. Your will find a unique opportunity to be part of large international consortia with members in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe and strong links to leading institutions within the field in Europe and beyond.

Your mission

Measuring person-centred outcomes in maternity care is complex and typically consists of two types of measures: experiences of care and satisfaction with care. There are limited validated measurement tools for these measures in maternal health, particularly for low- and middle-income country settings. The main task will be to perform a psychometric scale analysis on a tool that was designed for assessing women’s experience specifically respect and mistreatment during childbirth in the ALERT project. You will also be expected to draft the manuscript and take responsibility for submitting it to a scientific journal for publication. The applicant will work with multi-disciplinary teams and should be willing and able to communicate in a culturally sensitive way.

This is a temporary position for three months.

Your profile

You should have a Master’s degree in Public Health, Global Health, Epidemiology or similar. Knowledge and proven experience leading a psychometric scale analysis within a Global Public Health area is required. Knowledge and experience working with statistical packages for quantitative analysis is required, previous experience of STATA or R. Previous experience in project management is expected and experience working in a structured, quality-oriented and independent manner is necessary. Experience writing a scientific article and submitting it for publication to a peer-reviewed journal is also required. A major asset will be working with multi-professional teams, experiences of working in different cultures and disciplines including data collection, grant writing, and writing of ethical applications.

Since you will plan and manage the analysis you need to be structured, quality oriented and independent in your work. You should be able to communicate well in writing and in speech. To succeed with this task, you should work well together with others. We expect excellent skills in reading, writing, and communicating in English. Great emphasis will be placed on personal characteristics

What do we offer?

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Our vision is to pursue the development of knowledge about life and to promote a better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several good benefits through our collective agreement. And you get to practice freely in our modern wellness facilities, where trained staff are on site.

Location: Solna

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Application

Welcome to apply at the latest 2023-01-06.

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.In this recruitment, you will apply with your CV, a personal letter including the proven experience with this type of analysis.  

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