Project Coordinator to evaluate medical oxygen systems

Do you want to contribute to better health for all?

The Department of Global Public Health is a multidisciplinary department with the aim to advance knowledge about challenges and opportunities for public health in a local, national, and global setting. Research at the department is focused on how different societal and individual factors affect population health, and to develop and evaluate structural and individual-oriented interventions. Many researchers at the department are scientific advisors to authorities and other decision makers at regional, national, and international levels. The department has 12 research groups, about 110 PhD students and about 140 employees.

Within our research group you will find an exciting opportunity to work with colleagues across multiple disciplines and geographies. We offer an engaging and international research environment where you will contribute to high quality research that’s directly relevant to accelerating progress against the Sustainable Development Goal agenda.  

Your mission

We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate to take the role of Project Coordinator the FCDO-funded Oxygen CoLab Project – a project which is evaluating five different models of delivering outsourced oxygen services to health facilities in India, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The lack of medical oxygen remains a challenge in many settings, and this project aims to provide evidence on different business models, and their financial sustainability, in improving patient access. The position will be full-time for 8 months. The preferred start date is August 2024.

Your role will involve:

• Coordinating between partners in the 5 countries, the funder, and other research partners in Uganda and Australia.
• Delivering training for data collection across the five countries.
• Managing and analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data related to oxygen access.
• Interpreting data and writing academic publications. You will be expected to travel to the project sites for short periods.

Your profile

The candidate must have the following essential qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in a clinical or biomedical engineering field.
• A Master’s degree in a field relevant to global health (e.g. global health, public health, epidemiology).
• At least 1 year of practical experience working in a clinical setting.
• Able and willing to travel to multiple locations in Africa and Asia.
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis.
• Excellent knowledge in speaking and writing English.

Merit requirements are:

• A PhD in a field relevant to global health (e.g. global health, public health, epidemiology).
• Demonstrated experience in designing, conducting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data collection in clinical settings.
• work experience within a multi-country and multi-disciplinary team.
• work experience in a low-resource clinical setting.
• experience of using RedCap.

The candidate needs to have excellent skills in collaboration, multi-disciplinary working and cross-cultural communication, and be well organized.

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 8 of July 2024. 

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.In this recruitment, you will apply with your CV without a personal letter. Instead, you will answer some questions about why you are applying for the job in the application form. 

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