Research assistant in Global Child Health

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. Many researchers at the department are scientific advisors to authorities and other decision makers at regional, national, and international levels. The department is responsible for three international master’s programs and the researchers are actively involved in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The department has 12 research groups, around 120 PhD students and about 140 employees.

This position is placed within the research group Global Child Health and the Sustainable Development Goals team. 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 as a Research Assistant in the Child Health and SDGs group, with the main purpose to support the set-up and implementation of research projects related to child health and the sustainable development goals. We anticipate the candidate to support work on different research projects. Tasks will include drafting applications, ethics applications, standard operating procedures, data collection tool, and will be given opportunities for data analysis and contributing to academic publications. The candidate will also be expected to be an active member of the research group, and may be asked to collaborate on related tasks.

The role will be 100% (full time) for 12 months.

Your profile

You must have:

A master’s degree in a field relevant to global child health (e.g. global health, public health, social science)
Fluent in written and spoken English
Documented experience of working on research projects involving primary data collection, specifically as part of multi-country collaborations.
Documented experience of quantitative and qualitative research.

Desirable qualifications and experience includes:

Demonstrated experience in research involving primary data collection
Work experience on applying for ethical approvals.
Work experience in global child health.
Experience using digital data collection tools (e.g. RedCap).
Multi-disciplinary working and cross-cultural communication.

As a person you are meticulous with good structure while working. You have good collaboration and organisational skills.

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. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct innovative medical research and provide the largest range of biomedical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialities and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in health care are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement.

Location: Solna

Application

Welcome to apply at the latest 2th May 2026.

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.

Want to make a difference? Join us and contribute to better health for all