Job Description

ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH RESEACH UNIT(DURBAN/CAPE TOWN/JOHANNESBURG/PRETORIA)The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) strives to improve the nation's health and quality of life by funding and conducting relevant and leading health research. It further aims to promote equity, career development and progression.Senior Scientist (S)Duration: 3-year ContractThe South African Medical Research Council, Environment and Health Research Unit (EHRU) requires a suitably qualified and experienced Senior Scientist (Seasoned).This position aligns with two large projects being carried out by the Climate Change and Human Health Programme team. These projects focus on climate change, air pollution and health. Specific skills required include scientific writing and preparing journal publications, temperature and air pollution data analysis and interpretation and, knowledge and experience in the analysis of big data using specialist skills and methods such as Distributed Lag Non-Linear Modeling (DLNM).To cover the multifaceted aspects of the post, we require an energetic person with a strong theoretical and practical background / experience in environmental health.Responsibilities:

• To write and publish academic articles.
• To carry out statistical analyses like DLNM.
• To manage research projects and teams working on research projects.
• To support training and capacity strengthening of staff and students in the unit.
• To contribute to research translation outputs such as policy briefs and media.
• To support research programme and unit internal activities.

Core Requirements

• Master's degree in environmental health or relevant qualification.
• 2 years working experience of environmental health issues within a research institute or related environment.
• 2 years project management experience within environmental health
• At least one 1st author ISI peer reviewed ISI journal article published.
• At least one 1st author publication.
• PI on a proposal or managing research, staff and budget for a project
• Ability to write academic articles.
• Ability to provide research support including liaising with other stakeholders

Advantageous:

• PhD in environmental health / public health
• 2 years in a research environment, research field work, data analysis, data collection, report and article writing
• Driver's license

Terms & Conditions: The SAMRC retains the right not to make an appointment. In accordance with the SAMRC's Employment Equity Plan, preference will be given to suitably qualified candidates from the designated groups. For this reason, we require race, gender and disability status to be specified. Disabled persons are encouraged to apply. By submitting your application, SAMRC concludes that you are a competent person to consent and that you are giving consent to the SAMRC to process and further process all personal information contained in the application in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act, Act No 4 of 2013 (as amended). The SAMRC does its best to provide the most accurate information; however, if there is anything wrong and unclear applicants are encouraged to contact the HR Recruitment Office at 021-938 0648 before the closing date.A salary in the region of R917 251.00 per annum, cost-to-company, will be negotiated in consideration of experience and qualifications.Closing Date: 26 August 2024PLEASE QUOTE THE REFERENCE NUMBER (R 766A) IN ALL COMMUNICATIONS. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT YOUR SUBMISSION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED SHOULD YOUR APPLICATION NOT BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE REQUIRED INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION.This website is optimised for secure, standards compliant web browsers. In order to view and use this website, you should use a web browser other than Internet Explorer.Options include: The latest version of 'Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Opera and Safari

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