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This position’s main role is to maintain and strengthen relations and mutual understanding between communities and stakeholders and the programme. The post holder will work in close collaboration with fellow Community Facilitators and the broader Engagement Platform and Communications team in planning, implementing, and monitoring of activities aimed at fostering respectful and responsive relations between KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme [KWTRP] and the community and stakeholders.

Early Post-Doctoral Researcher – Health Economics

Reference Number:

EPDR-HE-1-12-22

Employment Type:

Full time

Category:

Research Health Economics

Job Grade:

9.01

Country:

Kenya

Location:

Nairobi

JOB PURPOSE:

The post-doctoral researcher will be responsible for:

1) Supporting a body of work focused on examining healthcare priority setting in Kenya the broader East African region,

2) Support institutionalization of health technology assessment in Kenya and the East African region,

3) Conduct health technology assessments in collaboration with government

4) supporting and contributing to the health economics capacity building initiatives of the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU), 2) Supervision and mentorship of PhD students and research assistants, 3) Contribute and support policy engagement initiatives of HERU, and 4) develop own body of work and mobilize research funding to support their transition to research independence.