The School of Public Health (SOPH) has two positions open for Postdoctoral Fellowships beginning as soon as possible in 2022.
Please read the eligibility requirements carefully before applying.
The Postdoctoral Fellows will be required to register at the University of the Western Cape, and will contribute to the research areas of the DSI/NRF SARChI Chairs which have complementary research programmes, and which seek to consolidate a world-class hub in the global south in the field of health policy and systems research.
The purpose of the SARChI Postdoctoral Fellowship is to contribute to:
Eligible applicants are required to have (in addition to the specific requirements per post):
Advantageous skills
Enquiries and completed application should be forwarded to Carnita Ernest, soph-recruitment@uwc.ac.za
Please use subject heading: Application for SARChI Postdoctoral Fellowship
Completed applications need to submitted by no later than 17:00 on 16 January 2022.
The University the Western Cape reserves the right to change the conditions of award, or to make no award at all. The award will be dependent on final approval of the applicant by the National Research Foundation.
Please read the eligibility requirements carefully before applying.
The Postdoctoral Fellows will be required to register at the University of the Western Cape, and will contribute to the research areas of the DSI/NRF SARChI Chairs which have complementary research programmes, and which seek to consolidate a world-class hub in the global south in the field of health policy and systems research.
The purpose of the SARChI Postdoctoral Fellowship is to contribute to:
- career development in health systems research, with a specific emphasis on developing a pipeline of South African scholars;
- building this field with partners in South Africa, and internationally;
- enhancement of the capacity of the UWC School of Public Health.
The Chair is seeking an applicant to contribute to building a gender and health systems portfolio at SOPH.
The Postdoctoral Fellow will be part of a multidisciplinary project (led by Prof Asha George and Ms Nikki Schaay) that aims to create a collaborative community-based learning platform to support dialogue, exchange, capacity strengthening, and other forms of learning on gender transformative approaches in adolescent and young people’s sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) in South Africa.
In addition to the general requirements outlined towards the end of the Call, applicants for this post are also required to have the following specific skills/expertise:
The Postdoctoral Fellow will be part of a multidisciplinary project (led by Prof Asha George and Ms Nikki Schaay) that aims to create a collaborative community-based learning platform to support dialogue, exchange, capacity strengthening, and other forms of learning on gender transformative approaches in adolescent and young people’s sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) in South Africa.
In addition to the general requirements outlined towards the end of the Call, applicants for this post are also required to have the following specific skills/expertise:
- previous research experience in health systems approaches to sexual and reproductive, maternal and adolescent health
- experience conducting participatory research, gender analysis, equity or human rights analysis linked to the lived experience of adolescent and young people in South Africa; and preferably within Cape Town
- experience working with multiple role players, including adolescents and young people, their families and communities, health service providers, and civil society organisations.
The Chair is advancing two major research agendas over the next few years:
1) Bottom-up health systems strengthening, with a focus on governance and leadership
2) Whole of society approaches, collaborative governance and placed-based intersectoral collaboration for health.
The Postdoctoral Fellow will be part of an international collaborative project led by Prof Schneider and Prof Hanani Tabana, exploring drivers and scalable community solutions of immunisation access and uptake. The Fellow will be required to engage in a program evaluation through the application of complex systems thinking.
In addition to the general requirements outlined towards the end of the Call, applicants for this post are also required to have:
The Postdoctoral Fellows will contribute to both research and teaching activities linked to these areas. SOPH encourages the participation of full time post-doctoral fellows in teaching and supervision as a way to build their academic profiles. Any teaching and supervision workload will be in accordance with relevant policies, including funder guidelines.
1) Bottom-up health systems strengthening, with a focus on governance and leadership
2) Whole of society approaches, collaborative governance and placed-based intersectoral collaboration for health.
The Postdoctoral Fellow will be part of an international collaborative project led by Prof Schneider and Prof Hanani Tabana, exploring drivers and scalable community solutions of immunisation access and uptake. The Fellow will be required to engage in a program evaluation through the application of complex systems thinking.
In addition to the general requirements outlined towards the end of the Call, applicants for this post are also required to have:
- Experience (both theoretical and practical) of program and process evaluation using various models and “thinking” such as programme theory, theory of change, experience of evaluating programmes incorporating human-centred design processes.
- Familiarity with complex systems thinking and analysis
- Familiarity with, and have applied, some frameworks used in Public Health (for example: the RE-AIM framework) for evaluating program impact
- Demonstrated evidence of qualitative and quantitative research methods i.e. collecting, synthesising and analysing quantitative data (including primary data collection and extracting data from secondary sources such as DHIS, Census data etc.) and collecting and analysing qualitative data.
The Postdoctoral Fellows will contribute to both research and teaching activities linked to these areas. SOPH encourages the participation of full time post-doctoral fellows in teaching and supervision as a way to build their academic profiles. Any teaching and supervision workload will be in accordance with relevant policies, including funder guidelines.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Eligible applicants are required to have (in addition to the specific requirements per post):
- completed a PhD in the last five years and may not have held prior permanent academic posts. For applicants who did not obtain their qualification in South Africa, a valid SAQA certificate should be in hand at the time of application.
- citizenship of a sub-Saharan African country or be an expatriate African. Preference will be given to South African citizens or permanent residents.
- experience and expertise in qualitative and quantitative research skills, literature reviews, research prioritisation
- have a strong academic record with evidence of research experience and peer-reviewed publications.
Advantageous skills
- Candidates with project management experience and ability to liaise with a range of stakeholders are preferred.
- Candidates with experience organising online and face to face workshops and engagements are preferred.
- Candidates with experience with social media also preferred.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
- Eligible candidates should provide the following:
- A cover letter motivating for the candidate’s suitability to the positions available
- A one page summary outlining their research interest/project
- A CV including all conference attendance, publications and other scholarly research output
- Copy of ID or passport
- Copy of SAQA certificate (where applicable)
- Evidence of publication record and writing skills (which can be copies of or a link to a relevant peer-reviewed publication)
- An academic transcript
- Names and contact details of at least 3 referees who have supervised or worked with the candidate and can speak to their experience and skills
Enquiries and completed application should be forwarded to Carnita Ernest, soph-recruitment@uwc.ac.za
Please use subject heading: Application for SARChI Postdoctoral Fellowship
Completed applications need to submitted by no later than 17:00 on 16 January 2022.
The University the Western Cape reserves the right to change the conditions of award, or to make no award at all. The award will be dependent on final approval of the applicant by the National Research Foundation.
