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Research Fellow
Department of Population Health
| Salary: |
£44,847 to £50,808
per annum, inclusive.
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| Closing Date: |
Tuesday 15 April 2025 |
| Reference: |
EPH-DPH-2025-02 |
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.
The post-holder will work in the recently established Mortality and Inequalities Research Group and work closely with Associate Professor José Manuel Aburto and the Population Studies Group at LSHTM. The post-holder’s primary role will be to conduct research on cause-specific and all-cause mortality estimation, and trends in life expectancy and lifespan inequality in low- and middle- income countries.
The successful applicant will have a postgraduate degree, ideally a doctoral degree, in demography, statistics, epidemiology or related topic. Expertise in mathematical demography, statistics or other discipline with strong quantitative components to estimate population and/or mortality profiles and shown experience on mortality trends in regions such as Latin America, Africa, or other low- and middle-income settings is also essential. Candidates should also have experience working with complex datasets, missing information and data quality issues. Programming skills in R, Python or other open-source programming language are required. Further particulars are included in the job description.
Candidates are encouraged to contact José Manuel Aburto (jose.aburto@lshtm.ac.uk) for an informal discussion about this post.
The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed-term for 3 years. The post is funded by a Wellcome Career Development Award and is available from 01 June 2025 (however this is flexible).
The salary will be on the Academic Pathway salary scale, Grade 6 in the range £44,847-£50,808 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service. Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part-time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at LSHTM.
Applications should be made on-line via our jobs website. Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk. Please quote reference EPH-DPH-2025-02.
The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable.
Interviews are likely to be held in April 2025. Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We believe that when people feel respected and included, they can be more creative, successful, and happier at work. While we have more work to do, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace, a community that everyone feels a part of, which is safe, respectful, supportive and enables all to reach their full potential.