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 Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Science-Policy Platform is a £20m five-year LSHTM-led consortium, co-funded by the FCDO and Gates Foundation. It is a global evidence platform accelerating actions towards equitable and just food systems for nutrition and health, whilst confronting climate change and protecting nature, through interdisciplinary research, capability sharing and collaboration.
The position will support the work of IMMANA and the ANH Academy, by undertaking analysis and synthesis of research on food systems, plastics and health. Duties will include identifying and researching issues of current or potential interest to IMMANA and the ANH Academy, producing critical analyses and summaries, working on systematic reviews and drafting and disseminating various types of research documents, science-policy events and knowledge translation products. The job will involve close collaboration with research groups across national and international programmes.
The post-holder must have a first degree in the field of Environmental Sciences, Social/Political Sciences, Public Health Nutrition, Public Health or a related field. Experience in producing impactful scientific outputs in different formats such as policy briefs, videos, infographics, peer-reviewed publications is also essential. Further particulars are included in the job description.
The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1 FTE and fixed-term until 31 May 2026. The post is co-funded by the FCDO and Gates Foundation and is available immediately.
The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 5 in the range £39,984-£45,728 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.
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.
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.