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.
Are you passionate about transforming evidence into action to improve newborn survival? The Newborn Health team at LSHTM is seeking a Research Assistant in Knowledge Management to support the Newborn Toolkit (www.newborntoolkit.org), a global public good co-created by NEST360 and UNICEF to support effective newborn care in low-resource settings and end preventable newborn deaths.
Working with an international network of partners, you will develop and curate technical content, synthesise implementation learning, support multilingual communities of practice, and deliver engaging digital resources and webinars.
The post-holder must have a degree in public health, nursing, medicine or a related field, with clinical or programme experience in maternal, newborn and child health. You will have excellent writing and communication skills, experience in knowledge dissemination and stakeholder engagement, and the ability to translate complex scientific information for diverse global audiences. French or Portuguese language skills and global newborn health experience are desirable. Please see the Job Description for further details.
The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed-term for 12 months. The post is funded by a consortium of private foundations including Gates Foundation and the ELMA Foundation and the prime grant holder is Rice360. The post is available immediately.
The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 5 in the range £39,984 - £45,728 per annum pro rata (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-EPIH-2026-12.
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.