Senior Scientist
1 week ago
**SENIOR SCIENTIST (S)**
Duration: Permanent position
**The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is seeking to appoint a Senior Scientist (S) in its Burden of Disease Research Unit (BODRU). BODRU collects and analyses data on South Africa’s health status to estimate and monitor the burden of disease (the impact of health problems) and factors associated with the health of the population. The Unit provides information on the trends in the country’s health status as well as causes of disease and death for future planning to improve the health of the nation. It has developed exceptional expertise in summary health measures, health surveys, and mortality data and health informatics analysis.**
**Responsibilities**:
- _Provide expertise in study design towards research on _multi-morbidity/multiple long-term conditions.
- _Lead advanced statistical analysis, management and interpretation of data from large datasets._
- Conduct systematic reviews of scientific literature.
- _Lead and/or contribute to papers for publication in national and international peer-reviewed journals_
- _Disseminate research findings through national and international conference presentations_
- _Contribute to and lead _protocol development to generate income for research on multimorbidity/ multiple long-term conditions.
- _Manage research projects including human resource and financial management._
**Core Requirements**:
- A Master’s degree in Public Health, or similar qualification or higher
- At least 10 years’ experience working in a health research environment (post Master’s degree)
- Experience in injury epidemiology, multimorbidity, burden of disease and/or related research methods
- PI on a proposal or managing research, staff and budgets
- Evidence of having conducted statistical analysis (using STATA or other quantitative data analysis packages) on large projects
- At least 1 first author publication in an ISI accredited journal
- At least 1 oral/poster presentation of findings at an international conference, in addition to minimum experience
- Experience in nationally representative survey datasets
- Registered for PhD with substantial progress made
**Advantageous**:
- A PhD in Public Health or similar, with at least 1 years’ experience post-PhD
- Advanced statistical analysis skills
- 5 or more first author publications in an ISI accredited journal
A salary in the region of R 865 331 per annum, cost-to-company.
Closing date: 09 March 2024
**PLEASE QUOTE THE REFERENCE NUMBER (R 707A) IN ALL COMMUNICATIONS. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT YOUR SUBMISSION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED SHOULD YOUR APPLICATION NOT BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE REQUIRED INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION.**
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