Postdoctoral Fellowship

**MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt)**

**School of Public Health**

**_ POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP_**
- The MRC/Wits-Agincourt Research Unit is a leading health and population research center that supports a major research infrastructure including a health and socio-demographic surveillance system (HDSS) covering part of the Bushbuckridge sub-district of rural Mpumalanga Province
- Taking a life course approach, in partnership with local communities and the public sector, the Unit undertakes interdisciplinary observational and intervention research collaborating with an exceptional network of scientists from South and sub-Saharan African, UK/European, and North American institutions

We seek to appoint one Postdoctoral Fellowship to join our multidisciplinary team of Researchers, Data Scientists, and Analysts to contribute to strengthening our Data Analytics capability and scientific output in research areas that include:

- Adolescent health and development (including HIV and mental health)
- Adult health and aging (including non-communicable diseases, HIV, mental health and
- cognitive change)
- Population trends, transitions, and social/environmental/economic determinants (including migration)

**POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP**
- Adolescent health and development (including HIV and mental health)
- Adult health and aging (including non-communicable diseases, HIV, and mental health)
- Population trends, transitions, and social determinants (including migration)
- Applied Statistics, Informatics, and Computing.

**Location**:
The position will be based in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga Province, where Wits offers several accommodation options or the Wits School of Public Health in Johannesburg with travel to the Agincourt Research Centre in Bushbuckridge.

**Qualifications**:

- PhD awarded within the past 5 years (or pending)
- Background in a relevant discipline(s), including Epidemiology, Statistics, Decision Sciences, Public Health, Economics, Demography, Population Studies, related Social Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Informatics, and Computing
- Evidence of high academic and scholarly potential
- English language proficiency, strong conceptual and writing skills
- Examples of written or published work
- Certified copy of ID, or passport and work permit or permanent residence in South Africa, and driver’s license
- Certified copies of academic transcripts and qualification certificates

**TO APPLY**:

- Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
- _AJ Personnel is fully POPIA Compliant._
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position.

**Please note**:

- **Our Client, WHC - Agincourt, maintains mandatory Covid-19 requirements, and as such only Covid-19 vaccinated incumbents will be considered for positions.**:

- WHC, in accordance with its Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.
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- AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position.