Reach Student Researcher

Job Description

Expected Deliverables: 

• Team Charter and coaching meeting outputs
• Collaborator Terms of Reference with research partner
• Literature Review
• Research Ethics Application to your university’s research ethics board
• Interview Guide/ research collection methodology
• Travel logistics requirements for primary research in the field
• Conduct in-person primary research in a local or international context depending on case study location.
• Data analysis of primary data 
• Draft of case study within six weeks of completing field work or project timeline and liaise with Reach’s editorial and design staff until publication (typically 4-6 weeks).
• Co-create a communications and knowledge translation plan with community partner, including social media content
• Leadership assessment surveys at the beginning and end of the year. 
• Team’s Large Group Meeting presentation to global network twice a year
• Participate in the preparation calls and outputs for the team’s presentation at annual Reach conference
• Participate in year-end feedback session 
• Engagement as alumni in ongoing professional development and leadership opportunities.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications :

• Applicants must be current students enrolled in AMIU postgraduate programmes, including Master degrees in Public Health, Health Systems Management, Bioethics, and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights and Policy.
• Applicants must have successfully completed the first year of study and passed all their coursework.
• A one-page Curriculum Vitae (CV).
• A concept note (maximum 1,000 words) outlining a selected health issue to be addressed as a case study under the REACH programme. The concept note should include: Title, justification of the health issue, objectives, research question(s), proposed case study methodological approach, data collection and analysis procedures, and expected deliverables.
• A one-page motivational cover letter describing the applicant’s interest in the opportunity, suitability for the award, and commitment to the core activities and expected deliverables of REACH researchers.
• Preference will be given to applicants who are not currently on scholarship.