Research Fellow job at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

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 Research Fellow will support the delivery of epidemiological research on evaluating the impact of the Good School Toolkit (GST) Agile at scale with the Child Protection Research Group. The post will mainly relate to the grant funded by the Oak Foundation. This role will involve liaising with partners, participation in consortium meetings, oversight of fieldwork, quantitative data preparation and analysis, writing for academic publication, and supporting partners to collect data. The role is based in Uganda.

Qualifications and Experience:

The successful candidate will have a postgraduate degree, ideally a doctoral degree, in the field of public health, psychology, science or other related discipline. Proven experience in quantitative survey data collection, design or analysis, analytical skills in evidence synthesis, basic quantitative or qualitative analysis. As well as evidence of good organisational skills, including effective time.

Additional Details:

The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed term until 31 August 2029. The post is funded by the Oak Foundation and is available from 01 October 2026.

The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 6 in the range £45,728 – £51,872 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 Uganda.

• Support the delivery of epidemiological research on evaluating the impact of the Good School Toolkit (GST) Agile at scale with the Child Protection Research Group.
• Liaising with partners.
• Participation in consortium meetings.
• Oversight of fieldwork.
• Quantitative data preparation and analysis.
• Writing for academic publication.
• Supporting partners to collect data.

• quantitative survey data collection
• quantitative survey data design
• quantitative survey data analysis
• analytical skills in evidence synthesis
• basic quantitative analysis
• basic qualitative analysis
• good organisational skills
• effective time management

• postgraduate degree
• doctoral degree (ideally)
• degree in public health, psychology, science or other related discipline