Dear All, See below a WHO vacancy notice for an experienced researcher in maternal and perinatal health. A real opportunity for brilliant nurse/midwife to apply to the RHR Dept. Please circulate widely in your research networks. The WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR) seeks an experienced researcher in maternal and perinatal health to appoint for this newly created position. The purpose of this consultancy is to support the Maternal and Perinatal Health and Preventing Unsafe Abortion (MPA) team on research and normative guidance projects on priority issues related to pregnant women and newborns. Under this contract, the consultant will contribute to RHR/MPA’s meetings related to the execution of tasks related to the projects. The consultancy requires a master’s, doctoral or specialist degree (in public health, epidemiology, medicine, social sciences or any other health related field), a minimum of five years of experience in maternal health primary research or evidence synthesis, and good scientific writing skills. The position requires an individual with the capacity to work under minimal supervision, and with a range of local and international collaborators and teams to efficiently meet deadlines and produce results. Best wishes Fran Fran McConville, Technical Officer, Midwifery MCA Dept. & Office of Chief Nurse WHO HQ, Geneva Landline + 41 22 7912 625 Mobile +41 79 475 54 55 From: NOBLE, Elizabeth Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 11:13 AM To: HQ FWC/RHR <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Cc: HQ FWC/MCA <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: vacancy notice Dear colleagues, The WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR) seeks an experienced researcher for the newly created position of Maternal and perinatal health research consultant. Please see the advertisement at the following link: https://goo.gl/nvvCfg<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2FnvvCfg&data=01%7C01%7CJane.sandall%40kcl.ac.uk%7Ca26dbdb6c3e343731dda08d5b0113b0d%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&sdata=bPu5oQepyxflxKNHoD7l8ZAMOTa6tO1On7uqFOJKLgM%3D&reserved=0> Closing date for applications: 18 May 2018 Kind regards, Elizabeth Elizabeth Noble Information Officer Email. [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Telephone. 0041 22 79 12 545 [cid:image001.png@01D1E988.D63A8B00] [cid:image009.png@01CFDCDE.27662610] WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research including UNDP-UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction Find us: www.who.int/reproductivehealth/en/<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.who.int%2Freproductivehealth%2Fen%2F&data=01%7C01%7CJane.sandall%40kcl.ac.uk%7Ca26dbdb6c3e343731dda08d5b0113b0d%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&sdata=BdlSyuiN%2Bwbnh1uiEGPU4oUQIzcaBG3C7qtYSFGEnco%3D&reserved=0> Follow us: @HRPresearch World Health Organization Avenue Appia 20 CH-1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland