Vacancy notice: The Northumbria Disaster Management and Sustainable
Development Programme
REF: R26/02
Research Associate / Research Fellow - Disaster Management and Sustainable
Development Programme (Infectious Disease Risk Management in Mozambique and
Bangladesh) Fixed Term for 3 yrs
The Northumbria Disaster Management and Sustainable Development Programme is
seeking to appoint a Research Associate or Research Fellow. The appointment,
which is to be filled as soon as possible and by mid October at the latest
will carry out socio-behavioural research in support of infectious disease
risk management in Mozambique and Bangladesh supported by DfID, UNICEF and
WHO. The bulk of the work associated with this appointment will be centred
on cholera research for Phase 1 of the collaboration in central Mozambique
for which three years of initial funding is available. Suitable candidates
are likely to hold a Social Science orientated PhD, have good experience of
participatory methodologies, including experience of working with
community-based approaches to health in Africa and/or Asia. They should
empathise with the plight of the poor, be prepared to work between
Mozambique and the North East of England with some visits to Bangladesh, and
to work in both Portuguese and English. Applicants who already have a good
command of the Portuguese Language and/or would be prepared to carry out
some lecturing in development, environment, health or disaster management
related topics at Northumbria University are particularly welcome.
Disaster management and sustainable development at Northumbria centres
around international research activities and postgraduate studies with
longstanding strengths in developing world issues and more recent links with
the UK emergency services.
Interviews will take place in the first instance on 4th October 2002. The
post will be re-advertised should no suitable candidates be identified.
Salary: Research Associate £20,453 - £25,793 per annum. Research Fellow
£25,793 - £27,577 per annum
Closing Date: 27/09/02
Further information can be obtained from the Northumbria University Web Site
at:
http://online.unn.ac.uk/central_departments/vacancies/vac_detail.asp?Vacancy
ID=309
or by emailing a request for further information for this post to
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