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4 DIY Youth Researcher – Recruitment job at Medical Research Council (MRC UK) /UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit | Apply Now
Entebbe, Uganda
Full Time
Are you looking for Research jobs in Uganda 2025 today? then you might be interested in 4 DIY Youth Researcher – Recruitment job at Medical Research Council (MRC UK) /UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit
About the Organisation
The Medical Research Council (MRC UK) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence with dominant research themes in the areas of HIV and emerging infections, vaccines and immunity, and chronic diseases and cancer. Through a multidisciplinary approach, intersecting basic science, epidemiological research, social-behavioural research and the conduct of new intervention evaluation studies, the Unit contributes knowledge on changing epidemics and diseases, the evaluation of innovative health care options, treatment and prevention and the development of health policy and practice in Africa and worldwide. Following the signing of strategic transfer agreements between the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the Medical Research Council (MRC UK), the Unit formally joined LSHTM on 1st February 2018. The exciting new partnership will boost research capacity into current and emerging health issues in Africa and throughout the world. The Unit is based at the UVRI Entebbe campus with established outposts in Kalungu, Masaka, Wakiso and Kampala Districts.
Project
The DRG has received funding from the Wellcome Trust to conduct a project titled ‘Disability Inclusive Youth (DIY) research: an innovative and co-creative programme to improve inclusion of children and youth in health research in East Africa.’ This is implemented together with the University of Nairobi and the University of Rwanda, and the Ugandan, Kenyan and Rwandan National Councils for Persons with Disabilities.
The DIY program aims to explore barriers and facilitators to the inclusion of children and youth with disabilities in health research, co-create solutions to make health research in East Africa disability disability-inclusive, and create a disability knowledge and research centre to inform and support inclusive health research in the region.
In Uganda, we are therefore seeking 4 (four) young people with disabilities to participate in a 3-year training and research program on disability inclusive health research, starting in June 2025 alongside colleagues in Kenya and Rwanda.
Job Title
4 DIY Youth Researcher – Recruitment job at Medical Research Council (MRC UK) /UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit
Medical Research Council (MRC UK) /UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit
Job Description
Job Title: DIY Youth Researcher – Recruitment (4 No Experience Jobs)
Organisation: Medical Research Council (MRC UK) /UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit
Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda
The youth researchers will work with the DIY principal investigator and co-investigators, study coordinators, and respective research team in Uganda. The youth researchers will receive training in research methods and will participate in fieldwork activities, including seeking informed consent, collecting qualitative data, co-facilitating participatory action workshops, and engaging in youth-led knowledge sharing over a period of 3 years with renumeration. We aim to select 4 youth with disabilities, representative of different impairment groups, gender, age, and social-economic background. Reasonable accommodations will be provided.
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
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Qualifications, Education and Competencies
Young people aged between 18 and 34 years old who have a disability.
Candidates should possess at least a Bachelor’s degree.
They should be available for a period of 3 years,
They should have the ability to speak and write in English and speak at least two local languages or sign language.
They should have the right to work in Uganda.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit their applications online:
Complete all sections in the online form
Upload your curriculum vitae of maximum 4 pages in the designated area on the form. This CV should be uploaded in Word or PDF format.
Submit your 500 words motivation statement in the designated area in the form. In this statement, please explain why you would like to participate in this project, why you think you are the right person for this, and how you think participating in this project will benefit you and your community.
Deadline: 15th May 2025, 5:00 pm.
