Research Associate – Gender Specialist

School: Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department: International Health
Supervisors:
Rosemary Morgan, Associate Scientist, Health Systems Program
Anna Kalbarczyk, Assistant Scientist, Global Disease Epidemiology and Control Program

General summary/purpose:

Assist with the coordination, implementation, and evaluation of the Gender and Health Summer Institute. Identify new funding opportunities in global gender and health teaching, training, and research and support application development and submission. Provide technical assistance on gender and health related projects which could include research and program implementation.

Project Description

The Gender and Health Summer Institute provides training in gender and health with a particular focus on applied methods, including gender analysis, using data to promote gender equity and health, gender transformative interventions, conducting gender assessments, conducting secondary analysis of data to support gender analyses, gender and monitoring and evaluation, organizational change and leadership, creating an enabling environment for gender integration, advocacy and communication for gender equity, and gender-based violence research methods. Gender as applied to public health is a burgeoning field, and many NGOs have specific gender specialist positions.

We maintain a portfolio of gender and health research and programs which we are looking to grow. Current areas of research include but are not limited to the role of gender in COVID, service delivery, nutrition, RMNCAHN, immunization, and women’s leadership.

Specific duties & Responsibilities:

Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following.

• Coordination activities include:
o Support Institute faculty in identifying course material, generating their course

sites, and other administration as needed.
o Support the development and submission of new course applications.
o Plan, attend, and take notes on relevant Institute meetings.
o Design and implement a communications plan to ensure global promotion of the

Institute.
o Support Institute applicants and respond to internal and external queries.
o Coordinate the Institute’s scholarship initiative.
o Maintain the Institute website.
o Regularly search for and share new funding opportunities in global gender and

health.

o Support the preparation and submission of funding applications. This may include conducting rapid literature reviews to inform proposed activities, soliciting and organizing documents from partners, drafting proposal sections, and preparing documents for submission.

o Coordinate international partner meetings and program implementation activities.

• Scholarly product development and activities include:
o Develop tools and processes to conduct monitoring and evaluation of the

Institute.
o Conduct research as needed based on newly funded applications. This may

include conducting desk reviews, qualitative research, quantitative research,

data analysis, and synthesis.
o Assist in the development of manuscripts and other dissemination products. o Prepare workplans and progress reports for funders.

Minimum qualifications (mandatory): Master’s degree in related field. Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred qualifications: At least 1-2 years of experience working with diverse teams.

Special knowledge, skills, and abilities: The candidate should have an interest in and be familiar with gender in relation to global health and should be able to express how health equity is affected by issues in this area. Experience with Microsoft Word and referencing software. Experience with literature reviews, qualitative research, quantitative and mixed methods preferred.

Proposed work schedule and location: This is a full-time faculty position at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. We welcome virtual candidates with consistent access to strong internet connections. Our team maintains flexible work schedules based on the ebb and flow of ongoing and emerging projects. We expect a teammate to be flexible but most importantly, responsive. Candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S.

Annual starting salary is anticipated at $65,000.

How to apply: Applicants should upload a 1) a statement of interest including the names of 3 references and 2) a resume/curriculum vitae to this Dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/reques t/cPT5rEl4U0MyEZlPBtuP

All materials should be uploaded by September 06, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST.