Summary
Date Posted: Monday, December 05, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

At the Uganda National Institute of Public Health (UNIPH), Department of Data and Analytics, a full-time temporary position as PhD fellow is available for a period of three (3) years from January 1st, 2023. The position is linked to the program Building stronger public health institutions and systems. This project is a collaboration between UNIPH, Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH), and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) and is financed by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). The PhD Fellow will be hosted by UNIPH and follow the PhD program at MakSPH. Research stay(s) in Norway may be included.
The PhD Fellow will work on a project to explore, identify, and test synergies in birth and death registrations through the strengthening and integration and of the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) and health registries in Uganda.

More on the topic:
The Sustainable Development Goals require complete and timely CRVS data for measuring their indicators, in particular numerators (births, deaths), denominators (total population, live births, total deaths), and determinants (e.g., equity variables). The WHO Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2025 and the Guideline Recommendations on Digital Health Interventions for Health Systems Strengthening have highlighted the role of digital health for longitudinal registration of individual-level data and vital events. Traditionally, CRVS systems and health registries are maintained in separate silos representing a missed opportunity for better understanding of population health.
Uganda has made leaps in the digitization of both their CRVS and national ID systems, as well as in the integration of individual level registries in their national health management information systems in DHIS2. Yet, significant challenges remain both in integrating the CRVS and health registries, in the completeness of registration in both systems and in the availability of indicators of high relevance for Universal Health Coverage, such as home births, stillbirths and neonatal deaths, and maternal deaths.

Work tasks:
The PhD fellow will follow the PhD program at MakSPH. He/she will undertake research to:
1. Assess the current birth and death registration systems in CRVS and the health system to identify the barriers, enabling factors, supporting interventions, environment and facilitation strategies to ensure feasibility, acceptability, fidelity, and effectiveness of a fully digitized integrated system at scale.
2. Optimize, through co-design with stakeholders, digital health interventions to support them in their daily work to minimize the data collection, and support better reporting and visualizations, and strengthen the use of data.
3. Implement digital health interventions using a facilitation-based strategy and assess the feasibility, acceptability, fidelity, and effectiveness in Mukono and Buikwe districts, Uganda.

Qualifications and personal qualities:
• This call for candidates is open to all Ugandans.
• The successful applicant must be granted a three-year study leave from his or her current position to be employed in this position.
• The successful applicant must have a masters' degree with a minimum overall score of B. The degree must be in public health, public health informatics, epidemiology or other of similar relevance for the implementation science of the project.
• Research experience with fieldwork in implementation science, public health, public health informatics, or other of similar relevance for the implementation science of the project is desirable.
• Experience of project leadership with fieldwork in the public health or public health informatics sector in similar settings as Uganda is desirable.
• The applicant must have good communication skills both orally and in writing and be fluent in written and oral English.
• Personal characteristics such as abilities to work independently and collaborate in a team will be emphasized. The applicant must be flexible, solution-oriented and with a strong drive to get things done. To succeed as a PhD fellow, the candidate must have excellent organizational and time-management skills, be motivated and responsible, and have a great work capacity, commitment and enthusiasm for research and dissemination.

We can offer:
• A good and challenging international work environment in a team striving for scientific excellence.
• Statutory social security benefits as listed under the NSSF

Your application must include:
• A brief letter of application stating your motivation for the position, why you are applying and why this position is perfect for you.
• An overview of your education and work experience (CV).
• Copies of diplomas and relevant certificates.
• A list of publications and academic work (max 10).
• Two references (name, contact information, and a brief description of their work-relation to you).


Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Associate Degree

Job application procedure

Submit online applications to jadikini@musph.ac.ug  and hard copies to the School of Public Health, Ground floor. Managers Office. Ask for Ms Josephine Adikini.
Deadline for applications is 2 weeks from publication of this advert.
Further information about the position can be obtained from: Dr. Victoria Nankabirwa, MakSPH (phone: +256755757460 or e-mail: vnankabirwa@musph.ac.ug  ) or Dr. Alex Riolexus Ario, UNIPH (phone: +256772363348 or e-mail: riolexus@uniph.go.ug  )
The workforce shall reflect the diversity of Ugandan society to the greatest extent possible. People with minority backgrounds and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply for the position. UNIPH applies the principle of public access to information when recruiting staff for academic positions.

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