One Health Research Associate  at University of Global Health Equity (UGHE)

Description

Title: One Health Research Associate 

Reports to: Chair, One Health  

Program: Center for One Health, University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) 

Location: Remote 

Duration: September 15, 2023 – August 15, 2025 

Position Overview 

The major responsibility of the One Health Research Associate will be to give research assistance to the UGHE Center for One Health. They will be collaborating on a project supported by the Social Sciences and Health Research Council (SSHRC) called "Governance of One Health Challenges: Fostering Collaboration." The Research Associate will be in charge of performing a situational and institutional examination of Rwanda's One Health governance systems. The One Health Research Associate will deliver a final research report, a policy brief, and a publication submission to a peer-reviewed journal at the end of the contract. 

Responsibilities 

• Collaborate with the University of Guelph and York University to perform a situational and institutional analysis of OH governance systems. 
• Conduct an environmental scan of multisectoral policies and interventions used to address five global health issues. 
• Conduct expert interviews and focus group discussions with stakeholders from One Health. 
• Conduct a gender and sex analysis of Rwanda's OH governance structures. 
• Create a final study report, a policy brief, and submit results to a peer-reviewed journal. 

Experience and Qualifications 

• Master's degree in one of the One Health domains (human, animal, or environmental health) 
• Outstanding writing and editing abilities 
• Experience with NVivo12 or comparable qualitative research tools for conducting thematic content analysis  
• Passion for the One Health approach  
• Understanding of One Health in Rwanda, including important stakeholders in government 
• English and Kinyarwanda fluency; French proficiency  
• Capability to manage, organize, prepare, and generate data in order to make decisions 
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to interact effectively with culturally diverse and transdisciplinary stakeholders 
• Strategic thinking and analytical capabilities, sound judgment, and innovative problem-solving abilities are required. 
• Fluency with Microsoft Office Suite tools, including Excel, Google Suite products, and learning management systems is required. 

Organizational Profile

The University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) is a new type of university dedicated to educating the next generation of global leaders in health care delivery. The Master of Science in Global Health Delivery (MGHD) program was introduced in Rwanda in September 2015. Students are empowered to both alleviate suffering at the bedside and push transformational, systemic changes to the health system as a result of an academic experience that is distinctively based in equity values. UGHE also offers its health care delivery model through a collection of tailored Executive Education certificate courses designed to equip individuals with crucial competencies critical to improve health care delivery systems. 

Partners in Health (PIH), a renowned non-profit organization with the goal of giving the underprivileged access to preferential healthcare, is the organization behind UGHE. PIH has created a plan to provide top-notch healthcare to some of the world's most disenfranchised people over the course of over three decades of functioning alongside public sectors in several nations. Nowhere has this influence been more noticeable than in Rwanda, where PIH's sister organization Inshuti Mu Buzima and our government partners have been at the forefront of innovation for the past ten years. 

Members of the UGHE community are persistent and steadfast in our pursuit of social justice, join forces with those in need, listen to others and learn from them, act honestly and modestly, and promote academic integrity and intellectual curiosity. The University of Global Health Equity is looking for team members who share these principles.