Job Title: Intern – Youth Researcher (6 No Experience Jobs)
Organisation: Medical Research Council (MRC UK) /UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
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.
About DIY Project:
For the AHRC/UKRI funded project ‘DIsabled Youth investigates (DIY): a co-creative research collaboration’, implemented together with the Child Health and Development Centre of Makerere University, the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, and THRU Zim Health Unit, we are seeking 6 young people with disabilities and 6 peers without disabilities to participate in a research training and internship program between June and November 2023. The DIY program aims to develop and implement youth-led African disability research, create employment opportunities for disabled youth in research, and encourage and facilitate youth-led knowledge sharing and awareness raising.
About Internship:
The youth research interns will work with the DIY principal investigator and co-investigator, study coordinator, Disability Research Group team and implementing partner organizations. The interns will receive training in research methods and will participate in fieldwork activities, including seeking informed consent, collecting qualitative data, co-facilitating 2 participatory action workshops, and engaging in youth-led knowledge sharing.
The Unit aims to select 6 youth with disabilities, representative of different impairment groups, gender, age, and social-economic background together with their peers. Recruitment will be conducted in collaboration with the National Council for Persons with Disabilities and the Child Health Development Centre of Makerere University. The Unit will provide reasonable accommodations based on the intern’s impairment needs.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Young people aged between 18 and 29 years’ old who have a disability with their peers.
- The candidates (youth with disabilities and their peers) should possess at least an A-level certificate, having a Diploma, degree or higher degree is preferred
- Available from June till November 2023
- Fluent in English and preferably have knowledge of an additional language such as Luganda and sign language.
How to Apply:
All interested candidates should submit their applications online:
- Each applicant (e.g. the youth with a disability and their peer) should complete all sections in the online form individually: Click Here
- 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 April 2023, 5:00 pm.
Candidates will receive a notification in their email if their application and documentation have been successfully received.