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Consultant

TDR’s Research Capacity Strengthening Activities

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Contractual Arrangement : External marketing consultant

Contract Duration (Years, Months, Days) : 11 months

Job Posting: Jan 21, 2025, 12:29:38 AM

Purpose of consultancy

The marketing consultant will contribute in the direction of completely different parts of the TDR Clinical Research Leadership, TDR’s implementation Research Leadership Fellowship Programme and TDR’s Postgraduate Training Programme.

Background

Research Capacity Strengthening (RCS) actions are on the coronary heart of the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training on Tropical Diseases (TDR) technique 2024-2029, which goals to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 and to assist Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

The TDR/RCS aims check with the capability to provide proof that straight informs public well being observe and coverage, in addition to strengthens low- and center-revenue nations (LMIC) analysis capability throughout implementation and scientific analysis, particularly aiming to construct analysis management for the longer term to:

• strengthen capability in LMICs to conduct interdisciplinary precedence analysis by supporting people, establishments and networks; and
• promote institutional and particular person management in well being analysis by way of postgraduate coaching grants and scientific analysis profession growth fellowships.

This consultancy will contribute in the direction of the TDR/RCS aims and is crucial for an environment friendly supply of the actions.

Deliverables

• Objective 1: To diligently assessment, edit and replace the content material of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) experiences from eight universities within the TDR Postgraduate Training Programme: (Bamako University, Mali; BRAC, Bangladesh; University of Antioquia, Colombia; University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal; Indian Institute of Health Management University, India; University of Ghana, Ghana; Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa).
  • Deliverable 1: A accomplished M&E dataset is delivered by 15 March 2025.
• Objective 2: To diligently assessment, edit and replace the draft M&E report for Clinical Research Leadership Fellowship cohort 1 and a couple of.
  • Deliverable 2: A whole set of M&E for cohort 1 and a couple of is delivered by 15 April 2025.
• Objective 3: In collaboration with TDR Postgraduate Programme and Regional Training Centres to facilitate the college alternate programme and month-to-month Implementation Research (IR) lectures and IR Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for the college and college students throughout the eight universities.
  • Deliverable 3: IR MOOC programs supplied to the MPH college students and college alternate programme initiated by 15 May 2025.
• Objective 4: To assessment the choice technique of the brand new cohort of fellows, selling the profile of the Clinical Research Leadership fellows and to offer enter to the scientific trial associated initiatives in the course of the re-integration plan for 20 fellows.
  • Deliverable 4: The shortlisting and the collection of the brand new cohort accomplished by 15 June 2025.
• Objective 5: To assessment the purposes for shortlisting and collection of the candidate for the pilot part of TDR’s Implementation Science for Public Health Impact.
  • Deliverable 5: Review course of accomplished by July 2025.
• Objective 6: To diligently assessment, edit and replace the content material of Progress experiences from eight universities in TDR Postgraduate Training Programme: (Bamako University, Mali; BRAC, Bangladesh; University of Antioquia, Colombia; University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal; Indian Institute of Health Management University, India; University of Ghana, Ghana; Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia; University of Witwatersrand, South Africa).
  • Deliverable 6: The progress experiences are high quality checked by 15 August 2025.
• Objective 7: Monitor and monitor the publication information of fellows by using the Web of Science database, guaranteeing complete documentation and analysis of their scholarly contributions.
  • Deliverable 7: A listing of publications outputs is ready by November 2025.
• Objective 8: Draft at the very least two manuscripts associated to the world of labor for journal submission.
  • Deliverable 8: At least two manuscripts submitted to worldwide open entry journal by December 2025.
• Objective 9: Provide enter to the part associated to Clinical Research Leadership Fellowship and Postgraduate Training and Implementation Research Leadership Fellowship within the Annual Report for Research Capacity Strengthening (RCS).
  • Deliverable 9: The above-talked about enter to the RCS annual report is delivered by finish of January 2026.

Qualifications, expertise, expertise and languages

Educational Qualifications

Essential:

• Master’s diploma in public well being.

Desirable:

• PhD in a well being-associated area.

Experience

Essential:

• Minimum of 5 years’ expertise in analysis coaching related to public well being, and at the very least 2 years’ expertise in venture administration.

Desirable:

• At least 3 years’ expertise a as part of an investigator’s group that was conducting of a Good Clinical Trial Compliance scientific trial.

Skills/Knowledge

Essential:

• Technical and well being analysis expertise:
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  • Epidemiology
  • Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and well being analysis ethics
  • Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
  • Scientific writing
  • Data evaluation: R, SPSS, MS Excel
  • Presentation expertise
• Communication and administration expertise
  • Communication and organizational expertise
  • Project administration
  • Team work

Desirable:

• Complex statistical strategies

Languages and stage required

Essential:

• Expert data of English

Desirable

• Intermediate data of French

Location

Offsite: Home-based

Travel

The marketing consultant is predicted to journey.

Remuneration and finances (journey prices are excluded)

Remuneration

Band stage B: USD 7,000

9,980 per 30 days

Living bills (A residing expense is payable to on-website consultants who’re internationally recruited)

N/A

Expected period of contract

11 months

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