Jobs in Switzerland Research Associate

Jobs in Switzerland Research Associate

The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute is the biggest institution for public health, international health and tropical medicine in Switzerland. The institute with over 700 employees delivers a sustainable contribution with its research, education and services to the improvement of health worldwide.

The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (EPH), within Swiss TPH, develops and applies epidemiological, statistical and mathematical methods to advance innovation, validation and application in the field of public health. Within our Health Systems and Policy Research group we are seeking a highly motivated 

The Research Associate will contribute to different projects that require data management and analytical skills. The incumbent will support the research activities of a project investigating how to extend social health protection to vulnerable population groups in low income countries improving health system governance. The project will use households’ surveys data, large administrative datasets of health insurance schemes, and health management information systems. The Research Associate will also work on other projects in the unit.

Experience and skill requirements

To best fit to the requirements of the position, we expect the following qualifications:

- Master’s degree either in Public Health, Economics, Computer Science or Statistics (or a related field)

- Experience in data management and analysis of large datasets 

- Good programming skills in R and/or STATA; experience in Python would be great.

- Good communication skills, strong spirit of team work and initiative, and ability to work with professionals in multi-cultural context

- Excellent command of English (speaking and writing) 

- Willingness to conduct research activities and spend some time in a low income country.

Start of employment: 

November 2017 or upon negotiation

There is no closing date for application, but we encourage applicants to submit their application as soon as possible. As long as the position is published on the website of Swiss TPH it is still open.

We look forward to receiving your online application with CV, motivation letter, complete course grades and transcripts and the names and contact information (email or phone) of 3 referees. 

Note that we can only accept applications via our online recruiting tool. Applications via email will not be considered.

Contact

For further information about the position, please visit our website 

https://www.swisstph.ch/en/ or contact Prof Dr Günther Fink at +41 61 284 8354

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