Assistant Professor

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Wellbeing Days

Job summary

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine invites applications for an Assistant Professor to support epidemiological research on preventing violence against children and adolescents. The role includes involvement in randomised controlled trials and other quantitative and mixed methods studies, with evaluation of the GST Agile at scale in Uganda.

Applicants should hold a doctoral degree in public health, psychology, or related disciplines, and demonstrate expertise in quantitative survey

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in public health, psychology, science or related discipline.
• Proven experience in quantitative survey data collection, design or analysis.
• Analytical skills in evidence synthesis, quantitative or qualitative analysis.
• Good organisational skills, including effective time management.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of epidemiological research on prevention of violence against children and adolescents.
• Conduct randomised controlled trials and other quantitative/mixed methods studies.
• Evaluate the impact of the Good School Toolkit (GST) Agile at scale in Uganda.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Evidence synthesis

Analytical skills

Time management

Organisational skills

Survey design/ data collection

Education

PhD in public health or related discipline

Job description

The Assistant Professor will support the delivery of epidemiological research on prevention of violence against children and adolescents, including randomised controlled trials and other quantitative and mixed methods studies. This will include evaluating the impact of the Good School Toolkit (GST) Agile at scale in Uganda.

Applicants will have a doctoral degree in the field of public health, psychology, science or other related discipline. Proven experience in quantitative survey data collection, design or analysis, analytical skills in evidence synthesis, quantitative or qualitative analysis. As well as evidence of good organisational skills, including effective time management.

The post is full‑time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed term until 30 April 2028. The post is funded by the Oak Foundation and is available from 01 October 2026.

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world's leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice., The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We believe that when people feel respected and included, they can be more creative, successful, and happier at work. While we have more work to do, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace, a community that everyone feels a part of, which is safe, respectful, supportive and enables all to reach their full potential.

• The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 7 in the range £53,317 - £61,034 per annum pro rata (inclusive of London Weighting).
• The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service.
• Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff.
• In addition to this there are discretionary "Wellbeing Days".
• Membership of the Pension Scheme is available.
• The post is based in London at LSHTM but will require overseas travel for periods of weeks to potentially months, during periods of data collection.