Jobs in Pretoria, South Africa

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) is a statutory research agency dedicated to informing government policy, evaluating policy implementation, stimulating public debate through research dissemination, fostering research collaboration, and building research capacity in the human sciences.

The Research Impact Division (RID) consists of five units: Impact Assessment and Evaluation, Publishing, External Capacity Development and Internship, Strategic Partnerships and Internationalisation, and Research Ethics. These units work together to ensure that HSRC's research is rigorous, relevant, and transformative, aiming to shape a more inclusive, informed, and just society.

The Research Impact Division supports the impact of HSRC research by aligning it with South Africa’s development priorities and the broader African and global context.

The HSRC’s Research Ethics Committee (REC) seeks to appoint two members with backgrounds in biostatistics, epidemiology, or children’s law. The REC promotes research ethics and integrity, reviews research proposals, and is accredited with the South African National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC) and has Federal Wide Assurance (FWA) with the US Office of Human Research Protections.

Position: Expert Member of the Research Ethics Committee (REC) of HSRC

Contract Duration: Five (5) years

Type: Part-time

Reference: REC MEMBER RID 05/25