Job title: Research Associate (Sehwan), Paediatrics & Child Health -MC
Primary location: Pakistan
Other locations: Pakistan-Karachi
Organisation: Aga Khan University Pakistan
Employment status: Contractual
Job posting date (day/month/year): 22/10/2026, 3:03:38 PM
Closing date (day/month/year): 29/10/2026, 11:59:00 PM
Employer page timezone: Asia/Karachi
Introduction
Aga Khan University, chartered in 1983 as Pakistan's first private international university, is committed to the provision of education, research, and health care of international standards relevant to Pakistan and the region. The affiliated Aga Khan University Hospital provides state-of-the-art clinical facilities and well-equipped diagnostic services. The University currently has teaching sites in Pakistan, East Africa, the United Kingdom, and Afghanistan, and is a major component of Aga Khan Development Network.
As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.
The Department of Paediatrics, within the Division of Women and Child Health, is engaged in research activities that support the advancement of child health through high-quality evidence generation and field-based projects. The department works closely with research teams and subject matter experts to conduct systematic reviews, data collection activities, and scholarly publications that contribute to improved health outcomes for children.
Responsibilities
Specific responsibilities include to:
- monitor the data collection process in the field, evaluating and ensuring the accuracy of the data
- write weekly reports
- conduct thorough literature searches
- screen and assess article eligibility based on criteria
- systematically extract and analyse relevant data
- evaluate study quality using established tools
- prepare systematic review reports
- contribute to manuscript development for publication
- work closely with team members and experts
- participate in regular team meetings
- perform any other task assigned by the supervisor
Requirements
You should have:
- MBBS
- one to two years of relevant work experience
- experience with paediatric patient clinical assessment
- strong communication and interpersonal skills
- ability to work effectively as a team player
- good writing skills
- excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, Urdu, and Sindhi
- comfort with working in challenging field-based settings
- strong people management skills, particularly in challenging field environments
- proven experience in systematic reviews
- strong understanding of research methodologies
- proficiency in reference management and systematic review tools
Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted
This is a close-ended position
Disclaimer
The Aga Khan University is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment which is free from discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at AKU are based on business needs, job requirements and individual's qualifications and experience, without regard to race, colour, caste or creed, national, social or ethnic origin, gender (except where gender is a bona fide occupational qualification).
AKU does not discriminate among the job candidates on account of any of these characteristics.