Job title: Research Associate, Institute for Global Health and Development
Primary location: Pakistan
Organisation: Aga Khan Hospital & Medical College
Employment status: Contractual
Job type: Standard
Job posting date (day/month/year): 09/10/2026, 10:43:56 AM
Closing date (day/month/year): 16/10/2026, 11:59:00 PM
Employer page timezone: Asia/Karachi
Department: Institute of Global Health Development
Entity: Medical College
Location: Gilgit-Baltistan
Introduction to the Aga Khan University:
The Aga Khan University is a private, international university committed to international standards of excellence in teaching, research and service. Its teaching hospital, the Aga Khan University Hospital has been accredited by the prestigious Joint Commission International for achieving the highest international healthcare standards.
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.
This a grant funded contractual position.
Responsibilities
You will be responsible to supervise and monitor the research activities including data collection as well as maintain necessary records, create and sustain liaison with the relevant stakeholders for the smooth implementation of all necessary activities of the project. Specific responsibilities include to:
- Supervise and monitor all project activities – including data collection and analysis;
- coordinate with the team to ensure the protocols of the study are being followed along with the timely completeness of project related activities;
- review the literature related to assigned topic;
- actively work on proposal development of research studies;
- liaison with granting agencies and other stake holders for project operations;
- evaluate and validate the data collected;
- conduct assigned qualitative and quantitative analysis;
- develop and formulate search strategy;
- train and mentor, the junior staff;
- develop the data collection tools as per the requirement of the assignment;
- contribute significantly to peer-reviewed publications in high impact journals;
- design and submit weekly progress reports as per the guidelines;
- prepare and present project related activity reports;
- perform any other task assigned by the Supervisor.
Requirements
You should have:
- MBBS or Bachelor’s in Public Health/ Social Sciences/ Environmental Sciences or relevant field (16 years of education);
- 1-2 year experience preferably in community work;
- ability to work in a team;
- ability to establish harmonious working relations at the place of work;
- flexibility in taking over additional/new responsibilities when required by project;
- knowledge of application of related software packages;
- strong communication and interpersonal skills;
- basic Knowledge of data collection, analysis and interpretation in terms of report writing and biostatics;
- good writing skills;
- should be able to communicate in English, Sindhi.
Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.