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WHO/ Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) seeks a Senior Researcher on “Gathering Evidence to Promote Sexual Health” (Delhi , India
Terms of Reference: World Health Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) of the Netherlands
Through these assessments we hope to document “best practices” in sexuality counselling. This information will contribute to the evidence base on the importance of addressing sexuality within broader SRH and HIV/AIDS programmes.
The assessments will be conducted between January-March 2007 and the results will be used (when appropriate) to inform the development of guidelines for providing good quality sexuality related counselling in the provision of SRH and HIV/AIDS services. The assessments take place in four countries: Kenya , Uganda , Brazil and India
A researcher will be contracted by the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) to carry out the following activities in Delhi , India
1. To revise the protocol (including adaptation of the selected instruments) to become site specific for the identified programmes and their particular form of sexuality counselling interventions.
- To undertake all necessary preparations to secure local ethical clearance, and presentation of the protocol before ethical clearance boards in the country.
- To undertake all necessary preparations for the assessment of the project site:
a) Collection and organisation of materials for the desk review, and the analysis of this information
b) Organisation of Focus Group Discussions
c) Identification of key informants for the in-depth interviews
d) Identification of stakeholders for interviews and analysis
- To carry out the research with the research team
- To participate in the analysis and report writing workshop and to co-write the final assessment report (and subsequent article as appropriate)
Timeline: Approximately 20 days over the course of three months and remuneration: Rs. 2.25 lakhs
Profile requirements of researcher:
- 5-10 years of experience working on, and preferably evaluating SRH and HIV programmes in one of the selected countries
- Advanced degree in public health
- No direct affiliation with any of the organisations to be assessed
- Excellent analytical and writings skills
- Excellent command of written and spoken Hindi and English
Interested candidates should send their CV and a letter of interest to s.nayak@... by 27th November 2006. Short-listed candidates will be contacted directly by the India Research Team (interviews likely in December 2006).
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