About the position
Background:
- The SAMRC/Wits-Agincourt Research Unit is a leading health, population and development-oriented research centre
- Taking a life course approach, the Unit undertakes interdisciplinary observational and intervention research and policy evaluations collaborating with scientists from South African and African, UK/European, North American and Australian institutions
- The Unit supports a major population research infrastructure including a health and socio-demographic surveillance system (HDSS) covering 31 villages of the Bushbuckridge sub-district of Mpumalanga Province adjacent to Mozambique
Main purpose of the job:
- The successful postdoctoral fellows will join a multidisciplinary team of talented research and data scientists and enjoy unparalleled opportunity across all stages of the research process, including ethics and public engagement, field science, research data management, research-to-policy engagement, analysis, write-up and publication, as well as grants development
Tenable : Two Years
Location:
- Bushbuckridge sub-district, Mpumalanga Province, where Wits offers various accommodation options, or the Wits School of Public Health in Johannesburg with travel to the SAMRC/Wits Agincourt campus in Bushbuckridge
Key performance areas:
Fellows will nest within a research area depending on background, experience and interest:
- Adolescent health (including HIV, mental health, nutrition)
- Adult health (including NCDs, HIV, mental health, sleep disorders, ageing and cognition)
- Population trends, transitions, and social and environmental determinants (including migration)
- Health systems innovation (including population and clinic-hospital linkage systems, task shifting to traditional health practitioners)
- Digital innovation and applications of AI are of special interest
Required minimum education and training:
- PhD awarded within past 5 years
- Background in relevant discipline(s), including Epidemiology, Statistics, Demography, Public Health, Economics, Social Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Informatics, AI and Computing, Genomics.
- Evidence of academic and scholarly potential (publications, conference presentation, grants)
- English language proficiency, strong conceptual and writing skills
TO APPLY:
- Wits University invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for a Post Doctoral Research Fellow position
- Please send an updated CV, plus a Cover letter outlining your suitability for the fellowship, Names and contact details of 3 referees (at least two academic), Examples of written or published work, Certified copies of Degree certificates and academic transcripts, Certified copy of ID, Permanent Residency, Passport and/or Visa (where applicable), Certified copy of Driver’s license
- Only if you meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit your documents
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- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position
- Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates
- Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful
- Closing date: 30 April 2026
- Note: No CV will be accepted after the closing date
Please note:
- WHC, in accordance with its Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto
- The University is committed to employment equity
- Preference will be given to appointable applicants from the designated South African groups in terms of the relevant employement equity plans and policies of the University
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- Please note that correspondence will only be entered into with shortlisted candidates
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- AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position
Desired Skills:
- Grants Development
- Research
- Adult Health
- PhD
- Epidemiology
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Mpumalanga
