HUMAN SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (HSRC)
FINANCE AND GRANTS OFFICER Details Closing Date 2024/04/30 Reference Number HSR240419-1 Job Type Fixed Term contract- long term Job Title Finance and Grants Officer Business Area Public Health, Societies and Belonging - PHSB Department CCBR Number of Positions 1 Workplace Type On-site Location - Town / City Pietermaritzburg Location – Province KwaZulu-Natal Location – Country South Africa Minimum Education Level NQF8 - Hons Degree or equivalent Application Closing Date 30-Apr-2024 Job Category Administrative Job Advert Summary The Centre for Community Based Research (CCBR) exists within the Division of Public Health, Societies and Belonging (PHSB). The mission of the CCBR is to understand, identify and improve community wellbeing by exploring, describing and addressing health, education, and quality of life through novel mixed-methods approaches that combines multidisciplinary capacities, and to serve as a hub for knowledge generation, capacity building and training. Through engagement and advocacy for community-informed approaches, the CCBR is a champion for this work within the Division and across the HSRC. The CCBR currently have staff in both Durban and Pietermaritzburg with plans to grow activities and capacity beyond the borders of the Sweetwaters office. The CCBR is looking for a suitably qualified persons to take on the responsibilities of a senior officer responsible for grants and contracts management for research projects implemented at the Sweetwaters office. The successful candidate will lead the provision of effective financial and administrative support services to all staff and sites, specifically in the areas of financial management, donor liaison and organizational administration. They will take on budgeting and financial operation of projects; grants management; assigned clerical and administrative tasks; at Sweetwaters. This position is offered on a 24 month contract. Minimum Requirements
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Policy In delivering 'social science that makes a difference' in South Africa and the region, the Research Programmes of the Human Sciences Research Council initiate and undertake policy-oriented research projects and programmes from its offices in Cape Town, Durban, Pietermaritzburg and Pretoria. Its public-purpose mandate is set out in the Human Sciences Research Council Act No.17 of 2008. The HSRC aims to attract and retain high-calibre skills and human resources necessary to effectively execute both its mandate to conduct research and to support the strategic intent of the organisation. The HSRC is committed to accelerating the improvement in the proportion of South African Citizens who are black, female, or disabled towards achieving Equity goals. The HSRC reserves the right not to make an appointment. Application from recruitment agencies will not be accepted. PLEASE APPLY HERE
RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL STUDY NURSE Details Closing Date 2024/04/30 Reference Number HSR240419-2 Job Type Fixed Term contract- long term Job Title Research Professional Study Nurse Business Area Public Health, Societies and Belonging - PHSB Department CCBR Number of Positions 1 Workplace Type On-site Location - Town / City Pietermaritzburg Location – Province KwaZulu-Natal Location – Country South Africa Minimum Education Level NQF 6 - National Diploma or equivalent Application Closing Date 30-Apr-2024 Job Category Scientific Job Advert Summary The Centre for Community Based Research (CCBR) exists within the Division of Public Health, Societies and Belonging (PHSB). The mission of the CCBR is to understand, identify and improve community wellbeing by exploring, describing and addressing health, education, and quality of life through novel mixed-methods approaches that combines multidisciplinary capacities, and to serve as a hub for knowledge generation, capacity building and training. Through engagement and advocacy for community-informed approaches, the CCBR is a champion for this work within the Division and across the HSRC. The CCBR currently have staff in both Durban and Pietermaritzburg with plans to grow activities and capacity beyond the borders of the Sweetwaters office. The CCBR is looking for a suitably qualified persons to take on the responsibilities of professional study nurse for research projects implemented at the Sweetwaters office. The successful candidates will be assigned to multi-year projects to implement and evaluate health interventions to reach identified population groups in the communities designated for the research study. The professional nurse/data collector will report to the study project manager and project team and site support staff to successfully implement their role. This position is offered on a 13 month contract. Minimum Requirements
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Policy In delivering 'social science that makes a difference' in South Africa and the region, the Research Programmes of the Human Sciences Research Council initiate and undertake policy-oriented research projects and programmes from its offices in Cape Town, Durban, Pietermaritzburg and Pretoria. Its public-purpose mandate is set out in the Human Sciences Research Council Act No.17 of 2008. The HSRC aims to attract and retain high-calibre skills and human resources necessary to effectively execute both its mandate to conduct research and to support the strategic intent of the organisation. The HSRC is committed to accelerating the improvement in the proportion of South African Citizens who are black, female, or disabled towards achieving Equity goals. The HSRC reserves the right not to make an appointment. Application from recruitment agencies will not be accepted. PLEASE APPLY HERE
SENIOR RESEARCH MANAGER Details Closing Date 2024/04/26 Reference Number HSR240415-1 Job Type Fixed Term contract- long term Job Title Senior Research Manager Business Area Equitable Education and Economics - EEE Department Equitable Education and Economics Number of Positions 1 Workplace Type Hybrid Location - Town / City Cape Town Location – Province Western Cape Location – Country South Africa Minimum Education Level NQF 9 - Masters Degree or equivalent Application Closing Date 26-Apr-2024 Job Category Other Job Advert Summary In delivering ‘social science that makes a difference’ the Research Divisions, Units, Institutes and Centres of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) undertake policy-oriented research from its offices in Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, and Pietermaritzburg. Our public purpose mandate is set out in the Human Sciences Research Council Act of 2008. The Equitable Education and Economies (EEE) division undertakes research to transform educational outcomes and increase economic participation. It recognises that education and the economy have long been linked, and conducts research to understand educational performance and improve learning outcomes, and to interrogate social, spatial and structural obstacles to economic participation. The EEE Research Division has a new project, U’Good, which aims to test and further develop relational approaches to wellbeing (RWB); and generate empirical insights into key contemporary challenges to young people’s wellbeing, and how they are addressing these. The programme is structured into four thematic areas to focus on the wellbeing of Young People with regards to: Livelihoods, Climate change, Digitalisation and Mental health. The research programme will be implemented over five interrelated work packages: 1) the funding of research projects focusing on young people in the 12 focus countries, 2) capacity strengthening of young people and researchers, 3) the development of a community of practice, 4) monitoring, evaluation and strategic learning and 5) communication and dissemination. In line with the ethos of the programme it seeks to employ and approach to monitoring and evaluation that is novel, strategic, learning-oriented and appropriate to the challenges the research programme seeks to understand and have a positive impact on. EEE is looking to appoint an experienced, Senior Research Manager with expertise in the area of Monitoring and Evaluation, for a period of 4 years to be based in either the HSRC’s Cape Town or Pretoria Office’s, commencing on 1 June 2024. The incumbent will thus be expected to drive and coordinate the monitoring and evaluation function and supporting activities across the work packages to enable strategic learning. Senior Research Manager (1 Position) Four (4) year fixed term contract Ref. No: M&ES 04/2024 Minimum Requirements
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APPLICATIONS: The HSRC will only consider applications that comply with the above requirements. Please register and submit your application online at https://hsrc.erecruit.co/ Application Instructions: Candidates can make use of their mobile devices or any browser to register on the Neptune recruitment site, as well as to make application for available vacancies Candidates will be prompted to upload their CV’s; Please not that currently the system cannot accept multiple, separate, attachments, please ensure that you PDF your C.V and ALL your supporting documents into one file and attach it when prompted to do so for your C.V document, ensuring that it complies with the file size below; Attachments must be less than 1MB, there is an on-screen option to resize Enquiries (NOT Applications or CVs) may be directed to Dr Candice Groenewald email [email protected]. Closing date: 26 April 2024. We encourage applicants to submit prior to the closing date. If you do not receive any response from us within eight weeks, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Only candidates who are interviewed will be advised of the outcome of their application. The HSRC reserves the right not to make an appointment APPLICATIONS FROM RECRUITMENT AGENCIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Policy In delivering 'social science that makes a difference' in South Africa and the region, the Research Programmes of the Human Sciences Research Council initiate and undertake policy-oriented research projects and programmes from its offices in Cape Town, Durban, Pietermaritzburg and Pretoria. Its public-purpose mandate is set out in the Human Sciences Research Council Act No.17 of 2008. The HSRC aims to attract and retain high-calibre skills and human resources necessary to effectively execute both its mandate to conduct research and to support the strategic intent of the organisation. The HSRC is committed to accelerating the improvement in the proportion of South African Citizens who are black, female, or disabled towards achieving Equity goals. The HSRC reserves the right not to make an appointment. Application from recruitment agencies will not be accepted. PLEASE APPLY HERE PHD RESEARCH TRAINEE Details PhD Research Trainee (HSR240410-3) Closing Date 2024/04/25 Reference Number HSR240410-3 Job Type Fixed Term contract- long term Job Title PhD Research Trainee Business Area Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators - CeSTII Department CeSTII Number of Positions 1 Workplace Type Hybrid Location - Town / City Cape Town Location – Province Western Cape Location – Country South Africa Minimum Education Level NQF 9 - Masters Degree or equivalent Application Closing Date 25-Apr-2024 Job Category Other Job Advert Summary In delivering ‘social science that makes a difference’ in South Africa and the region, the Research Programmes of the Human Sciences Research Council initiate and undertake policy-oriented research projects and programmes from its offices in Cape Town, Durban, Pietermaritzburg, and Pretoria. Its public-purpose mandate is set out in the Human Sciences Research Council Act of 2008. The Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (CeSTII) is a specialist research centre within the Human Sciences Research Council that is dedicated to producing policy relevant research and statistical analysis in the domain of science, technology and innovation. CeSTII has a vision to be a thought and practice leader, as well as, an acknowledged site of excellence in its field and aims to consolidate its position as a value-adding component of South Africa’s national innovation system. CeSTII seeks to appoint one PhD Research Intern who has studied and has an interest in the field of science, technology and innovation measurement. The appointment is for a period of three years. The successful incumbent will be based in Cape Town. The Internship Programme in the HSRC is meant to provide the successful candidates with an opportunity to further develop their research expertise by working with subject experts and project specialists. The internship experience is intensive and requires mature individuals who are able to work independently as well as in a team. The successful individuals will be required to balance day to day duties and responsibilities in CeSTII and the HSRC with PhD related work and complete their thesis within 3 years. Time is set aside for this purpose. PhD Research Trainee Three (3) year Contract Ref: PhD Intern CeSTII 04/2024 RE-ADVERTISEMENT PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT RE-APPLY Minimum Requirements
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Applications: In your application, please include 1) a letter of motivation indicating the position you are applying for, 2) your CV, 3) a copy of current earnings on a cost-to-company basis if applicable 4) a one-page outline of your PhD thesis or proposed PhD thesis, 5) a copy of your academic transcripts as well as 6) the names of three contactable referees (with telephone, and e-mail contact details). The HSRC will only consider applications that include the above requirements. Applicants may be required to undertake a written exercise in the competencies required for the position. Due to the volumes received, the HSRC no longer accepts emailed or hard-copy applications. Please register and submit your application online at https://hsrc.erecruit.co/ Application Instructions: Candidates can make use of their mobile devices or any browser to register on the Neptune recruitment site, as well as to make application for available vacancies; Candidates will be prompted to upload their documents; Attachments must be less than 1MB, there is an on-screen option to resize; The Neptune system will only allow you to upload 1 Please ensure that all documents are merged into 1 file before uploading. Enquiries and not applications may be directed to Dr Amy Kahn via email [email protected] The HSRC is committed to accelerating the improvement in the proportion of its South African senior managers, research leaders and support staff who are black, female or disabled. Closing date: 25 April 2024. We encourage applicants to submit prior to that date. Applicants who have not been contacted within eight weeks should assume that their application has been unsuccessful. Only applicants who are interviewed will be advised of the outcome of their applications. THE HSRC RESERVES THE RIGHT TO NOT MAKE AN APPOINTMENT APPLICATIONS FROM RECRUITMENT AGENCIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Policy In delivering 'social science that makes a difference' in South Africa and the region, the Research Programmes of the Human Sciences Research Council initiate and undertake policy-oriented research projects and programmes from its offices in Cape Town, Durban, Pietermaritzburg and Pretoria. Its public-purpose mandate is set out in the Human Sciences Research Council Act No.17 of 2008. The HSRC aims to attract and retain high-calibre skills and human resources necessary to effectively execute both its mandate to conduct research and to support the strategic intent of the organisation. The HSRC is committed to accelerating the improvement in the proportion of South African Citizens who are black, female, or disabled towards achieving Equity goals. The HSRC reserves the right not to make an appointment. Application from recruitment agencies will not be accepted. PLEASE APPLY HERE
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