Salary:
£75,249 to £101,451
Chair in
Tropical Medicine
Open Ended
Subject to Funding
We are searching for
an outstanding clinical scientist to lead the Wellcome Trust funded MLW
programme in Blantyre, Malawi. The Director will be responsible for leading
scientific strategy and overseeing management and governance of the MLW
programme. The post holder will have his/her own focused area of
internationally competitive relevant research. He/she will ensure the continued
success of the MLW programme in undertaking research of international quality,
training young scientists and making an impact on health policy.
The MLW (Malawi-
Liverpool- Wellcome Trust) programme was founded in 1995 and is one of five
Wellcome Trust funded Major Overseas Programmes. The programme is a partnership
between the College of Medicine in Blantyre, Malawi, the Liverpool School of
Tropical Medicine, the University of Liverpool and the Wellcome Trust. It
undertakes high quality hospital and community based research into the major
diseases affecting Malawi and encompasses a spectrum of research from
laboratory science through to social science and health systems research.
Research is supported by core funding from the Wellcome Trust and multiple grants
from a variety of other funders.
The Director will be
expected to be medically qualified, to have a postgraduate research degree and
to have extensive research experience in diseases that are priorities in lower
and middle income countries. He/she should have also have experience of high
level leadership and experience of working in a low resource setting is also
important. An interest in training and capacity strengthening would also be
welcomed
The successful
applicant will hold a Chair appointment in the Liverpool School of Tropical
Medicine but would be based in Malawi. Salaries will be on the LSTM clinical
scale and a competitive benefits package will be included.
For further
information on this post, please contact Professor David Lalloo ( david.lalloo@lstmed.ac.uk
) or 0151 705 3179.
If you are
interested in applying, please return your completed Application Form, Personal
Details Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form, together with an up to
date CV and covering letter outlining your suitability for the role (stating
vacancy reference number 333), via email to jobs@lstmed.ac.uk or by post to HR,
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA
Close Date
for completed applications: Friday 7 November 2014 (12.00pm)
LSTM
actively promotes an Equal Opportunities Policy
