兼职岗位，为期六个月，每周工作三天。

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Research Studies -

• Conduct desk research based on needs from various environmental health projects, including WASH-related health impacts, lead (Pb) exposure, and children’s environmental health risks.

• Support the design and implementation of public health impact assessment research, monitoring and evaluation studies, using qualitative and quantitative research methods.

• Support the design of evaluation studies, including protocols, questionnaires, sampling plans, and implementation plans.

• Coordinate study implementation, ensuring ethical clearance, liaising with market research companies in collaborating countries, troubleshooting, and maintaining frequent communication with all necessary staff to ensure high-quality project implementation.

2. Data Analysis and Reporting -

• Support high-quality research reports and writings, including informative data analytics and appealing data visualizations.

• Maintain quantitative and qualitative datasets for ongoing projects and writings.

• Conduct analysis as necessary and directed, using advanced statistical approaches.

• Produce visually appealing data representations for use in reports or other technical writings and for use in the media.

• Prepare reports, presentations, and drafts of academic papers as provided by the team.

3. Communication and Collaboration

• Work closely with Vital’s strategic communication colleagues to produce knowledge materials.

• Support colleagues in producing reports, presentations, and other dissemination material on key research insights and findings, to donors and
other stakeholders.

Qualifications

Education & degree -

Master’s degree in Public Health, Environmental Health, Epidemiology, or other relevant major. Three years relevant experience in statistics, research, data visualization

Skills & abilities -

• Professional oral and written proficiency in English and Chinese.

• Strong understanding of public health surveillance in China.

• Strong foundational understanding of public health principles, especially epidemiology, analysis, terminology, and exposure assessment;

• Excellent epidemiologic and data analytic skills, including the ability to use statistical software and GIS packages (e.g., R, Stata, SAS) to calculate weights and conduct multivariate analyses.

• Proficiency in statistics and quantitative research methodologies; strong statistical competencies that can be applied to environmental health data.

• Prior experience working in government and/or in collaboration with governmental health or environmental ministries preferred;

• Prior work experience with international non-governmental organizations preferred;

• Experience conducting public health surveillance;

• Experience managing complex data flows;

• communication abilities, encompassing verbal, written, and interpersonal skills, are necessary.

• Attention to detail and effective organizational skills.

• Flexibility and the capacity to collaborate with diverse, international teams and work on different time zones.

• Self-motivated individual with excellent follow-through and resourcefulness.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to negotiate relationships and develop partnerships among diverse governmental and civil society stakeholders, communicate effectively to technical and non-technical audiences, and contribute to an interdisciplinary international team;

• Outstanding organizational skills and ability to successfully manage competing priorities and meet deadlines;

• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, work independently, and make sound, informed decisions;

• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Experience:

• Experience in research and supporting projects from inception to conclusion.

• Experience in data analysis software such as: SPSS, STATA, R, Python, Tableau, NVivi or Atlas required.

• Experience in generating research content for technical reports, white papers, policy briefs, factsheets, and academic writings for audiences of varied technical knowledge.

• Experience in representing data and information using visuals such as graphs, charts, maps, and more.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

Ability to work in the Beijing office following Vital’s hybrid work schedule

How to apply

Please send your CV both in English and Chinese, a cover letter, to chinarecruitmentATvitalstrategies.org. Write “Environmental Health Research Consultant” in the subject line. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.