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Africa Health Research Institute

• Adrie Steyn
• Alison Grant
• Collins Iwuji
• Frank Tanser
• Guy Harling
• Henrik Kløverpris
• Ingrid Bassett
• Janet Seeley
• Kobus Herbst
• Limakatso Lebina
• Mark Siedner
• Maryam Shahmanesh
• Moherndran Archary
• Mohlopheni Marakalala
• Natsayi Chimbindi
• Nceba Gqaleni
• Nigel Klein
• Nothando Ngwenya
• Nuala McGrath
• Philip Goulder
• Thumbi Ndung’u
• Till Bärnighausen
• Zaza Ndhlovu

AHRI is always looking for talented and motivated staff to join our multidisciplinary team. We offer a highly diverse, professional and supportive environment with opportunities for development and growth.

Latest Opportunities

Head of department: social science.

Somkhele & Durban, KZN | HOD/001/FEB/2024

Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI), located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa is recruiting for a head of department to lead its social science core.

Faculty member: social science

Somkhele & Durban, KZN | FACM/001/FEB/2024

Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) is recruiting a social science faculty member to establish and lead an independent research group within its social science research domain.

Research associate: social science

Somkhele & Durban, KZN | RA/001/FEB/2024

Africa Health Research Institute is recruiting a research associate to work in a research group within its social science research domain.

AHRI VALUES

AHRI is a values-driven organisation. Our values are core to achieving a highly diverse, professional, and supportive environment with opportunities for development and growth.

Ubuntu Each person is a valued contributor to our combined success. Each person is nurtured by others in the organisation. Our scientific excellence is connected to our community.

Transformation We exist within a society steeped in racial, colonial, economic, xenophobic, gender, sexual, religious, and other oppression. Our commitment is to equity and redress. We embrace our diversity of people, ideas, and science. AHRI drives transformative science .

Leadership We build leaders in all areas of our work. Leaders exemplify our values. Leaders influence and maximise the efforts of others to achieve our goals, with excellence. AHRI is a trusted science leader.

Excellence We confidently pursue the highest quality in all our activities. Our science is impactful, informs policy and practice, and contributes to global advances in health. Our discoveries aim to improve the quality of life in our communities.

Innovation To pursue excellence and impact, we address critical questions with novel, ambitious, and ground-breaking science. Innovation extends beyond our science into all our activities.

Collaboration We build productive and sustainable partnerships for innovation and impact. The mutually beneficial local and international partnerships involve communities, transdisciplinary academics, funders, government, and policy stakeholders.

All AHRI employees should see themselves as advocates for AHRI’s vision, mission, and values.

Why work at AHRI?

At AHRI we provide competitive employee benefits, encourage continuing professional development, and have open and honest two-way communication with our staff.

AHRI employee benefits include:

• Medical aid
• Retirement fund
• Death, disability and funeral cover
• Long-service awards

At AHRI we encourage continuing professional development (CPD), and have a strong focus on management development.

AHRI offers a wide range of career opportunities within various disciplines. These include nursing (research), clinical research, basic science research, immunology, pharmacology, biorepository, social science and epidemiology research, statistics, data management and analysis, information technology and security, human resources, finance and administration, procurement, technical and maintenance, operations, communications, and community engagement.

About AHRI as an employer AHRI is a values-driven organisation. As an employer we are committed to staff engagement and development. Our culture is one of high performance and partnership.

AHRI’s remuneration and benefit offerings are benchmarked against industry standards. Management development programmes are offered to encourage innovation, critical thinking, proactiveness, continuous development and life-long learning.

Recruitment process Candidates should familiarise themselves with our recruitment process to know what to expect. Our recruitment process typically follows these steps:

• Complete the online application form or, only if requested in a specific advert, forward your CV to the indicated email address
• Should your application match our criteria, you may be shortlisted and invited for an interview and assessment
• Our selection process includes employee risk assessments for shortlisted candidates
• Should your application be successful, our human resources department will provide you with a formal letter of offer and will contact you with information to facilitate your on-boarding process.

Important information before you apply to join AHRI

South African visas If you are not from South Africa and are interested in collaborating, studying or working at AHRI you need to  go here to find out more about the different types of visas that you can apply for. You may also need to visit the South African Embassy in your country as they may require more or different information.

Qualification evaluation for students and postdocs If you are not from South Africa and wish to apply for a masters, PhD or postdoctoral fellowship at AHRI you will need to get your foreign qualification evaluated with the South African Qualification Authority. Read more about this process here .

Medical aid for students All international students who wish to be registered at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) need to be a member of Momentum Medical Aid, which is student focussed. Get more information on this  here .

We are here to help! AHRI’s human resources department is available to assist you with any recruitment-related questions. If your question can’t be answered above, please contact [email protected] (staff positions) or [email protected] (for masters, PhD and postdoc enquiries).

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CAPRISA is a world-class research organisation committed to generating new knowledge that will impact the lives of people on the African continent and globally. At CAPRISA, we create the space for innovative ideas and an exchange of knowledge to enhance our scientific endeavours in an enabling environment that is stimulating to personal development.

Employment Opportunities at CAPRISA

Join a dynamic, diverse and professional team of employees at four CAPRISA Clinical Research sites or at our Head Office in KwaZulu-Natal. We nurture motivated, enthusiastic, creative and original thinkers who can contribute to our core multidisciplinary and collaborative research programmes. CAPRISA is a global research organisation focussing on HIV prevention in women and HIV and TB prevention and treatment interventions. Professional development is central to our human development strategy and we encourage and support continuous learning to empower and equip staff with relevant skills.

Diverse range of Careers

CAPRISA offers a diverse range of careers in various disciplines: clinical (research clinicians and nurses); scientists (epidemiology, basic science, microbicides, vaccines and pathogenesis, TB/HIV treatment), community engagement, pharmacy, laboratory, statistics and data management, finance, human resources, IT, administration and facility management and other support sectors.

Why CAPRISA?

CAPRISA is a globally recognised HIV and TB research centre located in Durban South Africa. The centre is led by world-renowned scientists and is officially the South African DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in HIV Prevention. If you are seeking to further your career in a world class organisation, conducting cutting edge research in HIV and TB prevention and treatment, we want to connect with you. Apply to an advertised position or register your interest in future career opportunities by visiting our  Careers Portal . We collaborate with leading scientists from a range of research organisations across the globe.

Our Core Values

Our core values of excellence, accountability, integrity and making an impact is our moral compass in  Generating knowledge – impacting health

"CAPRISA combines scientific rigour with creativity to find real solutions to the HIV epidemic and thereby impact on global health and well-being."

Prof. Salim Abdool Karim Director: CAPRISA

• An opportunity to access a diverse range of training at prestigious global research organisations.
• An opportunity to develop critical skills to succeed.
• An opportunity to train the next generation of scientists.
• An opportunity to participate in a leadership coaching programme.
• An opportunity to further careers in an environment which promotes excellence in every area.

• Access to global leaders in their respective scientific fields.
• Access to international and national collaborators.

If you are seeking to further your career in a globally recognised, award winning organisation, conducting cutting edge research in HIV and TB prevention and treatment, and offering a diverse range of career options, we want to engage with you.

Accountability

• An opportunity to be part of a diverse research team, finding solutions through rigorous research and innovative interventions, that will impact on the prevention of HIV and the treatment of TB and HIV co-infections and impact lives.

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