Employment

The FXB Center has several available employment opportunities:

Research Coordinator, Cost of Inaction (Req #: 21294)

Launched in August 2008, this initiative is exploring the “cost of inaction” of a failure to respond appropriately to children. With Professors Amartya Sen and Sudhir Anand directing the project, we address the complex challenges of enumerating and quantifying the multiple social and economic costs that follow when societies fail to address the pressing needs of their most vulnerable members. The project is now entering its third year. The first phase of the Cost of Inaction project focused on developing and applying a methodology to consider the consequences and costs that arise from a failure to respond to the needs of children affected (or infected) by HIV/AIDS. To this end, the project team developed a conceptual framework and detailed country case studies. Case studies are necessary to illustrate the choice of counterfactual actions which may be more or less desirable. Different counterfactual actions will give rise to different costs of inaction, and to different direct benefits of action. Given the focus on children affected by HIV/AIDS, case-study countries were selected from the region with the highest HIV prevalence, eastern and southern Africa.

The Cost of Inaction Research Coordinator will report directly to the Research Manager and manage all aspects of the Rwanda country case study. While the focus will be on the Rwandan case study, the Research Coordinator will be expected to assist with work on the Angola case study when necessary. The Research Coordinator's responsibilities include but are not limited to: 1) conducting research; 2) writing research reports; 3) disseminating and presenting research results and 4) serving as a liaison with in-country partners. The Research Coordinator will be expected to work independently and take interventions which have been selected for further analysis and, based on background research, conduct mathematical modeling of the benefits and costs for the selected interventions. Additionally, the Research Coordinator will be expected to make a contribution to a workshop on the Cost of Inaction project results to be held in the fall of 2010.  Please note: This is a grant funded position through 6/30/2011.

Please see required qualifications and apply at the Harvard University employment website: http://www.employment.harvard.edu/

Research Assistant, FXB Center and HHI (Req # 21307)

This is a shared position between the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI). Both entities are Harvard University-wide initiatives with administrative homes at the Harvard School of Public Health. The Research Assistant will provide research and administrative support to Jacqueline Bhabha, in her roles as the FXB Center Director of Research and the Harvard University Advisor on Human Rights Education. The Research Assistant will also support the gender-based violence (GBV) research program at HHI.

The Research Assistant will perform a variety of tasks for the FXB Center and HHI, including but not limited to:

1)  Assisting with the transition of certain human rights activities from the Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies (UCHRS) to the FXB Center. This effort includes: a) communicating regularly with the other human rights groups and organizations within Harvard; b) providing support to the Scholars-at-Risk program; c) providing support and information to Harvard students interested in Human Rights issues; d) collecting and compiling weekly information regarding human rights activities on campus; e) managing the Harvard human rights listserv; f) developing and updating the human rights website; g) coordinating with the undergraduate human rights activities within Ethnic Studies; and h) assisting with conference and event planning.

2)  Providing research and administrative support to the FXB Center Director of Research by: a) performing literature searches; b) identifying and retrieving publications; c) drafting correspondence; d) preparing presentations; and e) representing her in meetings.

3) Supporting the HHI GBV research program by: a) searching for relevant funding opportunities; b) assisting with grant proposal and concept note development; c) assisting in the writing of donor reports; d) conducting literature searches and research on topics related to health and conflict; e) coordinating between the US based research team and international partners; f) coordinating schedules and travel for research team; and g) performing administrative tasks associated with the above activities.

Please note: This is a term position through 6/30/2011.

Please see required qualifications and apply at the Harvard University employment website: http://www.employment.harvard.edu/

Partner Organizations

Please check the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) employment site for other employment opportunities within HSPH.

Our partner organization, Partners in Health, may be seeking employees. Please see the following site for additional information: Employment Opportunities at Partners In Health.