Position: Research Associate

Organization: The Institute of Public Health Sciences Hyderabad (IPHSH)

Location: Hyderabad 

Project Brief

The Disability Data Initiative is an observatory of global disability rights. Achieving rights for persons with disabilities as stipulated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires quality, policy-relevant disability data. The long-term goal is to close this disability data gap by making internationally comparable data on disability publicly available and accessible, and with this data to inform debates and facilitate policy studies.

Deliverables:

• Conducting the dataset questionnaire review for South Asia: identify surveys and censuses, reviews questionnaires and analyse questions related to disability.
• Disseminating DDI results to South Asia stakeholders through outreach and events.
• Providing research support to the DDI team at IIPHH (e.g. literature search and review, report writing).
• Providing research and dissemination support to the DDI team at Fordham (e.g. literature search and review, report writing).
• Any other tasks assigned by Supervisor/PI.

Qualification:

Essential: Master’s in Public Health

Experience:

Essential:  1-2 years in public health/ disability/ development projects

Desirable:

Experience in disability projects, with skills in literature search and data analysis, Public health project management