Senior Instructor, Community Health Sciences

Senior Instructor, Department of Community Health Sciences

Location
Karachi / Jamshoro, Pakistan

Introduction
Aga Khan University, Department of Community Health Sciences, is implementing the “Tobacco Smoke Free Cities” project, a multi-country implementation research initiative funded by the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD), UK. The project is being implemented across Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Vietnam, with the Principal Investigator based at the University of York, UK.

AKU is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to safeguarding and aims to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between all faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

In Pakistan, the project aims to support 100% tobacco smoke-free universities by strengthening and implementing existing tobacco control policies across seven public sector universities in Karachi and Jamshoro. Following the baseline and co-creation phases, the project is entering its implementation phase in November 2026, followed by evaluation and follow-up.

This is a grant-funded contractual position.

Responsibilities
The Senior Instructor will contribute to the academic, research, implementation, and coordination aspects of the project and other research domains. Specifically, you will be responsible to:

• support the implementation of the project strategies across participating universities
• provide academic and technical input to project activities related to tobacco control, health promotion, implementation research, and public health
• contribute to the development and delivery of lectures, training sessions, orientations, workshops, and other academic or capacity-building activities
• facilitate engagement with students, faculty, university administration, government departments, and other relevant stakeholders
• support coordination with the multi-sector coalition established during the co-creation phase
• guide and support research and field teams involved in implementation, monitoring, data collection, and follow-up activities
• support field visits, monitoring activities, observations, stakeholder consultations, and documentation of implementation progress
• contribute to data collection, quality assurance, analysis, interpretation, and reporting
• assist in developing research reports, manuscripts, presentations, policy briefs, and other academic and project outputs
• contribute to dissemination of research findings through academic and stakeholder forums
• support the development of evidence-based recommendations to strengthen tobacco control policies and their implementation
• participate in academic discussions, departmental activities, and other scholarly engagements relevant to the project.

Requirements:
You should have:

• a Master’s degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, or a related discipline. A doctoral degree will be an advantage
• at least four years of experience in public health research, health promotion, implementation research, or community-based programmes
• experience in teaching, training, academic facilitation, or supervision will be preferred
• experience working with universities, government departments, or multi-sectoral stakeholders will be an advantage
• demonstrated experience in research, field implementation, data collection, monitoring, and scientific/report writing
• strong communication, coordination, facilitation, and presentation skills
• key competencies in:
   - public health research and implementation
   - teaching, training, and academic facilitation
   - tobacco control and health promotion
   - stakeholder engagement and coordination
   - research data collection and analysis
   - scientific writing and documentation
   - team leadership and mentoring
   - communication and presentation
   
• ability to manage multiple activities and meet timelines

Comprehensive employment reference checks will be conducted.