Working at OHT

Job Type: full time, entry level

Location: Bengaluru (on-site)

Number of Posts: 2

OHT is seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding credentials and demonstrated problem-solving abilities for the role of Research Analyst. The analyst should be ambitious and resourceful with excellent communication skills. Candidates should be able to act and work responsibly and independently with energy and humility. 

Position Overview 

The chosen candidate will perform diverse, advanced research functions and support activities that facilitate the research of OHT researchers in conducting studies on diverse subjects and issues, including health economics, infectious diseases, and antimicrobial resistance. 

Role and Responsibilities 

The chosen candidates will work closely with OHT India and United States teams of epidemiologists, disease modelers, and economists to provide research support for: 

• executing health and development economics projects around vaccination, public health financing, interventions to curb infectious diseases, and antibiotic consumption;  

• building simulation models using programming skills to study patterns of disease spread in the community and understand the potential effects of interventions such as vaccination; 

• performing research-related tasks including literature reviews, data cleaning, data management, programming, analysis, and manuscript preparation along with intermittent grant writing and administrative support. The supervisor may assign other tasks as needed. 

Preferred Qualifications 

Essential 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Advanced Statistics 

Desirable 

• Masters in Computer Science or Advanced Statistics 

Preferred Experience & Skills 

• Experience in programming languages such as R, Python, and STATA is required 

• Experience in epidemiological studies and publications is a bonus 

• Good quantitative research skills in data science and biostatistics  

• Analytical reasoning 

• The ability to correlate and interpret nuances in data for hidden insights 

• Knowledge of health economics and infectious disease modeling 

• The ability to learn new programming skills, packages, and necessary theory if required for upcoming projects 

• The ability to translate research findings into a technical report through relevant data visualization and tables 

• Programming experience in other languages including C/C++ or SQL is a plus 

• Data management and server management are a plus

Important Notices:  

This job description is not an exclusive or exhaustive list of all job functions that a team member in this position may be asked to perform. Duties and responsibilities can be changed, expanded, reduced, or delegated by management to meet the institution’s needs. 

How to Apply? 

Interested candidates may send their resume and cover letter to [email protected] and [email protected]. Please include “Research Analyst – Bengaluru” in the subject line of the email.