Research Assistant

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world's leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

The Agriculture, Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Science-Policy Platform is a £20m five-year LSHTM-led consortium, co-funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). A global evidence platform accelerating actions towards equitable and just food systems for nutrition and health, whilst confronting climate change and protecting nature, through interdisciplinary research, capability sharing and collaboration.

The Research Assistant will be responsible for undertaking analysis and synthesis of research in agriculture and food systems for improved nutrition. Duties will include identifying and researching issues of current or potential interest to the ANH Academy Science-Policy Platform, producing critical analyses and summaries, working on systematic reviews and drafting and disseminating various types of research documents. The job will involve close collaboration with research groups across national and international programmes, monitoring and summarising new developments in the field.

The post-holder must have a first degree in the field of Economics or a related field and experience conducting advanced quantitative analysis.

The post is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and fixed term until 30 April 2028. The post is co-funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Gates Foundation and is available from 01 November 2026.

The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 5 in the range £39,984 - £45,728 per annum pro rata (inclusive of London Weighting). Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary "Wellbeing Days". Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at LSHTM.