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Responsibilities or duties

Research leadership & design

• Co-lead development of LOSHAK neurocognitive sub-studies; define constructs, batteries, and validation frameworks; support ethics and regulatory submissions.

Test development & adaptation

• Lead adaptation, translation, and cultural validation of neurocognitive instruments; design scalable test batteries for ageing populations.

Field deployment & quality assurance

• Train and certify assessors; embed cognitive testing within LOSHAK field workflows; implement QA and reliability systems.

Psychometric & longitudinal analysis

• Conduct reliability, validity, and measurement-invariance analyses; model cognitive trajectories and impairment.

Scholarly & policy outputs

• Lead and co-author peer-reviewed manuscripts; present findings to scientific and policy audiences.

Grant development & platform growth

• Contribute to proposal development and donor engagement; support expansion of LOSHAK’s cognitive research portfolio

Mentorship & team engagement

• Supervise PhD/MSc students; mentor assessors and research staff; engage multidisciplinary teams

Professional development

• Build an independent research profile in neuropsychology and cognitive ageing

Qualifications or requirements

• PhD in Neuropsychology, Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Public Health, or related field.
• Demonstrated expertise in cognitive assessment and quantitative methods.
• Track record of peer-reviewed publications.
• Strong interest in ageing, cognition, or mental health.
• Ability to lead components of complex, multi-site research.
• Excellent academic writing and communication skills.

Experience needed

• Experience with psychometric methods (e.g., factor analysis, IRT, measurement invariance).
• Prior involvement in population-based or field research.
• Familiarity with LMIC research environments.
• Experience with cross-cultural adaptation of instruments.
• Exposure to grant writing and collaborative research networks.

• Co-lead development of LOSHAK neurocognitive sub-studies; define constructs, batteries, and validation frameworks; support ethics and regulatory submissions.
• Lead adaptation, translation, and cultural validation of neurocognitive instruments; design scalable test batteries for ageing populations.
• Train and certify assessors; embed cognitive testing within LOSHAK field workflows; implement QA and reliability systems.
• Conduct reliability, validity, and measurement-invariance analyses; model cognitive trajectories and impairment.
• Lead and co-author peer-reviewed manuscripts; present findings to scientific and policy audiences.
• Contribute to proposal development and donor engagement; support expansion of LOSHAK’s cognitive research portfolio
• Supervise PhD/MSc students; mentor assessors and research staff; engage multidisciplinary teams
• Build an independent research profile in neuropsychology and cognitive ageing

• Demonstrated expertise in cognitive assessment and quantitative methods.
• Ability to lead components of complex, multi-site research.
• Excellent academic writing and communication skills.
• Experience with psychometric methods (e.g., factor analysis, IRT, measurement invariance).
• Prior involvement in population-based or field research.
• Familiarity with LMIC research environments.
• Experience with cross-cultural adaptation of instruments.
• Exposure to grant writing and collaborative research networks.

• PhD in Neuropsychology, Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Public Health, or related field.
• Track record of peer-reviewed publications.
• Strong interest in ageing, cognition, or mental health.