Background information about the job or company (e.g., role context, company overview)

Aga Khan University Hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan and Nairobi, Kenya are private, not-for-profit institutions providing high quality health care. The Main Hospitals serve as the principal sites for clinical training for the University's Medical Colleges and Schools of Nursing and Midwifery in Pakistan and East Africa. Our Vision of Aga Khan University Ho...

Responsibilities or duties

Support evidence synthesis activities and contribute to quality, transparency and methodological consistency.

• Conduct structured database searches using predefined Boolean strategies across sources such as PubMed, Web of Science and discipline specific repositories
• Document search strings, filters, and database settings for reproducibility
• Perform title—abstract and full-text screening using predefined inclusion/exclusion criteria
• Apply screening protocols in tools such as Rayyan, or EPPI-Reviewer
• Record exclusion reasons at full-text stage according to PRISMA standards
• Participate in inter-reviewer agreement exercises
• Extract study characteristics, methods, exposure/outcome definitions, and effect estimates into standardized templates
• Create evidence tables and summary matrices
• Support narrative synthesis drafting by grouping comparable studies

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

BSc or graduate in relevant field: Environmental health/science, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Life sciences or Information Sciences

• Prior coursework in research methods, epidemiology or statistics
• Evidence of academic writing experience i.e., thesis, technical reports, publications or term papers.

• Conduct structured database searches using predefined Boolean strategies across sources such as PubMed, Web of Science and discipline specific repositories
• Document search strings, filters, and database settings for reproducibility
• Perform title—abstract and full-text screening using predefined inclusion/exclusion criteria
• Apply screening protocols in tools such as Rayyan, or EPPI-Reviewer
• Record exclusion reasons at full-text stage according to PRISMA standards
• Participate in inter-reviewer agreement exercises
• Extract study characteristics, methods, exposure/outcome definitions, and effect estimates into standardized templates
• Create evidence tables and summary matrices
• Support narrative synthesis drafting by grouping comparable studies

• Conduct structured database searches
• Document search strings, filters, and database settings
• Perform title—abstract and full-text screening
• Apply screening protocols in tools such as Rayyan, or EPPI-Reviewer
• Record exclusion reasons
• Participate in inter-reviewer agreement exercises
• Extract study characteristics, methods, exposure/outcome definitions, and effect estimates
• Create evidence tables and summary matrices
• Support narrative synthesis drafting

• BSc or graduate in relevant field: Environmental health/science, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Life sciences or Information Sciences
• Prior coursework in research methods, epidemiology or statistics
• Evidence of academic writing experience i.e., thesis, technical reports, publications or term papers.