Global Problem DatabaseExpression of interestHIF-EVD-GHPD
Global Health Problem Database Curator
Build a living catalogue of health problems, evidence gaps, current actors and implementation opportunities.
Location
Global
Arrangement
Remote
Commitment
3–5 hours per week
Duration
Six-month prototype
Level
Student / professional
Contribution track
Create evidence
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Role mandate
Build a living catalogue of health problems, evidence gaps, current actors and implementation opportunities.
Why this role exists now
Teams repeatedly duplicate landscape research. HIF wants a transparent problem-first knowledge base that connects needs to work already underway.
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Outcomes you would own
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A minimum viable database covering a bounded first set of health problems.
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A transparent evidence and update standard.
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Country and community review incorporated into classification.
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A documented path from problem record to project decision.
Core responsibilities
Design a practical problem taxonomy and evidence fields.
Curate sources, organisations, current initiatives and unresolved questions.
Create review dates, confidence labels and correction workflows.
Partner with country teams to prevent remote misclassification.
Prototype search and handoff into the Living Lab pipeline.
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Your first 90 days
Days 1–30
Listen, learn and locate the work
Complete HIF induction, role boundaries and required checks.
Review the Global Problem Database brief, evidence, partners and unresolved decisions.
Agree a 90-day workplan, communication rhythm and escalation map.
Days 31–60
Build the first useful thing
Complete the first evidence synthesis, method or analysis.
Invite review early from the people who will use or be affected by the work.
Record changes, risks and decisions instead of hiding uncertainty.
Days 61–90
Deliver, learn and hand over
Complete the agreed first milestone or document why it should change.
Review progress against success measures with your supervisor.
Publish a next-quarter plan and keep files ready for another volunteer.
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What you need
Essential criteria
Research, taxonomy, information science or knowledge-management capability.
Meticulous sourcing and uncertainty documentation.
Ability to create structure without flattening local complexity.
Desirable, not required
Public health or systematic-review experience.
Database, ontology or open-knowledge experience.
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How good work will be judged
Success measures
Records are findable, sourced, current and decision-relevant.
Existing work is visible before HIF proposes new activity.
Local reviewers can correct framing and omissions.
Decision rights & escalation
Set day-to-day priorities within the approved role brief and agreed hours.
Recommend changes to scope, timing or method and document the rationale.
Pause your own activity and escalate when safety, consent, quality or capacity is unclear.
Escalate budget commitments, external promises, partner agreements and material changes to Director of Research & Program Development.
Clinical, safeguarding, privacy and public-claim decisions remain with the named qualified approver.
Role boundaries
This is an unpaid volunteer role. It does not create an employment relationship or expectation of future paid work.
Do not represent HIF publicly, sign agreements or commit money unless authority is explicitly documented.
Use only approved systems for personal, partner or program information.
The agreed weekly commitment is a ceiling to manage, not a minimum to exceed silently.
This role does not provide clinical advice, diagnosis, treatment or unsupervised patient contact.
No travel is assumed. Any future travel would require a separate brief, risk review and written approval.
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Support, learning and wellbeing
Research supervision and country-program reviewers.
Approved source and claim standards.
Digital support for the prototype interface.
Scope and safety
Volunteers must not work outside their competence. Clinical, safeguarding and community-facing work requires role-specific supervision and escalation pathways.
Checks before you begin
Identity and right-to-volunteer confirmation.
One or two role-relevant references for leadership or higher-trust appointments.
Confidentiality, conflict-of-interest, privacy and code-of-conduct declarations.
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How selection works
Evidence to include
A short statement explaining why this role and HIF’s health-equity mission fit your experience.
One specific example showing how you handled work relevant to knowledge management.
Your realistic availability against the published commitment of 3–5 hours per week.
Any required qualifications, registrations, portfolio links or work samples.
Conflicts, access needs or support adjustments you want the selection panel to consider.
Selection stages
Eligibility and completeness review
Assessment against the published essential criteria
Structured interview or practical conversation, if required
Relevant reference, credential and safeguarding checks
Outcome, induction and role-specific onboarding
Final selection decisions are made by people. AI is not used to automatically reject applicants.