Support a partner-defined assessment of vaccine-access barriers and appropriate next questions.
Location
Remote with Tanzanian partners
Arrangement
Remote
Commitment
3–4 hours per week
Duration
Four-month scoping project
Level
Student / professional
Contribution track
Create evidence
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Role mandate
Support a partner-defined assessment of vaccine-access barriers and appropriate next questions.
Why this role exists now
HIF should not design a vaccine initiative until Tanzanian partners define the decision need, existing systems and locally useful evidence gaps.
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Outcomes you would own
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A traceable desk review shaped by a partner-defined decision.
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A systems map showing actors, pathways and known barriers.
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An explicit evidence-gap and ethics-readiness assessment.
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A partner-reviewed recommendation for whether further work is useful.
Core responsibilities
Work from research questions confirmed by Tanzanian partners.
Map current policy, delivery pathways and existing evidence.
Identify information gaps without initiating participant research.
Prepare interview or data concepts only for separate ethics review.
Translate findings into bounded options for partner decision.
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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 HIF Tanzania 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
Public health, immunisation, epidemiology or health-systems capability.
Strong research documentation and uncertainty communication.
Respect for local ownership and limits of remote research.
Desirable, not required
Tanzanian or East African health-system experience.
Swahili capability or implementation-research experience.
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How good work will be judged
Success measures
The work answers the partner’s question rather than HIF’s assumptions.
Sources, gaps and limits are clearly documented.
Any next research step has a clear local owner and ethics pathway.
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 Country Director — Tanzania / Research Director.
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
Named Tanzanian reviewer and research supervisor.
No direct data collection without ethics and partner approval.
Access to approved research templates and evidence register.
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 research.
Your realistic availability against the published commitment of 3–4 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.