The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) is leading an international collaboration to examine the potential role and contribution of data-driven evidence and technology in building humanitarian surgical capacity and preparedness in low-resource settings through the development of a sustainable model for delivering training, knowledge exchange, data management and evidence-based policy research.  Further information about this collaboration can be found on the College website.

The College wishes to appoint two Humanitarian Surgery Innovation Fellows, who must be based in the WHO regions of Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean.  

These Fellows will play an integral role in the collaboration, working with stakeholders, supporting and contributing to the substantive development and implementation of the project as well as carrying out their own research and sharing their findings as part of the project’s outputs, policy and communications efforts.

Fellowships must start as soon as possible, are for up to one year and may cover salaries, on-costs, some running expenses, access to training (in areas such as research methodology for example) and international travel. 

Up to USD 40k will be made available for each Fellow.

Applicants must have the following qualifications and experience:

• A primary medical qualification (PMQ)
• A postgraduate medical qualification (PGMQ) in a surgical specialty (or be enrolled in a postgraduate surgical training programme)
• Knowledge, understanding or experience of working in humanitarian (conflict, crisis, natural disaster, climate change) settings and its challenges.
• An understanding of humanitarian decision-making, trauma systems and specifically the barriers and obstacles to delivering high-quality essential emergency surgical care, sustainable training models and local capacity development in low resource settings.

The deadline for applications is Monday 21 February 2022.