Table 1.

Postdoctoral and implementation fellows’ recruitments criteria for the HaSET MNCH Research Fellowship, Ethiopia, November 2020 to January 2021

Postdoctoral fellows	Implementation fellows
PhD qualification in epidemiology, statistics, public health, or medical doctor with specialty and/or interest in MNCH research.	Early/mid-level health professionals holding an MSc/MPH degree and a minimum of two years’ experience with MNCH programme management.
Experience in research implementation, research design, sampling approaches and sample size estimation, data collection, data analysis, and field work.	Experience in policy implementation, writing policy briefs and translating evidence to policy guidance related to MNCH and writing policy implementation plans.
Excellent analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills.	Field experience of data collection, data management, analysis, and organisational/problem-solving skills.
Written commitment from the host institution for their full-time availability during the two-year HaSET MNCH research fellowship, with an agreement to return to the host institution after the fellowship programme.	Written commitment from the host institution for the availability of 20% of their time during the two-year HaSET MNCH research fellowship, with an agreement to return to the host institution after the fellowship programme.

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