South African Medical Research Council

Public Health & Prevention · Research Institutes

Overview

The South African Medical Research Council is the national health research agency of South Africa, funding and conducting biomedical and public health science. It runs research units and platforms such as the Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform and employs scientists, project managers and biosafety specialists. The council was established in 1969 and is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa.

Jobs

$27k per year · In office · Contractor · PhD · Durban
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$102k per year · In office · PhD · Cape Town
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$27k
Typical range
$12k – $102k
Open positions
3
2 Jobs
Intern 50%
Architect 50%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Intern 1 $12k $12k
Architect 1 $102k $102k
Highest paying role Chief Specialist Scientist (E) $102k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
29/100
Slowing
Open positions
3
0 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
17 days
faster than 63% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Science & Research
50% ▲
Management
25% ▲
Early Careers
25% ▲

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at South African Medical Research Council over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
8
Postings analysed
3
Stack modernity
50/100
Languages
Python
Stata
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Cape Town
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Cape Town South Africa
HQ
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50% engineering $57k Avg Salary
hires for Science & Research, Early Careers
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Durban South Africa
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering $27k Avg Salary
hires for Science & Research
seen since Nov 2026 job postings