Vacancy- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Public Health, Policy & Systems

044666
£35,327 – £40,928 pa
15-Jul-2022 23:30

This is an exciting opportunity for a quantitative researcher to make a practical contribution to reducing health inequalities and improving the health of the population of the North West Coast.

You will play a key role in the delivery of multiple applied research and implementation projects providing methodological and analytical support. You will be managed within the Care and Health Informatics cross-cutting theme (based in the University of Liverpool but working across the NIHR ARC NWC) reporting to the Theme Lead Professor Sarah Rodgers.

The Care and Health Informatics team is a unique cross-cutting theme within the NIHR ARC NWC that aims to bring people and data together, creating an infrastructure tailored to meet the needs of modern data usage and working on applied public health evaluations. We achieve this by working closely with the other themes in the NIHR ARC NWC on applied projects, while at the same time helping to develop broader infrastructure which will make future applied projects easier and more impactful.

You will have a PhD (submitted or awarded) or equivalent experience in a relevant area.

The post is available on a fixed term basis from 1 October 2022 until 30 September 2024.

The University has the right to close the vacancy early if it is deemed that there have been enough applications received

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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Primary Care & Mental Health

044706
£35,327 – £40,928 pa
31-Jul-2022 23:30

This is an exciting opportunity for a quantitative researcher to make a practical contribution to reducing health inequalities and improving the health of the population of the North West Coast.

The post is based at the University of Liverpool and will work across the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration for the North West Coast (NIHR ARC NWC). The NIHR ARC NWC embraces over 60 Member Organisations- including, 5 Universities, almost all the NHS trusts in the region, 9 Local Authorities, plus many primary care, third sector and charity organisations. Our Public Advisor Forum has ~90 members. Visit our website (https://arc-nwc.nihr.ac.uk/) for a flavour of the exciting co-produced applied research programme focused on reducing health inequalities in health and social care.

In this role you will take responsibility for working directly with the wider NIHR ARC NWC team, NIHR ARC NWC partners and members of the public/service users/carers to identify appropriate areas for research. Generic post-doctoral research fellows such as this post assist in the development of projects, grant writing (with opportunities to be Co-I/PI on proposals), data collection, collation and analysis and writing papers for publication. There are also more general engagement support roles working with member organisations and public Advisors as well as academic colleagues. Familiarity with a range of methods, quantitative and qualitative will be an advantage, as will experience developing and delivering research projects, grant-writing and a track record of publications, particularly as 1st author. You should have a PhD (submitted or awarded) in Applied/Health Services Research, Applied Statistics, or similar, and experience of conducting high quality academic research. as well as project management skills, with a track record of delivering projects on time and within budget.

The post is available from 1 October 2022 until 30 September 2024.

The University has the right to close the vacancy early if it is deemed that there have been enough applications received

Download the full job description here.

Apply Here.