Data Access Coordinator

Full-time: 35 hours per week (part-time can be considered, minimum 17.5 hours per week)

Fixed-term contract: until 31st May 2028

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The University of Edinburgh is a world-class organisation. We are a large University covering a wide range of activities. In Professional Services, we support the University’s research and teaching, offering many career and role specialisms.

The Opportunity

Based in The University of Edinburgh’s Usher Institute/School of Population Health Sciences, this post offers an exciting opportunity to support a new high-profile project in health data science, as part of UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). UK LLC is led by the University of Edinburgh and the University of Bristol. It is a UK-wide collaboration, securely hosting data from 22 Longitudinal Population Studies (LPS) with more than 570,000 participant records.

UK LLC is the national research resource for data linkage in longitudinal research. It brings together data from LPS participants with their routine records. The bringing together of information across different LPS provides a broad, rich and deep integrated data and pooled heterogeneous sample that supports the understanding of complex health and socioeconomic interactions and causal factors. UK LLC is a research resource available to bona fide researchers throughout the UK.

This post is responsible for organising, co-ordinating and administering applications for access to the UK LLC Trusted Research Environment. The post holder will report and provide administrative support to the UK LLC Research Manager (Applications) to develop, maintain and sustain the project. The success of this project is critical to the success of UK LLC.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Stela McLachlan, UK LLC Research Manager: stela.mclachlan@ed.ac.uk.

This post is fixed-term, full-time (35 hours per week) with an end date of 31st May 2028; however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working. The post would commence as soon as possible. Location – Usher Building, Bioquarter, Edinburgh.