"Research Associate"

The Productivity Institute brings together experts from a range of disciplines and backgrounds, working directly with policymakers and businesses to better understand, measure, and enable improvements in productivity across the UK, with the aim to improve living standards and well-being.

The Wales Productivity Forum are looking to recruit another fixed term research associate to support the work of the forum by undertaking and disseminating research on Wales’ Productivity Challenge. The role will support the generation and dissemination of evidence on productivity and will involve literature reviews, data analysis, report writing and dissemination activities, including supporting forum meetings, as appropriate. The forum aims to inform policymakers and businesses about relevant insights from the Institute’s work. A willingness to engage with external stakeholders and the central research team at the Productivity Institute is therefore a key requirement of the role.

More information about the forum is available at: https://www.productivity.ac.uk/regions-nations/wales-regional-forum/ or contact Professor Melanie Jones jonesm116@cardiff.ac.uk

The full time role (35 hours per week) is immediately available on a fixed-term basis for until 31 August 2026.

Salary: £41,064 - £46,049 per annum (Grade 6)

Closing date: Thursday, 20 November 2025

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: Responsible research assessment - Research - Cardiff University