"Research Fellow"

Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a background in stated preference research, choice modelling, economics, econometrics, statistics, or health data science? Are you interested in studying preferences and decision-making to address policy-relevant research questions? Do you want to further your career in one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities?

The post is available immediately and is for two years in the first instance.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving team of researchers. You will be part of a large team which has a wide portfolio of funded research projects involving a broad range of statistical, econometric and health economic evaluation methods. We are committed to supporting and developing our team members, for example through attendance at conferences and access to training in contemporary statistical, econometric and health economic evaluation methods. We will also support you to further develop your own areas of expertise and interests.

In this post you will primarily work on three projects funded by the NIHR and Nuffield Foundation which involve eliciting preferences using stated preference methods including discrete choice experiments (DCEs) and best-worst scaling (BWS). The first project will develop an integrated approach to delivering palliative and end of life care in the community and will involve eliciting patient and carer preferences for different aspects of palliative care models.

The second project is developing and evaluating an intervention to deliver health and wellbeing services (HWS) to staff at small and medium enterprises (SMEs). As part of this project, we are quantifying what HWS-related outcomes SME leaders value most and what barriers to HWS implementation exist.

The final project is looking at how musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions affect economic inactivity. As part of this, we will elicit employers’ preferences for workplace interventions to help people with MSK conditions.

In each project you will have the opportunity to collaborate with a wider research team to deliver policy-relevant findings and impact.

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx. 16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme plus life assurance– the University contributes 14.5% of salary
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team, and self-development courses including languages, Creative Writing, Wellbeing Therapies and much more.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

Please note that this post may be suitable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route but first-time applicants might need to qualify for salary concessions. For more information, please visit the Government’s Skilled Worker visa page. For research and academic posts, we will consider eligibility under the Global Talent visa. For more information, please visit the Government’s page, Apply for the Global Talent visa.

If you are looking for a role that will involve working on exciting, impactful projects as part of a supportive research team, apply today.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Edward Webb, Associate Professor, Academic Unit of Health Economics, e.j.d.webb@leeds.ac.uk