Research Fellow

University of Birmingham - College of Medicine and Health - School of Health Sciences - Department of Applied Health Sciences

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,636 to £46,049 with potential progression once in post to £48,822

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to September 2027

Background

The focus of this role is on exploring how health impact assessment can be applied to mobility decarbonisation scenarios in UK and US city regions, in particular considering implications for health equity.

Role Summary

• Work within specified research grants and projects and contribute to writing bids
• Operate within area of specialism
• Analyse and interpret research findings and results including undertaking health impact assessment
• Contribute to generating funding
• Contribute to licensing or spin out deals with demonstrated commercial success (such as revenues, asset or company sales, IP generated) and/or public understanding of the discipline or similar

Main Duties

The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.

• Develop research objectives and proposals for own or joint research, with assistance of a
• Contribute to writing bids for research funding
• Analyse and interpret health impact assessment data
• Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding
• Disseminate research findings for publication, research seminars and stakeholder meetings etc including among non-academic audiences
• Supervise students on research related work and provide guidance to PhD students where appropriate to the discipline
• Contribute to developing new models, techniques and methods
• Undertake management/administration arising from research
• Contribute to Departmental/School research-related activities and research-related administration
• Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader
• Collect research data; this may be through a variety of research methods, such as scientific experimentation and literature reviews
• Contribute to developing new models, techniques and methods for health impact assessment
• Present research outputs, including drafting academic publications or parts thereof, for example at seminars and as posters

Person Specification

• First degree in area of specialism and normally, a higher degree relevant to research area (health impact assessment) or equivalent qualifications
• High level analytical capability
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly including to non-academic audiences
• Fluency in relevant models, techniques or methods and ability to contribute to developing new ones
• Ability to assess resource requirements and use resources effectively
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes
• Contribute to the planning and organising of the research programme and/or specific research project
• Co-ordinate own work with others to avoid conflict or duplication of effort
• Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day to day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly

Informal enquiries to Suzanne Bartington, email: s.bartington@bham.ac.uk

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