Postdoctoral Research Associate

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences 

The above full-time post is available to start as soon as possible on a fixed-term basis through to 31/03/2027.

The post
The School for Public Health Environments Research at Exeter (SPHERE) wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Associate to perform project-related research with a focus on data-led methodologies. The successful candidate will work across our portfolio of responsive public health research, with a focus on quantitative methods. The postholder should be comfortable with a range of analytical methods including evaluation, evidence synthesis and observational epidemiology. They should also be prepared to deliver public involvement and engagement activities to the highest standards.

The University of Exeter is one of nine institutional members of the prestigious National Institute for Health Research School for Public Health Research (NIHR SPHR). NIHR SPHR is the NIHR’s consortium of leading academic centres in public health, representing an investment in research and capacity-building worth >£25m in the 2022-2027 quinquennium.

SPHERE is a highly interdisciplinary collection of researchers from across the breadth of the University’s structure. Based in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, we deliver a range of research projects across four key research programmes: Health Inequalities, Public Mental Health, Children, Young People and Families and Healthy Places, Healthy Planet as well as anticipated cross-cutting projects on public understanding and data-driven insights. A commitment to effective and inclusive public involvement and engagement underpins all of SPHERE’s ambitions, with specific regard to rural, low-income communities. 

About you
Applicants will possess a relevant Masters, PhD or possess an equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of public health/health inequalities and be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge in the discipline and of research methods and techniques to work within this NIHR SPHR Health Inequalities research project.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role by clicking on the attachment.

What we can offer you

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research;
• Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly
• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development
• Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career
• A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave  (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a new Fertility Treatment Policy
• A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon

For further information please contact Prof. G.J. Melendez-Torres; [email protected] or Emma McFadyen, SPHERE Research Manager; [email protected]