Professor / Associate Professor in Geospatial Health Equity

Job title:

Professor / Associate Professor in Geospatial Health Equity

Company

NHS

Job description

Do you want to spend your working week doing creative, fun, edgy AND scientifically excellent research and innovation?Do you want to work with world leading experts in health and social care, the geographies (human and physical), social and political sciences, design and innovation, and climate and environment to take on the most important challenges to rural and coastal health and wellbeing?Do you have a sense that your own research discipline or approaches limits your chances to develop truly transdisciplinary solutions to inequities driven by the place, space and pace where people live?Do you want to be out in the real world working with diverse groups in rural and coastal communities one day, working on rich data sets with teams in the local integrated care system the next and then finishing the week with a design for health hackathon with rural young people to develop tools for increasing climate and health literacy?If the answer is ‘yes!’ then this is the job for you and Lincoln is the place to do it.The University of Lincoln is seeking to appoint a Professor/Associate Professor in Geospatial Health Equity to join the Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health. This position is externally funded by Research England’s Expanding Excellence in England fund as part of a £10.9 million grant awarded to the University.Main duties of the jobThe Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health (LIRCH) is the country’s first integrated and multidisciplinary research institute dedicated to rural and coastal health research. LIRCH has been awarded £10.9 million funding from Research Englands Expanding Excellence in England (E3) fund and is in the process of significant expansion. As part of this expansion, the University will recruit to over twenty research positions. A technical and professional services team will also be embedded within the Institute to support the research and develop a financially sustainable research Institute.With this expanded capacity, the Institute will bring together multiple disciplines to produce impactful research helping to tackle the place-based inequalities experienced by rural, coastal, and remote communities. LIRCH aims to create the future academic and community leaders of rural and coastal health. Appointed Professors will be pivotal in achieving this by playing an active role in co-designing and shaping the emerging discipline, alongside affected communities.The appointed Professor in Geospatial Health Equity will lead the LIRCH academic and technical team in investigating health outcomes accounting for the physical and environmental factors of rural, coastal, and remote communities. This includes understanding community and infrastructure readiness for the integration of place-led interventions.About usAt the heart of one of the worlds great historic cities, research at the University of Lincoln engages in transforming lives and communities. In recent years the city has seen significant investment in redeveloping areas of the city centre and the University was awarded the prestigious Queens Anniversary Prize for Higher Education in 2023.Date posted26 November 2024Pay schemeOtherSalaryDepending on experienceContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference numberN0063-24-0000Job locationsBrayford WharfLincolnLincolnshireLN6 7TSJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesThe University of Lincoln is seeking to appoint a Professor/Associate Professor in Geospatial Health Equity to join the Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health. This position is externally funded by Research England’s Expanding Excellence in England fund as part of a £10.9 million grant awarded to the University. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesThe University of Lincoln is seeking to appoint a Professor/Associate Professor in Geospatial Health Equity to join the Lincoln Institute for Rural and Coastal Health. This position is externally funded by Research England’s Expanding Excellence in England fund as part of a £10.9 million grant awarded to the University.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

• PhD in relevant discipline or equivalent demonstrated
• research record of achievement (normally by
• publication but where appropriate through professional
• achievement).
• HE teaching qualification or recognition (PGCE(HE) or HEA
• Associate Fellow) OR a commitment to complete one within
• an agreed timescale.

ExperienceEssential

• Proven track record of internationally excellent and world
• leading research outputs
• A track record of leading activities that have significant
• impact within or beyond the University
• Broad teaching experience at undergraduate and taught
• postgraduate level
• Proven track record of sustained income generation to
• support research work
• Experience of leading a research team

Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

• PhD in relevant discipline or equivalent demonstrated
• research record of achievement (normally by
• publication but where appropriate through professional
• achievement).
• HE teaching qualification or recognition (PGCE(HE) or HEA
• Associate Fellow) OR a commitment to complete one within
• an agreed timescale.

ExperienceEssential

• Proven track record of internationally excellent and world
• leading research outputs
• A track record of leading activities that have significant
• impact within or beyond the University
• Broad teaching experience at undergraduate and taught
• postgraduate level
• Proven track record of sustained income generation to
• support research work
• Experience of leading a research team

Expected salary

Location

Lincolnshire

Job date

Thu, 28 Nov 2024 06:50:22 GMT

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