Research Fellow

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Well being Companies Analysis & Coverage
Wage: 
£43,947 to £49,908
every year, inclusive.
Closing Date:  Sunday 21 April 2024
Reference:  PHP-HSRP-2024-06

The London Faculty of Hygiene & Tropical Medication (LSHTM) is likely one of the world’s main public well being universities. Our mission is to enhance well being and well being fairness within the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to attain excellence in public and international well being analysis, schooling and translation of data into coverage and observe.

We have now been funded to develop a brand new questionnaire-based instrument to measure care-work associated high quality of life.   This undertaking builds on our earlier work that developed a framework to know the parts of the standard of life at work amongst direct care employees in England. The goal of the present undertaking is to finish the event and validation of the instrument.   We’re recruiting a Analysis Fellow to undertake psychometric analyses in the course of the validation of the brand new instrument.   

Candidates ought to maintain a postgraduate diploma in a related self-discipline and have expertise in psychometric strategies (ideally each classical and Rasch-based strategies).  Candidates must also be capable to present proof of written (peer reviewed output), means to work each independently and collaboratively, communication expertise (written and spoken) and good organisational expertise.   Ideally candidates must also have data and expertise of PROMs and analysis in social care. Candidates must also ideally have expertise of contributing to analysis grant purposes, instructing and evaluation, supervising and supporting junior researchers and/or analysis diploma college students/non-academic employees.

The put up is full-time 35 hours per week, 1.0 FTE and glued time period till twenty eighth February 2026.  The put up is funded by the Nationwide Institute for Well being Analysis (NIHR) Analysis for Social Care (RfSC) and is on the market from 1st June 2024.

The wage will probably be on the Educational Pathway wage scale Grade 6 within the vary £43,947 – £49,908 every year (inclusive of London Weighting). The put up will probably be topic to the LSHTM phrases and circumstances of service.   Annual depart entitlement is 30 working days per 12 months, professional rata for half time employees. Along with this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is on the market. The put up relies in London at LSHTM.

Purposes needs to be made on-line through our jobs web site . On-line purposes will probably be accepted by the automated system till 10pm of the time limit. Any queries concerning the applying course of could also be addressed to [email protected] .

The supporting assertion part ought to set out how your {qualifications}, expertise and coaching meet every of the choice standards. Please present a number of paragraphs addressing every criterion. The supporting assertion is a necessary a part of the choice course of and thus a failure to supply this info will imply that the applying is not going to be thought of. A solution to any of the factors similar to “Please see hooked up CV” is not going to be thought of acceptable. 

Please be aware that in case you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it is probably not attainable to give you an alternate date.

The London Faculty of Hygiene & Tropical Medication is dedicated to being an equal alternatives employer. We imagine that when folks really feel revered and included, they are often extra artistic, profitable, and happier at work. Whereas we have now extra work to do, we’re dedicated to constructing an inclusive office, a neighborhood that everybody feels part of, which is protected, respectful, supportive and allows all to achieve their full potential.