Research Fellow ( Internal Only )

Job number

 SHPS00413

School / Service

 School of Health & Psychological Sciences

Department

 Deanery

Location

 Myddelton Street Building

Contract type

 Permanent and Fixed Term

Job category

 Research

Hours

 Part-time

Salary min

 £41,732

Salary max

 £54,395

Publication date

 13-Sep-2024

Closing date

 29-Sep-2024

City St George's, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George's, University of London into one institution.

The combined university is one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital, as well as one of the largest higher education destinations for London students.

Combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, law, creativity, communications, science and technology, we are creating a ‘health powerhouse' for students, researchers, the NHS and partners in uniting a world-leading specialist health university. We are now one of the UK's largest health educators, where staff and students have access to an expanded team of brilliant academic and professional services colleagues, combined resources and facilities and more interdisciplinary opportunities.

The merger creates opportunities to generate significant change in the world of healthcare including changes to treatment, population health monitoring, workforce development and leadership, policy, and advocacy.

The School of Health and Psychological Sciences is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to work closely with the Executive Dean and the Associate Dean for Education and Student Experience to coordinate, develop and evaluate research focused on understanding how social factors impact on health students' capacity to study within undergraduate professional programmes. The research aims to explore the effectiveness of interventions that identify students at risk of early withdrawal from their studies and potential interventions that support their continuation. The postholder will be central to this research activity

The main responsibility of the post-holder is to develop and implement evaluations connected to student continuation and student health and well- being. This will include coordinating project activities, liaising and collaborating with internal and external partners, reviewing and synthesizing relevant academic literature, project planning and coordination, research data collection, analysis and dissemination of findings to a range of stakeholders .

The successful Research Fellow must have a PhD in a relevant topic related to public health, education or psychology. They will have knowledge of student experience in HEI settings and knowledge of research methods related to public health research. They will be experienced in qualitative and quantitative methods, used to working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders and have experience of working with/in low-income communities and/or have demonstrated commitment to addressing health inequalities. With excellent ability to work independently and as part of a team, they should have excellent planning, organisation and communication skills, and work well independently and as part of a team.

Closing date for application: 29th September 2024 at 11:59pm.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on Thursday 3rd October 2024

To apply and for more information about the post please use the links below.

City St George's offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George's, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

City St George's operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

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