Senior Mental Health Research Leader

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About the Role
This is an opportunity to lead a high-profile project to develop new institutional capacity for high quality inter-disciplinary applied mental health research that will be directly beneficial for local communities and the health and care system. The project is funded through a prestigious Mental Health Leaders Award (National Institute for Health and Care Research, £2.4 million).

You will lead strategic expansion into focused digital, psychological, epidemiological and health economic research related to asset based mental health interventions. You will form a team which will allow deeper learning to take place with greater breadth and depth, leading to more impactful research.

The long-term vision is to establish a Centre of Excellence for mental health asset-based community interventions, which will serve as a hub for pioneering mental health interventions, providing essential support to tackle complex mental health challenges in the North West and beyond. The goal is to develop sustainable, community-centred solutions that can be replaced and scaled, significantly improving mental health outcomes. By strengthening research, fostering community involvement, and forming robust framework for better mental health care and support.

Your main duties and responsibilities will include:

Responsibility for the effective management of the NIHR Mental Health Leadership Award, awarded to EHU, focusing on children and young people
Sustaining a leading research programme, which includes, making decisions regarding which projects to pursue, when to make research funding applications (and to which funder), actively developing and submitting competitive applications for external funding, managing the writing up and dissemination of own research
Supporting the development of a dynamic and sustainable mental health research environment within the department to support the highest levels of engagement with research by all staff and students and to provide an attractive environment for external partners.
The Mental Health Leadership Award will involve conference attendance, and you will receive mentorship, leadership training and methods support.

As Senior Mental Health Research Leader, you will have:

PhD or equivalent in relevant discipline
Credible professional standing within the academic community, evidenced by peer review research outputs, grants, invitations to speak
Ability to provide research leadership within the department, faculty and at University level
Experience of undertaking research leadership roles
Effective record of successful supervision of research fellows/assistants and students to doctoral level
Evidence of engagement with the wider academic community, such as committee/editorial board membership.
A track record of working with community and third sector organisations would be welcomed by the recruiting panel.

Where members of the recruiting panel are satisfied that a candidate can demonstrate some or all of the following, consideration will be given to making a professorial appointment (with appropriate adjustments to the role)., Disability Confident
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A track record of externally recognised research excellence
An externally recognised record of sustained innovation and excellence in teaching including contribution to the advancement of learning, the development of the subject and to pioneering work in course development
A sustained record of enterprise and the successful commercialisation of high-quality research and IP leading to patents, spin out companies or a body of work which influences policy decisions
External national and international recognition.
It is important to note that the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and that this will form part of the conditions of offer of employment.

Internal staff wishing to apply for a fixed term role as a secondment opportunity must discuss this with their existing line manager before applying.

At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Rewards & Benefits
A minimum of 48 days annual leave per annum, pro rata (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days)
Access to a range of CPD to support your career development, with three defined pathways for progression.
Free foreign language, and Sign Language evening classes
Employee assistance programme with access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, and as health & wellbeing resources.
Discounted membership to our onsite state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities
Beautiful award-winning on-campus working environment.
Staff benefits scheme, which provides you with discounts across the high street, supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more.