SHPS Research Fellow ( Internal Only )

We are seeking applications from interested researchers who have been employed on one or more short term research contracts as a post-doctoral Research Fellow within the School of Health & Psychological Sciences (SHPS) for a period of 2 years or more. We are seeking to appoint 2 SHPS Research Fellows; appointees may be working full time or part time. Successful applicants will remain in a SHPS Research Fellow role for 5 years, after which time they will transfer to an Education and Research academic contract (Education and Research profile).

SHPS Research Fellows will have 80% of their time devoted to research, with the remaining 20% devoted to teaching. The emphasis of their research activities will be on securing further grants and fellowships, conducting high quality research and disseminating the findings to improve practice in relevant fields of health.

The main responsibility of the SHPS Research Fellow is to focus on securing grants and fellowships to fund a substantial portion of their salary in addition to developing their ability to lead research projects and progress towards being able to lead a programme of research.

The successful applicant will hold a PhD in a health related field, have relevant knowledge and experience in health and health research and will have completed at least 2 years as a continuously funded Research Fellow within SHPS. They will have experience in data collection and data analysis methods relevant to health, experience of engaging with stakeholders in health research (e.g. clinicians, members of the public, policy makers etc) and be familiar literature in the field where they work.

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.

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.

Regardless of where colleagues are working, City St George's, University of London's premises will be their primary and contractual place of work.

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