Senior Research Advisor

Vacancy terms: 

Full-time, or job share considered, fixed term contract until 31 March 2026 

Hours per week: 

37.5 

About the role

This post is jointly funded by NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) Delivered by the University of Leicester and Partners and University of Leicester’s Centre for Ethnic Health Research (CEHR). As a member of the RSS you will provide methodological advice and design support to research teams throughout the East Midlands, assisting them to develop funding applications for health and social care research. As a member of the CEHR you will contribute to a wide ranging and exciting research to address health inequalities and to understand and improve the health of people from ethnic minorities.

In this role, you will contribute to the development and reputation of the RSS and CEHR locally, regionally, nationally and internationally through providing expert advice, delivering research and identifying and securing research funding.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have outstanding communication and consultancy skills and a proven ability to contribute to research design, delivery and publication. You will have significant experience of qualitative methods in applied health and social care research, including research involving ethnicity and health and/or health inequalities 

Additional information

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Martin Williams for RSS queries on mjw48@leicester.ac.uk or Carol Akroyd on carol.akroyd@uhl-tr.nhs.uk for CEHR queries.

Applications for job share will be considered.

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people’s lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you’ll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive.

We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

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