This post offers an exciting opportunity for an ambitious post-doctoral researcher with knowledge and understanding of food systems, food policy, and/or public health, and skills in applied mixed methods research. The post will contribute to the delivery of a five-year research programme that aims to systematically generate evidence on urban food system transformation, informing the achievement of a healthier, more sustainable, more equitable and economically viable food system.
This post is funded via a consortium grant from UKRI as part of its £47m Strategic Priorities Fund initiative ‘Transforming the UK food system for healthy people and a healthy environment’. The ‘Mandala’ consortium has academic collaborators across the University of Liverpool, University of Cambridge, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University College London, and the Universities of Birmingham, Exeter, and Warwick. Further details of the Mandala Consortium can be found here. The setting for the transformative programme is the City of Birmingham, where a range of stakeholder organisations across all sectors relevant to the programme’s vision are also engaged in the research.
The postdoctoral researcher will support evidence synthesis, data collection and analysis, and evaluation of interventions. Evaluation will involve both qualitative and quantitative methods. The postdoctoral researcher will have experience conducting applied public health research and/or evaluation, and knowledge of food policy, dietary inequalities, food insecurity, and applied systems thinking. Because the research focuses on the City of Birmingham, the post holder will be required to travel to Birmingham and elsewhere in the UK regularly to undertake fieldwork and participate in research and other meetings.
The postdoctoral researcher will:
Any applicants who are still awaiting their PhD to be awarded should be aware that if successful, they will be appointed at grade 6, spine point 30. Upon written confirmation that they have been successful in being awarded their PhD, they will be moved onto grade 7, spine point 31 from the date of their award.
The post is available on a fixed term basis until 31 December 2025.
For full details and to apply online, please visit: recruit.liverpool.ac.uk
Location: | Liverpool |
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Salary: | £36,386 to £42,155 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 31st March 2023 |
Closes: | 21st April 2023 |
Job Ref: | 057307 |
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