Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE)

Cardiff University has recently been awarded a £3m grant from Health and Care Research Wales to establish the Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE). The Centre will bring together multi-disciplinary expertise from across the university, and foster collaboration with experts elsewhere in the UK, to develop cutting-edge research on adult social care, underpinned by substantial UK-level research funding. Dr Paul Willis has been appointed as the first Director of CARE and will take up his post in Autumn 2023. 
 
The development of CARE will be supported by the Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE), which is the largest research centre of its kind in the UK. CARE offices will be located in the university’s new sbarc | spark building. Sbarc | spark is the first social science research park in the world. Part of the university’s £300m Innovation Campus, this purpose-built facility co-locates world-leading social science researchers with organisations and representatives from the public, third and private sectors - some of which are focused on social care - all working together to address the major complex challenges facing societies. 

The Centre is seeking to recruit a Senior Research Fellow to lead research projects. Also you will contribute to the research record of the Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE) and Centre for Trials Research (CTR) through commitment to carrying out research leading to the publishing of high-quality research

This post is full-time (35 hours per week), open-ended and available from the 1st October 2023.

Salary: £59,421 - £64,914 per annum (Grade 8). Appointments to roles at Cardiff University are usually made at bottom of scale unless in exceptional circumstances.

Responsible to CARE Centre Director

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Professor Jonathan Scourfield Scourfield@cardiff.ac.uk
 
For an informal discussion about the Centre for Trials Research please contact Professor Mike Robling roblingmr@cardiff.ac.uk.

Cardiff University offers many excellent benefits, including 45 days annual leave (incl bank holidays), local pension scheme, a cycle to work scheme and other travel initiatives, annual increments within the pay scale, and more. It is an exciting and vibrant place to work, with many different challenges and is a proud Living Wage supporter.

Closing date: Wednesday, 25 October 2023

Please be aware that Cardiff University reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds.  We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age.  In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: Responsible research assessment - Research - Cardiff University

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