Research Fellow in Public Health (0.8 full-time equivalent)

Do you have a background in public health or related discipline?  Then why not apply for this exciting opportunity to contribute to a joint initiative with East Sussex County Council (ESCC) Public Health Team and the University of Brighton.

The project is a collaboration between ESCC and the University and the Fellow will therefore have the opportunity to spend approximately 50% of their time located in the ESCC Public Health Team offices in Lewes and 50% located in the School of Sport and Health Sciences at the Falmer campus.

You will play a central role in the development of the newly established East Sussex Research Collaboration Hub designing research, collecting data, analysing, and writing reports.  You will be responsible for providing direct research support to ESCC relating to two studies i) a Covid-19 pandemic recovery project that aims to understand how specific communities are recovering from the pandemic, and; ii) a creative health survey to generate data relating to arts and creativity participation and engagement across East Sussex.

To be successful in the post, you should have:

• A relevant degree in public health or related discipline
• A postgraduate qualification/PhD or an equivalent level of professional experience.
• Sufficient, up to date breadth or depth of specialist knowledge in public health and of research (mixed) qualitative/quantitative methods and techniques to work within established research programmes and evidence of commitment to engage in continuous professional development.
• Literature searching and report writing skills.
• Competent IT skills including the use of data analysis software (e.g. SPSS, Nvivo). 
• Ability to present (in written and verbal form) project activities, findings, and outputs.

This 0.8 FTE position is funded as a fixed-term post until 30 March 2025.  We welcome applications from job sharers, and hybrid working is possible.   

For an informal discussion, please contact Professor Nigel Sherriff n.s.sherriff@brighton.ac.uk

Interviews will be held the week commencing 24th June.

Further details:

The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.

For the vast majority of our roles, we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.

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