Research Associate in Health Economics

Job reference: BMH-028670

Salary: £37,174 - £45,413 per annum, depending on relevant experience

Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health

Location: Oxford Road

Employment type: Fixed Term

Division/Team: Division of Population Health, Health Services Research And Primary Care

Hours Per Week: 35 hours / 1 FTE

Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 02/06/2025

Contract Duration: available for 12 months from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026

School/Directorate: School of Health Sciences

This position offers the opportunity to contribute to a stream of work focusing on the economic analysis of the role of primary care organisations on cancer diagnosis and detection in the NHS. The role will involve managing publicly available data and applying a combination of econometric and micro-economic techniques, contributing to collaborative research and the production of papers published in scientific journals. The role will also contribute to building an open research repository of publicly available data and statistical software code for research on primary care organisations in the NHS.

You will need to have obtained (or be about to obtain) a PhD in Economics, Health Economics or a similar discipline, with a substantial quantitative element. You will also need to demonstrate understanding of micro-economics, health care economics, and micro-econometrics or advanced statistics for applied health research. Experience of managing and analysing complex administrative or survey data and an excellent working knowledge of Stata and/or R are essential. Knowledge of the English health and social care system and knowledge of health research are desirable.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk. Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Dr Igor Francetic

Email: Igor.francetic@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.