RSS Core Methodologist

Job description:

The Role

Established in October 2023, the Research Support Service Hub | NIHR provides expert guidance and input to applied health, public health and social care researchers on the design and delivery of research and the development of research funding applications.

The NIHR funds eight NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) Hubs across England; the NIHR RSS delivered by Newcastle University and Partners is one of these eight hubs. In addition, the RSS has Specialist Centres with expertise in public health and social care research. Together, the Hubs and Specialist Centres form a national RSS, working with researchers and innovators to provide guidance and input to develop applied health and care research proposals for submission to NIHR and other national funding bodies. Building research capacity is also an important function of the NIHR RSS. The NIHR RSS delivered by Newcastle University and Partners has a national remit and is hosted in the Population Health Sciences Institute at Newcastle University.

We are looking for two experienced Methodologists to join the NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) delivered by Newcastle University and Partners, hosted within the Population Health Sciences Institute at Newcastle University. The successful applicants will be part of the Research Support Service's research design team, which provides research design guidance and input for both established and aspiring researchers wishing to carry out health and care research. Researchers will be from a range of organisations, including NHS organisations, local authorities, small and medium sized enterprises, higher education institutions and the voluntary sector, and will have varied research experience.

RSS Core Methodologists are the first point of support for researchers requesting guidance and input on the design of their research. They are responsible for supporting the researcher to design their research study, including signposting them to appropriate methodology teams as required. The successful applicants will meet researchers via MS teams or face to face, on a one to one or small group basis, to find out about their project, what their needs are and continue to support them throughout the application process.

The successful applicants will also play a key role in building research capacity as part of a range of NIHR RSS Hub activities and will support the promotion of the NIHR Research Support Service through a variety of mechanisms.

The success applicants will have the opportunity to develop and apply their knowledge in methodology. They will also continue to advance their own research by applying for research funding, alongside their role with the RSS.

The successful applicant will be joining a team of research methodologists based at Newcastle University and in partner and stakeholder organisations.

There are two roles available within the NIHR RSS delivered by Newcastle University and Partners. Each role is available as a minimum of 0.6 whole time equivalent, up to 1 whole time equivalent (37 hours per week), fixed term until 30 September 2028.

For informal enquiries, please contact rssSMT@newcastle.ac.uk.

To apply, applicants should provide evidence of how they meet the essential criteria required for the role outlined in the job description/person specification by uploading a letter of application along with a Curriculum Vitae (CV).

As part of our commitment to career development for research colleagues, the University has developed Academic Job Summary Guidance. This summarises the range of activities that academic colleagues may be expected to perform.

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