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Research Associate

University of Bath - Life Sciences

Location: Bath
Salary: £37,999 to £45,163 Grade 7, per annum
Hours: Part Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 5th June 2025
Closes: 29th June 2025
Job Ref: AP12750

About the role

The Rheumatology Research Group (RRG) at the University of Bath and the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases uses anonymised databases from primary and secondary care with associated biobanks focussing on rheumatic disease for numerous research projects. The group has made significant contributions to the scientific literature with meaningful clinical impact using a variety of local, national and international databases over the last 30 years. The combined data is a valuable resource for the academic development and research needs of doctoral students, clinical fellows and other early career researchers. As data management including cleaning, curating, merging and analysing data becomes ever more complex we are seeking a research associate to support our wide ranging research group.

You will join a vibrant and productive research team, within which your role will be to coordinate and facilitate the team’s access to research databases including the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (comprising anonymised medical records from primary care), the rheumatology biobanks at the Royal United Hospitals and related lab/clinical databases at the University of Bath. You will have expertise in data management and programming to supply data to the project teams for statistical analysis and contribute to publishing results in high-quality peer-reviewed academic literature. There may be the opportunity to take ownership of certain projects depending on your interest and expertise ( e.g. statistical modelling, bioinformatics, database design).

About you

  • You will hold a PhD in a relevant subject area or professional experience in relevant discipline equivalent to that of a PhD - please see the person specification in the job description for more information.
  • Have experience of working with large databases requiring the skills stipulated in the person specification
  • Hold excellent communication skills and enjoy working within a team environment.

Additional information

This is a part-time position (0.4 FTE / 14.60 hours per week), offered on a fixed-term contract for 3 years.

For further information relating to this vacancy, please contact:

Neil McHugh (prsnjm@bath.ac.uk), or Anita McGrogan (am399@bath.ac.uk).

What we can offer you:

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

  • Free counselling services through Health Assured
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
  • Staff discount at Team Bath gym
  • Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
  • Staff discount on language courses
  • Generous employer contributory pension schemes
  • Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
  • A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
  • Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath

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