Research Fellow (0.2 FTE)

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

We are seeking to hire a Research Fellow to contribute to the set-up and conduct of a funded research project aiming to co-create a national weight management programme in Thailand. The duties of the post will involve coordinating and writing ethical approval documentation, designing a quantitative behavioural survey and designing qualitative study materials for a health worker skills assessment and co-creation workshops. The post-holder will also be expected to contribute to ad-hoc activities for this and other related grants held by the group, including coordinating meetings with co-investigators and stakeholders, contributing to writing of publications, systematic reviewing, and quantitative and qualitative data analysis. 

The post-holder must have a postgraduate degree, ideally a doctoral degree, in a relevant topic. The post-holder should have an in-depth knowledge of behaviour change science as applied to obesity-related NCD research and experience in undertaking behavioural analyses and mixed-methods evaluations of obesity-related NCD interventions. Further particulars are included in the job description,

The post is part-time 7 hours per week, 0.2 FTE and fixed-term until 28 February 2030. The post is funded by the NIHR and is available immediately.

The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 6 in the range £45,097 - £51,156 per annum, pro rata (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service.  Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London at LSHTM.

Applications should be made by clicking the 'Apply' button above. Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk. Please quote reference EPH-NCDE-2025-09.

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable. 

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.

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