Researcher - Enhancing Breast Cancer Survivorship through Dietary and Exercise Support

Fixed term (for 36 months)

Full time – 37 hours per week

Closing date 17/08/2025 at 23:30

The role

Yorkshire Cancer Research has funded an exciting project to help women treated for breast cancer to achieve and maintain weight loss to reduce their future risk of disease recurrence. The North of England Women's Diet and ActivitY After Early Breast Cancer (NEWDAY-ABC): hybrid intervention-implementation trial will be carried out at four sites across Yorkshire and Greater Manchester, and we are looking to recruit a researcher for 36 months to take a lead role in the day-to-day delivery of the project at the Sheffield site.

You should have some expertise and experience of physical activity and/or dietary behaviour change interventions in clinical populations for weight management or health improvement. This post requires a sound appreciation of the challenges associated with lifestyle behaviour modification and empathy for supporting individuals, including those from underrepresented groups, to change their lifestyle behaviours. If you have experience of working in the field of exercise oncology or health behaviour change in respect of weight management, or you have transferable expertise gained from involvement in lifestyle interventions with other populations, we encourage you to apply.

The role will require liaison with women treated for breast cancer, clinicians, health professionals and research collaborators. You should be a confident communicator and be capable of conversing effectively with a range of stakeholders. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about research and skilled in helping others to achieve their health ambitions.

We wish to appoint a researcher with well-developed analytical and communication skills who can work as an integral and co-operative member of our research group.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain research experience in exercise oncology/health behaviour change in people living with and beyond cancer. You will have an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline and will be undertaking research activities according to the defined research protocol so experience of conducting human intervention research and/or clinical trials is essential.

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