Research Associate

Vacancy terms: Full-time, or job share considered, fixed term contract until 31 December 2028

Hours per week: 37.5

About the role

This role offers an excellent opportunity for an ambitious statistician or epidemiologist to build a strong academic and research career within a leading centre of excellence in diabetes and cardiovascular disease research. You will join the Leicester Real World Evidence Unit, contributing to high-impact analyses that support major national programmes including the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (East Midlands), and the British Heart Foundation Centre for Research Excellence. Based in the internationally recognised Diabetes Research Centre, you will deliver high-quality research on lifestyle, cardiometabolic health, multiple long-term conditions, and ethnic health using innovative data-driven approaches.

About you

You will hold, or be close to completing, a PhD in a relevant discipline and have experience working with large datasets using established statistical methods. Strong programming skills in Stata, R or Python, alongside the ability to clean, analyse and interpret complex data, are essential.

You will be an organised and collaborative researcher with excellent communication skills and the confidence to contribute to publications, present findings and engage with stakeholders.

Additional information

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Cameron Razieh on cr288@leicester.ac.uk

Applications for job share will be considered.

As part of the University’s ongoing commitment to professional development, this role will also be considered on a seconded basis for existing staff members. Please ensure this is discussed with your line manager prior to applying.

The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people’s lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you’ll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world. 

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive. 

We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

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