Practice Liaison Officer / Research Facilitator

Location: Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford

Applications are invited for a Practice Liaison Officer / Research Facilitator to work within the Clinical Informatics and Health Outcomes Research team (CIHORG) led by Prof. Simon de Lusignan, who is also the director of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) Research and Surveillance Centre (RSC).

The post provides an outstanding opportunity to undertake a pivotal role in creating strong relationships with Primary Care practitioners and external collaborators such as UKHSA and Community Research Networks to generate activity that contributes to research and surveillance data for analysis and interpretation.

The successful applicant will have a keen interest in building relationships with stakeholders ranging from Principal Investigators, participants in Patient and Public Involvement Engagement groups to Researchers and Data Scientists across the team. You will be dealing with data from our Customer Relationship Management tool Salesforce to inform your work across the RCGP RSC network. You must enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and be able to adapt to changing circumstances as required by our collaborators.

You will have a broad experience in dealing with people and organisations particularly linked to research.

You will be based in the Gibson Building, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Radcliffe Primary Care Building, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG as your normal place of work but there may be the opportunity for occasional remote working as agreed with your line manager.

This post is offered full time and fixed term until 31 March 2027.

For further information or discuss the post, please contact Dr Filipa Ferreira, filipa.ferreira@phc.ox.ac.uk.

“Committed to equality and valuing diversity”

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online and you will be required to upload a CV and Supporting Statement as part of your online application. The Supporting Statement should include a cover letter and should also clearly describe how you meet each of the selection criteria listed in the job description. Click here for information and advice on writing an effective Supporting Statement. Please do not attach any manuscripts, papers, transcripts, mark sheets or certificates as these will not be considered as part of your application.

The closing date for applications is 12:00 noon on Thursday 9 July 2026.

Interviews are expected to be held during the week commencing 27 July 2026. 

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