Senior Research Associate (UKRN)

The role

The UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) is a national collaboration comprising grassroots research networks, institutions themselves, and stakeholders across the wider research system. Our purpose is to improve the rigour and transparency of UK research, and thereby to strengthen its trustworthiness.

The UKRN Executive exists to enable the UKRN community to collaborate according to UKRN’s Terms of Reference. This is a transitionary year for the UKRN Executive team, as UKRN moves into a new sustainable funding model.

The purpose of this role is to provide research capacity in the central UKRN Executive team supporting a major UK survey of researchers’ attitudes and practices related to open research, adoption by UKRN institutions of indicators of open research, and evaluation of UKRN activities. The job also involves contributing significantly to writing research reports from the ORP and new funding bids related to UKRN’s mission.

Hybrid or fully remote (UK-based) working is possible.

What will you be doing?

You will be supporting up to 24 institutional partners in the ORP to implement a survey of open research practices locally, for example helping them create representative samples, analysing responses using R, and creating institutional and aggregate thematic reports and more formal publications.

You will also be supporting other research and evaluation activities for UKRN, ensuring that these are done to the high standards that UKRN itself promotes. The UKRN community is involved in training, policy reform, and the adoption of new practices such as monitoring open research – all of which should be evidence-informed.

Finally, you will be actively involved in identifying and pursuing new funding opportunities relevant to UKRN’s mission.

You should apply if

• You are passionate about improving the rigour and transparency of UK research and about the role of research evidence in pursuing that aim.
• You have detailed knowledge of the relevant research areas and the advanced skills that will be needed for this role
• You work well collaboratively, and can communicate complex information clearly, both orally and in writing.

Additional information

Contract type: Fixed term with funding available until 31/08/2026

Work pattern: Part-time

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on 20/07/2026

For informal queries please contact: Neil Jacobs, Head of the UK Reproducibility Network Open Research Programme via email: Neil.Jacobs@bristol.ac.uk 

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