Research Fellow

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,636 to £46,049, with potential progression once in post to £48,822 or as this vacancy has limited funding the maximum salary that can be offered is Grade 7, salary £36,636.

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to April 2028 

Background

To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within an established research programme and/or specific research project.

This post contributes to the creation and dissemination of knowledge through participation in the Nuffield Foundation-funded project, “Examining Gender Pension Gaps: Trajectories over Time in the UK”. Led by Principal Investigator Dr Ellie Suh (University of Birmingham) and Co-Investigator Professor Debora Price (University of Manchester), the project examines how the gender pension gap (GPeG) in pension savings accumulates during individuals' working lives using large-scale longitudinal UK datasets. The aim is to generate evidence that informs fairer pension policy and practice. The Research Fellow will play a central role in delivering the quantitative research strand of the project, working closely with the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator to undertake research activities, analyse data, and contribute to project outputs and knowledge creation.

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Role Summary

The Research Fellow will contribute to the empirical (quantitative) strand of the project, examining how the gender pension gap accumulates over working life in the UK using longitudinal datasets. The post-holder will:

• Work within specified research grants and projects and contribute to writing publications 
• Operate within area of specialism
• Design analytical strategies and interpret research findings and results 

Main Duties

The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.

• Develop analytical strategies and proposals for own or joint research, with assistance of a mentor if required
• Contribute to developing new data management and analytical models, techniques and methods 
• Analyse and interpret findings
• Apply quantitative methodological knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding
• Disseminate research findings for publication (academic and wider audience)
• Undertake management/administration arising from research
• Present research outputs, including drafting academic publications or parts thereof, for example at seminars and as posters 

Person Specification

• A PhD relevant to the research area (or submitting before October 2026) 
• High level analytical capability and ability to manage analytical workflows using appropriate statistical software (preferably R/Stata), documenting code and ensuring reproducibility through version control and open science practices
• Fluency in relevant analytical models, techniques or methods and ability to contribute to developing new ones
• Ability to assess resource requirements and use resources effectively 
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes
• Contribute to the planning and organising of the research finding dissemination activities

Informal enquiries to Ellie Suh, email: e.suh@bham.ac.uk 

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