Senior Research Fellow, Administrative Data Research Centre NI

About the job:

This role will be positioned in the Administrative Data Research Centre Northern Ireland (ADRC NI), an ESRC research programme led by Dr Aideen Maguire (Director). ADRC NI is part of Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK), which is a partnership transforming the way researchers access the UK’s wealth of public sector data, to enable better informed policy decisions that improve people’s lives.

The applicant will take the lead on projects related to ADRC NI’s recently recommissioned programme which is due to run until 31 March 2031, with a specific focus on (a) assisting the management of administrative data research in Northern Ireland’s main Trusted Research Environments, and (b) explore new data sets and novel linkages to support investigation of patterns and relationships between social, structural and health-related outcomes for vulnerable and underserved groups.

The postholder will work with a high degree of independence while operating under the strategic guidance of the ADRC NI leadership team. The applicant will take the lead on coproduced research with local stakeholders in NI, such as policy makers, practitioners and people with lived experience, to provide high quality and impactful evidence to improve knowledge, policymaking and public service delivery. They will also contribute to the strategic development of the ADRC NI and advance capacity in administrative data research in NI.

About the person:

The successful candidates must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following essential criteria:

• First or Upper Second Class Honours Degree in a relevant discipline
• A PhD in a relevant discipline and with a substantial component of quantitative administrative data research.
• Specific, recent post-doctoral research experience and skills relevant to the work of ADRC NI (e.g. population-based research or epidemiological research focussed on population mental health)
• Substantial, recent, relevant experience working with complex linked administrative data, and routinely collected health and social care data, ideally within the Northern Ireland context.
• Substantial, recent, relevant experience of impactful coproduced administrative data research
• A demonstrable interest and track record of research in the area of mental health in vulnerable and underserved groups, particularly early life social/structural determinants of mental health, and impact of poor mental health on health-related behaviours such as uptake of cancer screening.
• Substantial, recent, relevant experience of using statistical packages such as STATA or R to conduct reproducible research.
• Experience of working in a Trusted Research Environment (TRE), ideally in the Northern Ireland context, and mentorship of other staff and students to work within the Five Safes Framework for administrative data research.

This is not an exhaustive list. To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information document on our website.

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