Research Fellow or Assistant Professor (0.8 FTE)

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

The post is based in LSHTM’s Department of Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, which conducts multidisciplinary research to inform health policy and equity. The postholder will join a project co-led with St George’s University on migrant workers’ health and safety in the UK, Egypt and Malaysia. They will lead UK fieldwork, help lead survey, cross-country analysis, and mixed-methods research, coordinate with international partners and support participatory research and co-production with migrant workers and stakeholders.

You will hold a postgraduate or doctoral degree. You should have equivalent experience in advanced statistical analysis on health and labour migration, occupational health and safety or migrant health interventions. Essential skills include survey design, large-scale data collection and advanced statistical analysis, alongside experience coordinating fieldwork, supervising teams, ensuring data quality and conducting qualitative and participatory research with marginalised groups. Experience in public engagement, international partnerships and stakeholder co-production is required. Contacts with migrant organisations and experience working with UK health services are highly desirable. Further particulars are included in the job-description.

The post is part-time, 28 hours per week, 0.8 FTE and fixed-term until 31 December 2028.

The post is funded by the Wellcome Trust and is available immediately. 

The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, for Research-Fellow Grade 6 in the range £46,643 - £52,909 per annum pro rata or for Assistant-Professor Grade 7 in the range £54,383 - £62,255 per annum pro rata (inclusive of London Weighting).

The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service.  Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro rata for part-time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London.

Applications should be made on-line via our jobs website. Online applications will be accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk. 

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable. 

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.

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