Senior Research Associate

We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.

The Role
Applications are invited for a Senior Research Associate to join the School of Medicine within the Faculty of Medical Sciences. This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in delivering and developing a programme of mixed methods research as part of the Partnership for Workforce Sustainability in Underserved Areas, Workforce Voices.

Workforce Voices is a major NIHR funded collaboration established to address workforce sustainability challenges in underserved areas of health and care. Bringing together researchers from five universities, the Partnership works closely with policymakers, health and care professionals, system leaders and members of the public to develop evidence-based and actionable solutions to workforce challenges in primary care and maternity services across six projects.

The successful candidate will play a leading role in delivering mixed methods research across the Partnership. They will contribute to the design and conduct of studies, analyse and interpret qualitative and quantitative data, publish research outputs, support funding applications and work with partners across health, care and policy settings. As a senior member of the research team, they will provide guidance and support to early career researchers, contribute to the development of new research opportunities and help shape the future direction of research within the programme. This role will work across the entire partnership but with a focus on co-leading our SIGNAL project with Professor Anthony Montgomery. More information on our body of work can be found at https://workforcevoices.org/ourprojects/.

The role offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced researcher to further develop their research leadership within a large, nationally significant programme, while helping to influence workforce research, policy and practice.

For informal enquiries, please contact Partnership Co-Leads, gillian.vance@newcastle.ac.uk, bryan.burford@newcastle.ac.uk or our SIGNAL project lead anthony.montgomery@northumbria.ac.uk.

This role is fixed-term and part-time.

For more information about Workforce Voices, please visit: Workforcevoices.org.

For more information about the School of Medicine and Faculty of Medical Sciences, please visit: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medicine/ and https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences.

At Newcastle University we hold a Gold Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC. We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

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