Research Fellow

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.

This post contributes to NIHR-SPHR funded evaluation of complex public health interventions, combining quantitative research and evidence synthesis and knowledge. The post holder will be involved in the City of Sanctuary Project Evaluability Assessment, exploring hate crime, social cohesion, and asylum seeker outcomes.

We seek a quantitative researcher with analytical skills in programming (Stata or R), experience in policy evaluation, statistical analysis for healthcare data, and information governance.

The post is full-time, 35 hours per week, 1 FTE and fixed term for 6 months. The post is funded by NIHR.

You should hold a postgraduate degree, ideally a doctoral degree, in a relevant topic. The ideal candidate will have relevant experience in policy impact evaluation and public health, contributions to written output, preferably peer-reviewed, as expected by the subject area/discipline in terms of types and volume of outputs, along with proven ability to work independently, as well as collaboratively as part of a research team, and proven ability to meet research deadlines.

The salary will be on the LSHTM salary scale, Grade 6 in the range £46,643 - £52,909 per annum pro-rata (inclusive of London Weighting). 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 at LSHTM.