英国埃克塞特大学博士后职位招聘–健康与生命科学学院
The post
The Faculty wishes to recruit a part-time (0.6 FTE) Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work on a funded programme of research capacity building to benefit older people living in care homes and supported living. This NIHR funded post based in the NHIR Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula (PenARC) is available on a fixed term basis from 01 April 2024 to 31 March 2026.
The successful applicant will manage 4 strands of activity (1) supporting practitioners from adults social care organisations to take on the role of research champion and develop skills in using and generating research evidence that is relevant to their setting; (2) delivery of an internship programme for adults social care professionals to undertake one year of research development focused training; (3) lead an online community of practice to support adult social care professionals to engage with, understand and share research evidence relevant to their practice; (4) work in partnership with other academics and practitioner researchers to support the development of research funding and fellowship applications that will benefit older adults and staff living and or working in care homes and supported living settings.
In this post you will build on existing PenARC links to practitioner communities and seek to widen this further including close collaboration with academics based at the University of Plymouth. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver a programme of work that builds on existing relationships with the care home sector in the region and contribute to wider learning/community of practice with similar capacity building initiatives funded in the other Applied Research Collaborations in England.
About you
The successful applicant will be based in PenARC and able to work independently and will be an enthusiast of engaging and communicating with both academic and practice professionals. They will have experience of teaching and/or developing others research skills; experience of managing projects or programmes of activity; knowledge of applied health and social care research and an active research interest in adult social care. There will be opportunities to develop research ideas, objectives, projects/proposals; identify sources of research funding and contribute to the process of securing funds and make presentations at conferences and other events.
Applicants will possess a relevant PhD or equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study. The successful applicant will be a nationally recognised authority in applied research and/or building research capacity and possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop applied research programmes, methodologies and activities. The successful applicant will also be able to work collaboratively, supervise the work of others and manage and lead others as required.
Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.
For further information please contact Professor Vicki Goodwin telephone 01392 722745 or email V.Goodwin@exeter.ac.uk or Dr Jo Day 01392 726089 or email j.k.day@exeter.ac.uk
The closing date for completed applications is midnight 21 Jan 2024. Interviews are expected to take place week on the 5th and 8th February.
