Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing with the World Heart Federation) at University of Essex

The Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing seeks to appoint a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow to start 1st July 2023, for a period of 16 months. This fellowship is jointly funded by the University of Essex (50%) and the World Heart Federation (50%) to support the Institute’s work in the area of cardiovascular disease and the new ambitious WHF World Heart Observatory project: a knowledge hub that curates, aggregates and visualises data on cardiovascular conditions, biological risk factors, social determinants of health.

The candidate will be based at the IPHW and will work very closely with the WHF and other international academic and non-academic partners involved in the development of the World Heart Observatory.

About the Research Fellowship role
We wish to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to add to the Institute’s capability to undertake world class research and development work in this area that will become recognised as outstanding and internationally leading. We seek highly motivated, enthusiastic and professional candidates.

We are looking for a postdoctoral data scientist to support the Observatory’s development priorities for 2023-2024, hosted at the Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing at the University of Essex.

The fellow will work alongside a cohort of fellows working at the Institute. The post will be based at the University of Essex but will include some travel to the World Heart Federation in Geneva.

The post is fixed-term as a Postdoctoral Fellow (appointment will be made as Senior Research Officer) at salary grade 8 for 16 months (this post is fixed-term in the first instance but there may be the possibility of extending beyond this should further funding be available). During the period of the Fellowship the post holder will undertake research specific to this project, and administrative duties.

A full list of duties can be found within the job pack.

Qualifications and Skills required
The successful candidate will have a publications record appropriate for their experience and will be able to demonstrate evidence of potential to develop an internationally leading profile in the field.

Applicants are required to have a PhD in a relevant discipline (in particular data science, epidemiology, demography or statistics) or should be close to the completion of a PhD (writing up or under examination).

We expect the methodological focus to be discipline or domain relevant.

Excellent communication, advocacy and presentation skills, strong data science skills and experience, along with the potential to develop innovative research within your field are all essential for this post. Knowledge of or experience in the cardiometabolic space and/or non-communicable diseases are strongly desirable, as is evidence of successful participation and contribution to interdisciplinary and national/international collaborations. Experience of interacting with non-academic sectors through impact activities or public engagement is also desirable.

Appointment to this post will be made as Senior Research Officer.

Please use the ‘Apply’ button to read further information about this role including the full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role. You will also find details of how to make your application here.

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