Research Associate in Health and Care Evaluation (Parental leave cover)

Overview of the post

We wish to appoint an enthusiastic and innovative individual to our dynamic and highly respected team to cover a period of 12 month’s parental leave. The post holder will join the NIHR-funded Rapid Service Evaluation Team – REVAL – and will be responsible for conducting rapid evaluations of service delivery innovations in health and care settings. They will be involved in all elements of study development and conduct from co-production work to study design, approval, operationalisation and dissemination

REVAL is a rapid service evaluation team that conducts real time evaluations of innovations and development in health and care services. In partnership with stakeholders, we generate evidence of national relevance that of maximum value to evidence users. We are a multidisciplinary team with expertise in all aspects of evaluating health and social care. We work closely with other NIHR funded groups including the NIHR Rose-NET team and the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester, so the successful candidate will have the opportunity to network widely with a host of applied health researchers during this role.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we support an inclusive working environment and welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Prof Jo Dumville and Paul Wilson

Email: jo.dumville@manchester.ac.uk / paul.wilson@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.

Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.