Job reference: BMH-029475
Salary: £37,694 - £41,064 depending on relevant experience, per annum
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Biology, Medicine Health
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Division of Dentistry
Hours Per Week: 1 FTE
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 26/08/2025
Contract Duration: Available from 1 September 2025 until 31 July 2026
School/Directorate: School of Medical Sciences

Job Description

We are seeking to appoint a researcher with a keen interest in Health Services Research and skills in qualitative research methods. The appointment is funded by the United Kingdom Research Institute (UKRI) Horizon EU Guarantee funding stream, and led by Dr Matthew Byrne, Dr Lucy O’Malley and Dr Wendy Thompson (University of Manchester).

This post relates to the delivery of the HORIZON EU funded DELIVER study (DELiberative ImproVemEnt in oRal health) led by Dr Stefan Listl (Radboud UMC, The Netherlands, Heidelberg University Germany), for which the University of Manchester is an affiliated member.

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 welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, 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 recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk. Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Dr Lucy O’Malley

Email: lucy.omalley@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

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.


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