The University of Manchester are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to help shape Greater Manchester’s built environment planning, development and management to transform the local population’s physical and mental health with a specific focus on transport and infrastructure development of the city-region. The successful applicant will join a large research consortium - funded through the UK Prevention Research Partnership (administered by the Medical Research Council) - whose aim is to reduce the burden of Non-Communicable Diseases linked to the built environment through the transformation of the urban planning and development systems across the UK. They will be supervised by the academic leads at the University of Manchester based at the Spatial Policy & Analysis Lab of the Manchester Urban Institute and the Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care. The role demands a special blend of skills and experience that combines public health, epidemiology, large datasets, analytical, technical and methodological expertise.
The School/Department is strongly committed to promoting equality and diversity, including the Athena SWAN charter for gender equality in higher education. The School/Department holds a Silver Award which recognises their good practice in relation to gender; including flexible working arrangements, family-friendly policies, and support to allow staff achieve a good work-life balance. We particularly welcome applications from women for this post. All appointment will be made on merit. For further information, please visit: https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/about/equality/
Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here
Blended working arrangements may be considered
Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.
Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Professor Arpana Verma / Professor Cecilia Wong
Email: arpana.verma@manchester.ac.uk / cecilia.wong@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.
