Application closing date 10/05/2021
Salary £33,797 to £38,017 per annum
Job category/type Research

Job description

This exciting position will allow a Research Fellow to work on a new project funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC). The successful candidate will become a member of the QUB Epidemiology and Public Health Research Group in the Centre for Public Health working with Dr Ruth Hunter and Dr Leandro Garcia in the “Complexity Science and Public Health” thematic area. The programme of research is focused on developing interventions to reduce car dependency in Belfast, work with other members of the research team and assist in the coordination of the activities of the project research team, with representation from key stakeholders, including Translink, Belfast Healthy Cities, the Innovation Lab, Sustrans, the Department for Infrastructure, Belfast City Council, the Public Health Agency and other academics from QUB.

The Research Fellow will develop and conduct:

• Participatory Group Model Building workshops with stakeholders in partnership with the Innovation Lab to produce visual diagrams of the 'system' of the various aspects that affect car dependence.
• Citizen juries to 'sense-check' promising intervention approaches and policies to explore and ensure the acceptability, utility, affordability, feasibility and sustainability of new initiatives.
• Develop and deliver a Future Pathways workshop in partnership with the project team with key stakeholders to discuss the study findings.

The successful candidate will also be supported by the Faculty Postdoctoral Development Centre as part of a wider Queen’s offering which provides outstanding support to researchers. 

The successful candidate must have:

• Have, or about to obtain, a PhD in public health, social sciences or a related area;
• At least 3 years’ recent, relevant research experience, involving a range of qualitative methods and/or systems-thinking and complexity science methods;
• Experience in qualitative research methods including data collection and analysis; and
• Experience in partnership working with multi-sectoral stakeholders.

This post is available until 15 May 2022.  The post is full time but a flexible working pattern and location (within the UK) will be considered and agreed with the successful candidate. 

Closing date: Monday 10 May 2021

The School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences is part of the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences. The School has the perfect balance of world-class teaching resources and internationally recognised research infrastructure and comprises of three education and three research centres. 

The Centre for Public (CPH) Health is committed to identifying the epidemiological and genetic risk factors that are important for the health of the individual and of the population and developing screening and interventions to reduce the burden of chronic diseases in the future, thus advancing the health of the public at a regional, national and international level, by increasing knowledge and influencing clinical and public health practice and policy.

Queen’s University Belfast is a driver of innovation and talent based on excellence. Throughout the University, our academics collaborate across disciplines and with outside agencies and institutions on projects of world significance. We are connected and networked with strategic partnerships across the world, helping us to expand our impact on wider society locally, nationally and globally. The University is committed to attracting, retaining and developing the best global talent within an environment that enables them to realise their full potential.

We are a leader in gender equality and diversity, and are one of the UK’s most successful universities in the Athena SWAN initiative which promotes gender equality and career progression.  The University holds an Athena SWAN Silver award and the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences holds an Athena SWAN Gold award in recognition of our commitment and success in addressing gender equality, representation, progression and success for all our staff.

We are ranked 1^st in the UK for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (Innovate UK), 9^th in the UK for University facilities (Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018) and 14^th in the UK for research quality (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019).

Based in Belfast, a modern capital city, our beautiful campus is surrounded by abundant acres of parkland and is renowned as one of the safest and most affordable cities in the UK. There is an excellent range of local Schools from pre-nursery upwards and we are immensely proud of what our city and our University will offer you.

For full job details and essential/desirable criteria please refer to the candidate information link on our website by clicking apply.  You must clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria when you submit your application. For further information or assistance contact Resourcing Team, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN.  Email on resourcing@qub.ac.uk

Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

The University is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all.

However, our employment monitoring data tells us that individuals from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, people with a disability and those who identify as LGBT+ are currently under-represented at the University. Also Protestants are currently under-represented in this category of work. As such, we particularly welcome applications from these individuals.

As you may be aware, Queen’s is recognised as one of the most diverse organisations in Northern Ireland. We are committed to ensuring our workplace is a safe, welcoming and inclusive place to work, which is why we subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as Stonewall Workplace Equality Index, Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena SWAN.

It is also why we have established award winning Staff Networks such as PRISM and iRise. These networks provide an opportunity for staff to meet in a friendly, informal way to support each other.  More details on all our networks can be found at https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/

Candiate Information
About the School
About the Centre
About Dr Ruth Hunter
About Dr Leandro Garcia
Information for International Applicants