Application closing date 26/07/2021
Salary £33,797 - £40,322 per annum
Job category/type Research Research Fellow (Maternity Cover)

Job description

School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Research Fellow for the Centre for Public Health. The successful candidate will work on a maternal health project funded as part of the Cross-border Healthcare Intervention Trials in Ireland Network (CHITIN), managed by the Public Health Agency R&D office. The aim of the project is to support the development and delivery of a new habit-based diet and lifestyle intervention to overweight or obese pregnant women on the Island of Ireland, and to explore options for integration of this lifestyle intervention into existing antenatal care pathways.

The successful candidate must have:

• Have or be about to obtain a PhD in Medicine, Nutrition, Dietetics or a closely related discipline.
• At least three years recent, relevant experience of research in human nutrition, obesity or other closely related areas
• Experience of successful set-up, management, co-ordination and reporting of a human study
• Experience of undertaking (design, execution and reporting) qualitative research
• Experience of recruiting, retaining and engaging with participants for research.
• Experience of preparing ethical approval paperwork for a human study.
• Experience using statistical software packages, e.g. SPSS or similar.
• Experience of conducting dietary assessment and analysis.

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.

Queen’s University Belfast is recognised as one of the most diverse organisations in Northern Ireland. We are committed to equality of opportunity, fair participation and welcomes applications from all. However, our Fair Employment Equality Monitoring data tells us that individuals from the Protestant Community are also currently under-represented in this category of work. As such, we particularly welcome applications for this role from individuals who identify with these backgrounds and / or communities.

For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, including our work in relation to Gender Equality (Athena SWAN), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Workplace Equality Index), Disability and Race (Race Equality Charter) please visit: www.qub.ac.uk/diversity and/or www.qub.ac.uk/qgi 

For further information and details on the University’s Staff Networks please visit:  https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/ 

Informal enquiries may be directed to Prof Jayne Woodside on j.woodside@qub.ac.uk 

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