Senior Research Fellow

Location: Birmingham or Dubai

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £58,225 to £67,468 with potential progression once in post to £87,974

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract up to September 2030

The primary focus of this role will contributing at a senior level on a sustained basis to the full range of research and administration activities linked to the Research Professorship (NIHR
306365, ). This award focuses on survivor engagement, multi-sector data integration using Secure Data Environments, trauma-informed care, maternity-related health inequalities, and advancing national and global work on violence against women and children.

Research will involve an established national and developing international reputation through significant original research work, a clear record of impact, and leadership in methodologies relevant to inequalities, trauma-informed care, VAWC research, health systems, and health data science.

Management and administration duties will include contributing to the leadership and strategic direction of research within the Department and supporting major University-wide collaborations. The role may also include high-value impact, policy engagement, business engagement, public engagement or enterprise activities that demonstrably benefit the College and University.

The postholder will also support:

• The development of a Hub for Health Inequalities across the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Health Partners to act as a unifying structure to coordinate inequality-related research, develop partnerships, and build capacity across the region.
• The NIHR Challenge:
  Maternity Disparities Consortium
  , a major UK-wide programme addressing inequalities before, during and after pregnancy across five research themes and two cross-cutting work streams.
• The interface with the NIHR Global Health Research Group
  , which undertakes interdisciplinary research, capacity building and evaluation work across multiple countries.
• The development of a UK hub for GBD Europe
  , contributing to methodological development and estimation of risk factors within the Global Burden of Disease framework.

In this role, you will:

• Pursue sustained, high-quality research activity through original research, scholarship, and research leadership, including conference contributions and advisory/consultancy work.
• Make a major contribution to the management, coordination, and delivery of the programmes.
• Lead successful funding bids to sustain and expand research activity within the Professorship and its aligned programmes.
• Publish leading research that results in a sustained, internationally respected reputation for excellence.
• Provide expert advice internally and externally, including to health system partners, survivor-led organisations, NIHR infrastructure and global partners.

• You will hold a PhD in a relevant discipline and demonstrate an excellent national reputation and developing international profile through original research and measurable impact.
• You will demonstrate evidence of significant achievement in management/administration.
• You will bring in-depth subject knowledge and expertise aligned to the Professorship including research into inequalities, trauma-informed care, VAWC research, health data science/SDEs, maternity disparities or related fields.
• You will also demonstrate experience or interest in Global Burden of Disease estimation or methodological development.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Joht Singh Chandan at

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We value diversity and inclusion at the University of Birmingham and welcome applications from all sections of the community and are open to discussions around all forms of flexible working.

£58,225 to £67,468. Grade 9