Senior Research Fellow; Quantitative

Senior Research Fellow (Quantitative)

The closing date is 27 March 2026.

Shortlisting to take place after the closing date: commencing 28.03.26.

Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 16.04.26.

We are seeking a Senior Research Fellow (Quantitative) to lead quantitative research projects within the BiBBS:
Achieve Wellcome Discovery research grant. You will work under the management and supervision of the BiB Principal Research Fellow to ensure the successful delivery of this role. This will include, but is not limited to, undertaking scoping reviews on the impacts of policies during austerity, the pandemic and cost of living crisis, on child health, educational, and mental health outcomes, and analysing the impact of these 'shocks' on children's developmental and health outcomes aged 0 to 8 using a range of statistical methods.

Part of the role will include supporting colleagues in the wider BiBBS Achieve team to undertake research and write grants. You will also develop your own area of subject expertise in a field related to BiBBS Achieve and have time to develop your own profile, including personal fellowship/grant application related to BiBBS Achieve.

There are two key areas of work:

• Applied epidemiology:
  Designing, leading, analysing, and publishing epidemiological research on children's developmental, physical, mental, and educational outcomes, using a wide range of quantitative analytical approaches.
• Funding applications:
  Supporting the development of research grant applications under the direction of senior colleagues, with allocated time to develop your own grant/fellowship application to continue BiBBS Achieve work.

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust.

• We are one team

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

• Worked in a multidisciplinary research team in a health-related field
• Conducted statistical analyses for epidemiological research projects
• Published research, with a minimum of three publications as first or contributing author in peer reviewed journals
• Conducted statistical analysis for research projects in the area(s) of child health, psychology, health inequalities, cohorts, and/or education
• Worked with routinely collected data, such as GP or hospital data, and processed this kind of data so it can be used for research
• Experience of obtaining approvals from research ethics committees or other relevant research authorities
• Successful grant applications/previous experience of developing research funding applications
• Experience of working in collaborative research groups including NHS, local authority, schools, academics and other stakeholders

• Excellent organisational, interpersonal, and communication skills (written and oral), with ability to work flexibly and effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Managing, processing, and organising complex data, for example longitudinal cohort data or healthcare data collected by GPs
• Writing literature and scoping reviews
• Doing statistical analysis such as cross-sectional and longitudinal cohort analyses e.g. ordinary least squares regression and multi-level models, mediation and moderation analyses, structural equation modelling
• Using Microsoft office and statistical software such as R or Python, including documentation of reproducible code for analysis
• Ability to manage own time and to work on multiple projects in parallel

• Information governance and confidentiality
• Knowledge of health inequalities and social determinants (e.g. ethnicity, deprivation), maternal and child health
• Causal inference study designs and methods
• Understanding of the Bradford public health context

• PhD in a relevant area, or a relevant postgraduate qualification and a minimum of three years relevant research work experience

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust