Job Description

Senior Research FellowFaculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences Location: Greenwich Campus
Salary: xc2xa337,999 to xc2xa343,878 plus xc2xa34170 London weighting
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Release Date: Friday 21 February 2025
Closing Date: Thursday 27 March 2025
Interview Date: Thursday 10 April 2025
Reference: 4861We are looking to recruit a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Lifecourse Development (ILD). The post holder would be expected to work across the ILD Centres with particular support for the Centres for Professional Workforce Development and Chronic Illness and Ageing. Applicants interests and expertise should lie in areas relevant to the Centres.If you are not shortlisted for the role of Senior Research Fellow, please indicate on the application form whether you would like to be considered for the role of Research Fellow when you are applying.The ILD is an interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Greenwich, which provides an innovative, effective environment to support research and knowledge exchange, as recognised in REF2021.Applicants for the role of Senior Research Fellow should have a PhD in Social Sciences, Health, Human Sciences or Humanities that is relevant to workforce development or chronic illness and ageing, recognition within the academic community for their specific discipline, an appropriate track record of winning external funding and publishing high-quality publications, experience of working with external partners, and commitment to working with colleagues to develop genuinely innovative approaches to research, knowledge exchange and practice. Applicants who are close to completion of a PhD may be considered for a Research Fellow role. The roles are available immediately.The ILD has seven Centres (details available at ) bringing together research and practitioner staff to foreground, consolidate and grow cross-professional and cross-disciplinary work, developing impactful lifecourse focused research and knowledge exchange activities to directly resonate with our stakeholders, communities and partners, through addressing societal challenges.For an informal discussion about the post please contact Prof. Claire Monks at .Should you have any queries please contact the People Directorate Team onWe operate a hybrid working policy, as set out in the Universitys .Further details of the fantastic benefits and what we offer can be found here:To apply, please visit the University of Greenwich vacancies page and complete all details, including the supporting statements (please note attached CVs and personal statements will not be seen by the recruitment panel at the application stage).We are looking for people who can help us achieve our , through the values we expect for our whole university community, of being Inclusive, Collaborative and Impactful.The university welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the university to achieve its mission.We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to / , we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion.We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form.We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.Further details:

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