Research Fellow - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Grade UE07:
£39,347 - £46,974

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences / School of Social and Political Science

Contract type:
Full-time (35 hours per week)

Fixed-term: 21 months

We are looking for a postdoctoral Research Fellow with experience of using or creating geo-demographic profiles and of investigating the social determinants of health using theoretically-informed quantitative methods to join the new project, REALITIES in health disparities: researching evidence-based alternatives in living, imaginative, traumatised, integrated, embodied systems.

The Opportunity:

As part of the new project, _REALITIES in health disparities: researching evidence-based alternatives in living, imaginative, traumatised, integrated, embodied systems, _you will co-create, validate, and disseminate a statistical Index of Community Assets (IoCA) to capture aspects of community and belonging in neighbourhoods that are not well represented in official statistics.

The REALITIES project will explore how changes to health and social care systems can benefit deprived communities and people with experience of trauma, homelessness, poverty, unemployment, displacement, poor mental health or imprisonment.

This post is fixed term for 21 months available from asap.

This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week), however, we are open to considering flexible working patterns or requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

Your skills and attributes for success:

A PhD (completed or close to completion) in Social Statistics or Human/Health Geography.
Experience of investigating the social determinants of health using theoreticallyinformed quantitative methods, and of using or creating geodemographic profiles
Excellent statistical knowledge including working with spatial statistics and the use of statistical packages such as Stata and/or R
Experience of working with a diverse set of social data including surveys, census, and administrative data
Existing skills in, or capacity to develop skills in, web scraping to access text data on places from online sources

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

A competitive salary of £39,347-£46,97
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work
To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, familyfriendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our
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Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK.

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Key dates to note
Interviews will typically be held 2-3 weeks after the closing date.