University Research Fellow - York, United Kingdom - York St John University

York St John University

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York, United Kingdom

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Description

Department:

Research Office
Location:
York
Salary:
£38,205 to £46,974 per annum
Contract Duration:
3 years Closing Date:
Friday 10 May 2024 at midnight
Interview Date:
Wednesday 05 June 2024
Reference:

Full time fixed term

Location:
York

Salary:
£38,205 to £46,974 per annum

York St John University (YSJU) is an ambitious, modern university at the heart of historic York and there has never been a more exciting time to join us.

As one of the fastest growing universities in the U.K over recent years, we have a new strategy for the next decade, emphasising our commitment to widening opportunity through the power of education and contributing our talents to creating a fairer world, and a more prosperous region.

We are putting inspirational learning and impactful research at the heart of this strategy, recognising our academic expertise as our greatest asset.

We are establishing a new research culture driven by research groups and cross-university institutes, and are growing rapidly. Our research grant success is increasing, as is the number of postgraduate researchers we have at the university.

In the recent Research Excellence Framework (2021), we submitted over half of our academic staff, nearly three times more than in the previous assessment.

As a consequence, combined with world-leading research in each one of our academic schools, we received one of the highest percentage increases in research funding from UKRI of any university receiving over £1m.

The Role
We are now seeking to expand our postdoctoral community by launching a University Research Fellowship Scheme.

The first of its kind at our university, the fellowship provides an exciting opportunity for outstanding early career researchers to pursue an independent and original programme of research in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Fellows will join either the Institute for Social Justice or the Institute for Health and Care Improvement.

A mentor will also support and guide their career development to complement access to a range of training opportunities to enhance their professional, teaching, and research skills.

A small annual research expenses budget will also be provided via the institute to conduct the research and disseminate research findings.

It is anticipated that the fellowship will provide a platform for the recipient to consolidate their research career and contribute to the aims our research institutes by conducting world-leading, impactful research, that builds on our current areas of research strength or compliments them in a way that clearly enhances our research capabilities.

Required Skills and Experience
Applications are invited from any area of research. However, alignment with our mission, vision and values is necessary. Similarly, demonstrable synergy between the proposed programme of research and existing research at our university is required.

Areas of particular interest to the Institute for Social Justice include participatory and co-productive research; racial justice research; and work with children and young people or disabled and neurodiverse communities.

Areas of particular interest to the Institute for Health and Care Improvement include physical activity for health, applied mental health research, and social care research.

Applicants should have a PhD and evidence of high-quality publications indicative of the ability to successfully undertake an independent programme of impactful research.

Fellowships are to be undertaken full-time for a period of three-years or part-time for a period of six
- years.

Additional Information
For the research profiles of our current research staff, please see our website and our institutional research repository.

We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive policies and facilities to support staff from different backgrounds.

As part of our commitment to providing an inclusive working environment, consideration is given to all requests for job share or flexible working arrangements.

Our benefits package

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including

Excellent annual leave entitlement, including five discretionary university closure days over the Christmas period
Disability leave (applies to staff who have disclosed a disability and is also available to staff with disabled dependants)
Pension scheme
Health Cash Plan after six months service
Employee Assistance Programme
Paid leave for Armed Forces Reservists
Oncampus courses, onetoone tutorials, and online resources to help you develop your digital skills and work with new software
Relocation expenses package for certain roles

Further information about life at YSJ

Read more about our culture, inclusive community, working arrangements and benefits for York St John employees here.

The latest news, views and stories from our staff and students can be found here.

We are committed to managing and reducing our environmental imp