Research Associate - University of Warwick, United Kingdom - University of Warwick
Description
Full time, fixed term contract until 28 February hours per week.This role will require a standard DBS check.
We are looking to appoint a highly motivated individual, interested in health services research and climate change, and excited about the opportunity to undertake impactful research aimed at informing the NHS Net Zero Strategy.
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You will be ambitious, hard-working, well organised with experience of mixed methods research. There will be considerable opportunity to develop your research skills and interests in the context of this study.
You will work closely with the study leads Dr Nunes and Professor Dale and with other project investigators based across England.
You will be a key member of the GPNET-0 research team. You will contribute to literature searches to identify background literature and summarise relevant findings.You will contribute to collecting, managing and analysing quantitative and qualitative data, check the accuracy of interview transcriptions and conduct initial and follow-up analysis as needed.
You will contribute to the drafting of research outputs, including stakeholder briefings and reporting of the qualitative and quantitative results in both peer-reviewed papers and the final project report.
You will be involved in the wider dissemination of the project findings, will have the opportunity to present at meetings and conferences, and to contribute to journal articles and other research outputs.
You must have completed a master's degree in health sciences, environmental science, social science or other relevant discipline. Some familiarity and experience with quantitative and qualitative research methods is required.This is a strongly interdisciplinary project, and an ideal applicant would have a strong background in health sciences as well as a proven affinity with environmental science, or vice versa.
Warwick Medical School (WMS) aims to train the best talent, develop research capacity, and foster national and international collaborations, to seek to solve some of the world's most pressing health problems.
We provide a great range of benefits which include an attractive pension scheme, 26 days holiday plus bank holidays and Christmas closure, some fantastic savings on a wide range of products and services, and excellent learning and development opportunities.
We are proud to offer a range of initiatives and projects at Warwick Medical School which encourage gender equality in the workplace, from mentoring and shadowing schemes to dedicated events, flexible working schemes and family spaces.
We're committed to developing our work in line with the Athena SWAN charter, which you can find out more about it here.
Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment.
We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued.
Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential.
We aspire to remove economic, social and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
The University of Warwick holds an Athena SWAN Silver award; a national initiative to promote gender equality for all staff and students.
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The University of Warwick is one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University alliance, whose aim is to become by 2025 an open, multicultural, confederated operation of connected campuses.
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