Vacancy - Research Assistant/Associate - Knowledge Exchange

An exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant/Associate - Knowledge Exchange to work at the interface between the NIHR Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST) academic work programme and a wide range of policy and practice partner organisations in the field of public health.  You will perform the role of Knowledge Exchange Broker (KEB) and will work across Local Government to broker selected intervention evaluations, which have been approved as eligible projects by the NIHR Public Health Research programme and allocated to our PHIRST.  In addition to Fuse our PHIRST includes academic partners in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Yorkshire.

You will have substantial, relevant experience in public health research or evaluation and its translation into effective policy and practice; Knowledge and experience of work in or with local government; and an understanding of evidence-informed public health practice and policy development.  

This role is part time at 0.5 FTE and is Fixed Term until 31/07/2023.

Further information can be obtained by contacting Mrs Laura Ritson (laura.ritson@ncl.ac.uk), PHIRST Project Manager.

You can apply for this post here

Closing date is 15th October 2020

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