DEPARTMENT

The Older Adults’ Social Care Applied Research (OSCAR) Group at the University of York is expanding as it takes on new roles in designing and delivering the highest quality social care research. In recent years, the Group has been awarded important new national responsibilities for social care research infrastructure, including leadership of the NIHR School for Social Care Research, and the NIHR Research Support Service (RSS) Specialist Centre for Social Care. It has also attracted substantial new investment through successive competitive grant successes for new studies of benefit to those who draw on social care support, including an NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research focussing on assistive technologies to support older adults with difficulties in bathing.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATION NEEDED

• Undergraduate degree in a subject aligned to health, social care or the social sciences
• PhD in a subject aligned to health, social care or the social sciences, or equivalent experience
• Knowledge in applied social care research to engage in high quality research
• Knowledge of a range of research techniques and methodologies but to include those related to both qualitative and quantitative data collection and data analysis
• Highly developed communication skills to engage effectively with a wide-ranging audience, both orally and in writing, using a range of media
• Proven ability to attract and obtain external research funding
  Interview date: TBC
  For informal enquiries: please contact Phillip Whitehead on phillip.whitehead@york.ac.uk

The post holder will be required to work with a large multidisciplinary research team on the set up and delivery of the initial phases of the NIHR Programme Grant. This will require them to draw upon research training and expertise in a range of methods and research approaches in applied social care research including both quantitative and qualitative methods. They will also need to have experience of research ethical and governance approvals processes and, preferably, in relation to social care research with local authorities. The role holder will also support other projects and researchers across the Older Adults’ Social Care Research Group portfolio of studies and will be expected to contribute to the supervision of other research staff and supervision of research students.