Nottingham Research Fellowship Opportunities in the Rights Lab Beacon â School of Health Sciences (fixed term) (MED1550)

The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join the visionary research team in the Rights Lab Beacon of Excellence, which is home to the world’s leading modern slavery experts and hosts a large-scale research platform for ending slavery.  The Rights Lab works with a global community of policy-makers, civil society actors and businesses – a community with a shared vision of ending slavery in our lifetime.

Our prestigious internal fellowship schemes are a fundamental part of our Research Vision and aim to recruit the next generation of internal research leaders. We will be recruiting a diverse cohort of 100 Nottingham and Anne McLaren Research Fellows by the end of 2022 and as part of this we are particularly interested to recruit outstanding candidates to the Rights Lab Beacon.  Beacon fellows will be supported to develop an independent research career, whilst actively contributing to the aims of the Beacon Research Programme.

We support applicants from diverse career paths and background and also welcome applications from those wishing to work part-time in order to combine the fellowship with personal responsibilities. 

Strategic areas

We are inviting applications in the following area:

The physical and public health needs of populations at risk of slavery, trafficking and forced labour

Description: There is a large evidence gap about the role of healthcare in preventing and responding to modern slavery and human trafficking. The School of Health Sciences is one of the UK’s largest, best-funded and most reputable academic schools for health sciences research. The Rights Lab is the world’s largest and leading research group focused on modern slavery. Together, the School of Health Sciences and the Rights Lab are already contributing cutting-edge research in the area of modern slavery and mental health, with a unique programme of therapeutic care for people coming out of enslavement. By working closely with survivors of slavery and trafficking, the Rights Lab is seeking to ensure that mental health policy and practice fit their actual experiences and needs. We now seek to build on this track record and expand our focus beyond mental health to physical and public health needs. How can the public health of populations at risk be improved, given that health is a vulnerability factor for slavery and trafficking prevalence? Where are these groups? What is the most effective way to close implementation gaps between policy and practice? We would welcome applications from researchers with backgrounds in epidemiology, health inequalities, sexual health, global health, women’s health, modelling and public health.

This fellowship offers:

Three years’ independent research funding, covering salary costs at c.£39,000-£48,000The link to a permanent academic post, subject to performanceAdditional funding for research expenses totalling £75,000Childcare costs of up to £5,000 per annum Access to mentoring, career development and networking with the wider fellowship community

Eligibility: Candidates must have been awarded their PhD. This scheme is aimed at early career researchers, and candidates do not normally have more than 8 year’s postdoctoral experience. However, there are no eligibility rules based on years of post-doctoral experience as this doesn’t allow for variations of career paths across disciplines. Candidates will be assessed on their quality, potential and track record, relative to their career stage.

How to apply:

Submit an expression of interest, consisting of a full CV and a one-page description of their proposed NRF project - to the Rights Lab's Head of Research Development, Nick Wright, nick.wright@nottingham.ac.uk, by December 12. We will confirm interest from both the School and the Rights Lab in receiving a full application shortly thereafter.Once you have been invited to submit a full application, apply online, completing the short form and uploading your completed full application form, downloadable below.

EOI deadline 12th December 2019, Full application deadline 17th Jan 2020. Interviews will be held for shortlisted applicants in February 2020.

Please note, uploading the full application form is a requirement and we will not be able to consider your application if this is not provided.  Candidates who do not submit an initial expression of interest will also not be considered.

All queries regarding eligibility/details of the scheme should be directed to fellowships@nottingham.ac.uk. 

For specific information about the role, please contact nick.wright@nottingham.ac.uk.

Closing Date: 17 Jan 2020
Category: Research and Teaching (R&T)