New Research Development Advisor roles to help deliver researcher development initiatives

The Health and Care Research Wales Faculty is recruiting Research Development Advisors.

Background

The Health and Care Research Wales Faculty has developed new integrated Health and Care Research Wales personal award schemes which are structured across two main areas namely the Researcher Development Award Scheme (providing access across a range of award pathways) and the Doctoral, Extension and Advanced Fellowship Schemes. Together they are intended to contribute to the research capacity and capability agenda across health and social care sectors and result in a greater number of emergent independent researchers leading high quality funded research from Wales.

Health and Care Research Wales Faculty is looking to buy out time (max 0.4wte) for up to 3 Senior Research Fellows / Senior Lecturers to provide a Researcher Development Advisor role.

The Research Development Advisors will remain employed by their current employer with Health and Care Research Wales funding reimbursing the employing organisation for the time spent undertaking the Research Development Advisor role.

The Research Development Advisors will develop and deliver the range of Health and Care Research Wales Faculty targeted researcher development initiatives.   

Duties and responsibilities

Working to the Director of Health and Care Research Wales Faculty, and alongside the wider Health and Care Research Wales Faculty administration team, the Research Development Advisors will:

• Plan, deliver and evaluate a range of targeted researcher development initiatives associated with the Health and Care Research Wales Faculty personal award schemes
• Have oversight of accessible applied health and social care research design and methods training relevant to the Health and Care Research Wales Faculty personal award schemes.

• Develop and implement a Health and Care Research Wales Faculty wide signposting process to support topic expert input to research proposals at each stage of the funding application life cycle. 

As a Research Development Advisor to the Health and Care Research Wales Faculty, you will be an experienced and well-established researcher leading a significant portfolio of research within health and/or social care. You will have excellent communication skills, expertise in applied health and/or social care research methodology and a proven track record in developing and delivering high quality research design and methods training.

To apply please complete the application form (docx).

For further background, a list of key tasks, a person specification and information on financial and other support, please see the Health and Care Research Wales Faculty Research Development Advisor information pack (pdf).

For informal enquiries please contact Professor Monica Busse, Director of Health and Care Research Wales Faculty, BusseME@cardiff.ac.uk OR Alex Hills, National Head of Researcher Development, Alex.Hills@Wales.nhs.uk

Closing date for application: 17:00 17 March 2023

Notification of outcome: Early April 2023

Start date: From 1 May 2023

Applicants should note that they may be invited to an interview.