Driver Health Data and Behaviour Change Specialist (KTP Associate

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Job title Driver Health Data and Behaviour Change Specialist (KTP Associate) Job reference REQ
260547 Date posted 05/08/2026 Final date to receive applications 16/08/2026 Location Loughborough Package Other Academic Related grade 6 from £35,000 to £39,000 per annum. Subject to annual pay award.

Job description

School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Role based in Telford, UK at D4 Drivers

Period: Full time, 24 months with position not extending beyond the project end date of 18 December 2028

Salary: £35,000 to £39,000, per annum (due to approved budget - starting salary to be confirmed on offer of appointment), plus a £2,000 per annum personal development and training budget

Due to the nature of the funding, the employment aims to start no later than mid December 2026. This job is applicable for applying for a Global Talent visa (if needed).

Key words: Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), digital health, behaviour change, wearable technology, health data analysis, commercial drivers, occupational health, health psychology, public health.

Project

Title:

Developing a data-driven health monitoring and behaviour change platform for commercial drivers

This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive and motivated Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Associate to join D4 Drivers (the trading name of Ryminster Medical Services Ltd), the UK's largest provider of driver medical assessments. This is a 24-month KTP between Loughborough University and D4 Drivers, funded by UKRI Innovate UK. The funding aims to help businesses improve their competitiveness and productivity through the better use of knowledge, technology and skills that reside within the UK Knowledge Base.

KTP Associate Role: The KTP Associate role focuses on developing and validating the health monitoring platform: analysing anonymised data from wearable devices, identifying meaningful health indicators, and applying behaviour change techniques and health science to design feedback, motivational and personalised interventions that engage drivers and promote healthier behaviours. The platform will include intuitive data visualisation and reporting for end users and employers, delivering actionable insights while keeping data anonymised, clear and ethically handled.

The Associate will also help evaluate commercial potential, safeguard intellectual property, and embed knowledge across the business through training and documentation. It is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a genuinely novel product, to published research, and to improving the health, safety and wellbeing of a hard-to-reach occupational group.

This is very much an industry-facing role. The…