Senior Research Fellow in Public Health

About Us

University of Southampton has been awarded funding to develop and host a Public Health National Specialist Centre (PHNSC). The PHNSC provides research advice nationally for Public Health research projects seeking funding within specific areas and including development of award applications, advice on setting up studies, collaboration opportunities and support for PPIE and a Public Health Enabling Research Service (PHERcS), producing guidance, toolkits, governance and ethics and Public Health research delivery in non-NHS settings to equip organisations to host/sponsor their own research and understand the responsibilities and risks.

Regionally, the service is available for researchers for training, events and support to increase capability in Public Health research and for local authority partners creating learning partnerships to understand and respond to Public Health research needs and increase Public Health research capacity.

The Senior Research Dissemination Fellow will support our ongoing work by identifying and optimising the research and dissemination outputs of project. You will be required to work proactively across the team to understand the range and depth of work undertaken in the PHERcS team and wider Specialist Centre for Public Health and to prepare quality research outputs for dissemination.

You will have knowledge and experience of research within the public health sector, and to be able to work collaboratively to project delivery dates. You will also be an excellent communicator and able to build relationships both internally and externally.

This post is offered on a fixed term until 29/09/2028 basis in the School of Healthcare Enterprise & Innovation. As a school we operate hybrid working with an expected minimum of 20% in office. This role is available as a fractional or full-time post.

The University of Southampton promotes a healthy work life balance with a generous holiday allowance, defined benefit pension, flexible working, generous parental leave, and childcare provision. For more information on our benefits, please visit our human resources pages.

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Susan Patrick via