Head of Research Support Service on Scottish Longitudinal Study (SLS)

Job title:

Head of Research Support Service on Scottish Longitudinal Study (SLS)

Company:

University of Edinburgh

Job description

Job Description:Grade UE08- £48,350- £59,421College of Science & Engineering- School of GeosciencesFull-time- 35 hours per weekFixed-term- 12 monthsThe Opportunity:The Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland (LSCS) wishes to recruit for a new role as Head of Research Support Service on Scottish Longitudinal Study ( ). This exciting opportunity is a dual role to (i) managing a LSCS staff and to (ii) provide research support to academic users of the SLS dataset including leading on and managing research project design, data support and statistical advice. You will possess significant management and data skills, be exceptionally organised, agile, work effectively to tight deadlines and be proactive with an innovative approach to continuous improvement.We are seeking a motivated researcher manager with good quantitative research skills to work with us within the Longitudinal Studies Centre Scotland (LSCS). Our main LSCS project is supporting the Scottish Longitudinal Study (SLS), a large-scale linkage study created using data from Scottish administrative and statistical sources, including Census data and Vital Events data. Within the LSCS you will help facilitate research access to the data holdings, providing research support over the full lifecycle of an external researcher’s access to the service. At the LSCS and within it the SLS Development and Support Unit (SLS-DSU) we specialise in data creation, linkage and data access and on supporting the research use of the SLS and promoting its research potential. Core responsibilities for this post include line management of a small team, research planning and project development; methodological support officer support of data, statistical computing; statistical disclosure control, promotion and enhancing impact of the SLS data.This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week, however, we are open to considering requests for part-time working of 30 hours per week). The post is front-facing office based full time. Fixed term for approximately 12 months, with an end date of 30 September 2025.Your skills and attributes for success:

• Degree in relevant specialism (e.g. statistics, social science, health or demography or other discipline with a large quantitative analysis component).
• Demonstrable experience of data analysis of survey, health or administrative data.
• Line management and programme management experience.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, along with ability to produce working papers and other documents and reports.
• Ability to learn new stats packages as required particularly in the R statistical language (e.g. the eDataShield and SYNTHPOP packages) and to use effectively to support projects.

To support your application, please ensure you provide a CV and Cover letter.As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary of £48,350-£59,241
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our

(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefitsChampioning equality, diversity and inclusionThe University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our (opens new browser tab)The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.Key dates to noteThe closing date for applications is 19 September 2024.Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.Interview dates TBC.About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.About the Team:The School of GeoSciences explores the factors and forces that shape our world. The School aims to understand the world through fundamental curiosity-driven research and to support prescient decision-making at individual to global scales. We undertake world-leading research; offer new ways of understanding natural and social drivers of change; provide inter-and trans-disciplinary solutions; and work in partnership to improve livelihoods and explore ways to manage the environment that are both sustainable and socially equitable.With over 500 academics, researchers and research students, we are the largest and most successful interdisciplinary grouping of geoscientists and geographers in the UK. Research activity is coordinated within three main Research Institutes – Global Change, Earth and Planetary Science, and Geography and the Lived Environment – and within smaller research groupings that reach across and beyond the School.A distinctive feature of the School is the combination of academic strength, intellectual breadth and societal relevance. Our interdisciplinary research and teaching builds on established core disciplines (ecology, environmental sciences, geography, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography) to provide a variety of approaches to understanding the world (including, for example, system-scale modelling, process studies and the development of urban and social theory). The School’s research covers fundamental ‘blue-skies’ questions, as well as having application to key societal challenges including inequality and vulnerability; urban precarity; nature and cultural meaning; development and sustainability; climate and environmental change; energy, food and water security; health and wellbeing; natural resources; and natural hazards.The School holds a Bronze Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to gender equality in higher education. Our aim is to recognise and value diversity in our staff and students, and to support flexible and family-friendly working.More details about the School is available from

Expected salary

£48350 – 59241 per year

Location

Edinburgh – Midlothian

Job date

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:11:00 GMT

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