ACRC Fellow: (Company Name - Subscribers only)

Job Description:

ACRC Fellows
UE08 £48,350 – £59,421 per annum
Full time – 35 Hours per week
Fixed Term – 3 or 5 years (detailed below)
3 posts
Location: Central Area and Bioquarter, Edinburgh

The Advanced Care Research Centre (ACRC) is offering three proleptic fellowships for exceptional early to mid-career researchers with the potential to develop into leading research-active academics at the (Company Name - Subscribers only).

The Opportunity:

The Advanced Care Research Centre is an innovative, £20M multidisciplinary research programme operating across all three (Company Name - Subscribers only) Colleges. Our research aims to improve the quality and sustainability of care provision and to reduce inequalities in care provision in order to enhance the quality of life, dignity and the desired level of independence of people living with multiple conditions in later life.

We want you to bring your strong track record of innovative research and/or translation to the role and the potential to make an outstanding contribution to furthering the ACRC’s strategic goals. We will consider all proposals which are relevant to our aims, but are particularly interested in people who can develop an innovative and novel independent research programme focusing on health and social care technologies applied to care in later life, or multimorbidity or healthy ageing.

These posts are full-time (35 hours per week) however, we are open to considering flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

Candidates are encouraged to speak ACRC leads before applying. Please direct any enquiries to ACRC Director Prof Bruce Guthrie Bruce.Guthrie@ed.ac.uk, ACRC Health in Social Science Lead Prof Heather Wilkinson H.Wilkinson@ed.ac.uk or ACRC Informatics Lead Prof Jacques Fleuriot Jacques.Fleuriot@ed.ac.uk

Your skills and attributes for success:

• PhD in a relevant area
• Post-doctoral research experience, with evidence of the ability to obtain funding to support research
• Recent record of excellent publications
• Experience and achievement in teaching, reflected in a personal teaching portfolio.
• Good understanding of the potential non-academic impacts of the research and ways of engaging in order to achieve these

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To apply, please provide

• a conventional CV;
• a covering letter explaining which of the three posts you are interested in (you can select more than one), why you are suitable for the post, your career goals, and how this fellowship will enable your overarching plans in becoming an independent academic.
• a two-page innovative, independent and novel research programme proposal relevant to ACRC aims (particularly if in the fields of health and social care technologies applied to care in later life, or multimorbidity or healthy ageing. Please include the following categories: outline of research plan or work packages, any critical dependencies for completion, what collaborations / networks you need to deliver this research, your route to impact, and your external funding plan for the work you are proposing.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary of £48,350- £59,421 per annum.
• 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 benefits – as below

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The (Company Name - Subscribers only) 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 is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.

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The Advanced Care Research Centre (ACRC) is offering three proleptic fellowships for exceptional early to mid-career researchers with the potential to develop into leading research-active academics at the (Company Name - Subscribers only).

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