Ref Number
B02-11021
Professional Expertise
Research and Research Support
Department
School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02)
Location
London
Working Pattern
Full time
Salary
See advert text
Contract Type
Fixed-term
Working Type
Hybrid
Available for Secondment
No
Closing Date
19-Aug-2026
The UCL Institute for Global Health (IGH) is at the heart of UCL’s Grand Challenge of Global Health. The Institute’s vision is for a world where international policy on global health is informed by world-class research. IGH aims to support the development of robust solutions to aspects of the world’s major global health challenges through scholarly outputs, education, public engagement, translational research, and ultimately by influencing public policy and professional practice.
We are seeking to appoint a Digital Health and Trial Senior Research Fellow. The post is available for immediate start.
This role will be based in the Department of Infection and Population Health. The Department brings under one roof all the infection, clinical and population health, including sexual health, molecular epidemiology, and tuberculosis. It has one of the largest cohorts of people living with HIV and includes groups skilled in statistics, mathematical modelling and evaluation. It is home to Natsal, one of the largest and most detailed studies of sexual behaviour in the world.
The current post offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of cutting-edge research into digital sexual health within a research programme led by Prof Claudia Estcourt (PI).
The postholder will support an established NIHR funded Programme Grant for Applied Research, “Improving care for people with sexually transmitted infections in a digital NHS”, referred to as SEQUENCE Digital. The programme focusses on delivery of online clinical care for people with sexually transmitted infections and builds on previous work in which we developed an innovative eSexual Health Clinic (eSHC) and demonstrated safety and feasibility in exploratory studies. It contains an online clinical consultation and electronic prescribing algorithm for comprehensive management of people with chlamydia and their partners via the Online Chlamydia Care Pathway (OCP) (DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(17)30034-8).
The main purpose of this role is to deliver the pilot studies of the eSexual Health Clinic and analyse the findings, along with preparing for a cluster cross over RCT.
The post holder will draft all NIHR milestones required during the post and also contribute to scientific publications, conference abstracts and presentations, and support Research Fish and other research database platform submissions.
The post holder will support stakeholder engagement activities, including community engagement and will oversee a small team consisting of two research fellows and the research nurses.
The post holder will also contribute to the Digital Health for Infectious Diseases MSc module, as well as giving other lectures as required and will supervise undergraduate and masters’ students.
This role is available on a part-time basis (i.e. 0.8 FTE, 29.2 hours per week) or on a full-time basis (i.e. 1.0 FTE, 36.5 hours per week). This is a 12-month fixed-term appointment, available for immediate start.
A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
Salary range: £56,431 - £66,437 per annum (including London Allowance), depending on experience, pro-rata for part-time staff.
If you have any queries about the role, please contact Dr Jo Gibbs on [email protected] or Prof Claudia Estcourt on [email protected].
If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact the IGH HR Team on [email protected].
It is essential that the successful candidate has a PhD-level qualification or equivalent professional experience in a relevant field such as sexual health, infectious diseases, public health or reproductive health research.
They will also have:
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience in a relevant field such as biological, social sciences or a health-related discipline or related discipline
- Experience conducting and analysing qualitative interviews with healthcare professionals and members of the public/patients and of analysing quantitative data
- Experience or demonstrable interest in digital health
- Demonstrated experience managing and implementing research governance processes, including GCP, IRAS, MHRA and/or R&D processes
- Demonstrated experience coordinating and managing a trial including setting up and closing
- Experience of writing and publishing a first author manuscript in a peer reviewed journal, with a strong publication record, including high-impact papers
- Excellent team working and organisational skills including ability to prioritise tasks, work to deadlines and organise research activities efficiently and to a high standard
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits, some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave, 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.
