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Swansea University is a research-led university that has been making a difference since 1920. The University community thrives on exploration and discovery and offers the right balance of excellent teaching and research, matched by an enviable quality of life.
Our stunning waterfront campuses and multicultural community make us a desirable workplace for colleagues from around the world. Our reward and benefits, and ways of working enable those who join us to have enriching careers, matched by an excellent work-life balance.
About The Role
Full-time Maternity cover role for 6 months
This is a Trainee Grant Writer position within HDRUK Wales (Health Data Research UK). HDRUK are the UK’s national institute for health data science. We work with and unite the UK’s health data to enable discoveries that improve people’s lives. HDRUK works to improve health through improving medicines, the built environment, understanding complex disease (e.g. heart disease and cancer), linking trial data with electronic medical records, infection and immunity and much more.
This position is to work with clinicians, data scientists, health data informatics researchers, the public and researchers to help support the development of grant proposals which utilise and build on the linked data from HDRUK. Applicants will need to have some experience of contributing to grant writing, working to deadlines, collaborating with others and an understanding of research methods and design.
The postholder will be central within the HDR UK Wales team and be central to the grant writing process within the wider team from identifying research grant opportunities, helping to write winning proposals through to submission.
Applications are sought for individuals with evidence of working in a research environment with a familiarity of what successful grant capture looks like along with the necessary skills and experience to explore the many opportunities for expansion in the field of population data science
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.
We have an under-representation of men in the area of research and would particularly welcome applications from men for this position. We also have an under representation of individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds and would encourage applications from these groups. Appointments will always be made on merit.
