About us

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.

The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change, is an independent, international research collaboration, that works to track the evolving links between health and climate change globally, regionally and nationally, in partnership with The Lancet and the World Health Organization. Its aim is to inform a robust response to climate change that protects and promotes human health.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Research Fellow in Climate Change and Health to join our team.

About the role

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the coordination and timely delivery of the health research and academic initiatives of the Lancet Countdown, including the collation of health and epidemiological evidence for the annual Global Lancet Countdown Report, Regional Reports, special issues, and additional academic and research outputs. This role is designed to provide specialist expertise on public health, global health and/or epidemiology to advance the Lancet Countdown’s academic work, and ensure the Lancet Countdown achieve the high standard of academic rigour and science. They will also support the development of research to quantify the effects of climate on health or the possibilities and health opportunities of climate change mitigation.

The postholder will be an expert in climate change and global health and/or epidemiology, with strong quantitative skills and the ability to apply this expertise across climate change and health research, including development and evaluation of indicators of the effects of climate change and policies to address it on public health, and use of findings to inform real-world impact. Their public or global health disciplinary expertise will be essential to ensuring critical appraisal and interpretation of evidence as well as the integration of public and global health principles across all Lancet Countdown outputs. Their leadership and network understanding will be critical in the integration of expertise from across the climate and health fields.

The postholder will also be encouraged to develop and expand a research programme at the intersection of climate change and health, in support of the overall Lancet Countdown aims and their personal academic career development.

This is a full-time role (i.e. 1.0 FTE, 36.5 hours per week) and it is available until 30 April 2029 in the first instance.

Please note that the successful candidate must be living in the UK or willing to relocate to the UK for the duration of the contract.

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.

If you have any queries about the role, please contact Clare Scully (Head of Operations) on c.scully@ucl.ac.uk.

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 IGH.HR@ucl.ac.uk.

About you

It is essential that the successful candidate has a PhD in the intersection of climate change, and global health, epidemiology, or a closely related discipline.

They will also have:

Postdoctoral experience in the intersection of climate change, and global health, epidemiology, or a closely related discipline
Demonstrated experience in quantitative analysis, including the development of models and/or advanced data analysis in climate change and global health, ideally with expertise in epidemiological modelling
Excellent technical knowledge of climate change – health intersection
Experience managing and working with multidisciplinary academic teams, and participating in cross-disciplinary and international academic projects
Experience in leading teams through complex programmes of work, delivering high-quality outputs against tight deadlines
Track record of securing research grant income and to developing successful grant applications
Track record of academic publications including some as first and/or senior author positions
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills

What we offer

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.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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.

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