Research Officer

Applications are invited for the above temporary full time post working in the Public Health Collaborating Unit in the School of Health Sciences at Bangor University (Wrexham Technology Park, Wrexham).

The Public Health Collaborating Unit is a public health/academic collaborative funded by Public Health Wales which provides a flexible and efficient resource for rapid assessment, evaluation and policy development support to serve Public Health Wales and the wider NHS.

The post holder will work in collaboration with the Public Health Economics and Value team (Policy and International Health Directorate at Public Health Wales) on a joint project with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Comprehensive Immunization Special Program (CIM) on the social value of immunization. The post holder will be required to support the interpretation of health economics data and information in the context of Social (Public) Value to build a Well-being Economy in Wales.

Applications will also be considered to carry out this role on a part-time or job share basis.

Interviews will be held on: 15 October 2025

Committed To Equal Opportunities

Overview

School of Health Sciences

The Mission of the School of Health Sciences is:
To champion and promote excellent medical, health and social care science, research, scholarship, teaching and learning, quality and values with people who use services, practitioners and stakeholders. To promote language and cultural competence relevant to local, national and international partners, and to provide an inclusive culture and environment for staff and students within the School.

The School’s aims are:

- To be forward looking and sustainable and aspire to achieving the University's Strategy 2030 pillars and themes and the University's Global Framework.
- To prepare and support medical, health and social care practitioners to engage in lifelong learning and reflective practice that will promote excellent standards in evidence-based practice.
- To work in partnership with people who use services, medical, health and social care providers and agencies within Wales, but also cross-border, nationally and internationally on medical, health and social care research, science, education, and scholarship.
- To maintain excellence in medical, health and social care teaching, which is informed by research and coproduced by staff, students, service users and clinicians, whilst maintaining societal shared values and enhancing opportunities for employability.
- To champion and promote scholarship, science and research applied to medical, health and social care policy and practice, in order to evaluate, develop and, wherever possible, improve professional practice.
- To champion principles of intelligent kindness and compassionate leadership, adopting the most appropriate teaching and learning methods that offer students choice, flexibility, and provide inter-professional learning opportunities. Concurrently instilling respect for all professions, developing social and emotional intelligence and resilience.
- To instil language and cultural competence in medical, health and social care practitioners. To embed language and cultural awareness in medical, health and social care research and practice and respond sensitively to the language needs of Welsh speakers.
- To lead research of the highest standard that improves lives and healthcare services regionally, nationally and globally.

Public Health Wales is the national public health agency in Wales and exists to protect and improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities for people in Wales and beyond. Recognising its national and international role, expertise and achievements, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated a WHO Collaborating Centre on ‘Investment for Health and Well-being’ (WHO CC) at Public Health Wales, focusing on taking forward a sustainable early intervention, people-centred, long-term investment approach across sectors and organisations.

The Public Health Collaborating Unit (PHCU), hosted by Bangor University, links directly into the WHO CC and aims to respond to emerging needs for academic support in line with Public Health Wales’ strategic priorities:

- Influencing the wider determinants of health
- Promoting mental and social well-being - Promoting healthy behaviours
- Delivering excellent public health services
- Supporting a sustainable health and care system
- Tackling public health effects of climate change

The Project

The post will provide research support to a programme of work being implemented by the Public Health Collaborating Unit; a Public Health/Academic collaborative funded by Public Health Wales. The post holder will be part of the School of Health at Bangor University and based in their academic offices in Wrexham.

The post-holder will support a systematic literature review, quantitative analyses, and report and paper writing as well as preparing meetings and workshops.

The work plan will