Research Associate

**Job Description**:
**Job Title**:Research Associate - Yorkshire Policy in Partnership

**Posting Start Date**:03/02/2025

**Job Id**:784

**School/Department**:Management School

**Work Arrangement**:Full Time (Hybrid)

**Contract Type**:Fixed-term

**Salary per annum (£)**:£37,999 - £42,632

**Closing Date**:13/02/2025

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more. Find out more about our benefits (opens in a new window) and join us to become part of something special.

**Overview**

This research fellow (RF) position will provide critically important research support for the

cutting-edge Yorkshire and Humber ‘Local Policy Innovation Partnerships’ (YPIP) Phase-2

programme. Through the YPIP project, representatives of the region’s 12 universities will work with diverse policy-stakeholders to co-produce responses to urgent challenges of inclusive growth and sustainable living. There will be a special focus on bringing members of socially and economically marginalised and spatially isolated communities into the policy equation.

You will work with the Sheffield Y-PIP team to develop the Yorkshire Vitality Index and the

Yorkshire Engagement Portal while assisting the whole team in implementing key YPIP activities.

**Main duties and responsibilities**
- Collect evidence and data on “what works” for multiple policy areas as agreed with the YPIP consortium.
- Develop standards for data integration and data collection at the level of Yorkshire and

Humber.
- Present the research papers at scholarly conferences.
- Be an active member of the team supporting colleagues and participating in Departmental research.
- As a member of staff you will be encouraged to make ethical decisions in your role, embedding the University sustainability strategy into your working activities wherever possible.
- Carry out other duties, commensurate with the grade and remit of the post.

**Person Specification**

Essential criteria
- Have a good honours degree (or equivalent experience) (Assessed at Application)
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, report

writing skills (Application and Interview)
- Experience of managing large data-sets and new types of (Application

and Interview)
- Ability to analysis problems and develop creative solutions with an appreciation of longer term implications. (interview)
- Experience of developing and maintaining a network of contacts throughout own work area (interview)

Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Python and R software (Interview)
- Knowledge of Data Science (Interview)

**Further Information**

**Grade: 7**

**Duration**: 1st March 2025 - 31st of August 2025

**Line manager**:Chair of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

**Direct reports**:None

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**Our vision and strategic plan**

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**What we offer**
- A minimum of 41**days annual leave including bank holiday and closure days (pro rata) with the ability to purchase more.
- Flexible working opportunities, including hybrid working for some roles.
- Generous pension scheme.
- A wide range of discounts and rewards on shopping, eating out and travel.
- A variety of staff networks, providing opportunities for social interaction, peer support and personal development (for example, Race Equality, LGBT+, Women’s and Parent’s networks).
- Recognition Awards to reward staff who go above and beyond in their role.
- A commitment to your development access to learning and mentoring schemes; integrated with our Academic Career Pathways.
- A range of generous family-friendly policies
- paid time off for parenting and caring emergencies
- support for those going through the menopause
- paid time off and support for fertility treatment
- and more

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you have a disability and meet the essential criteria for this job you will be invited to take part in the next stage of the selection process.