Part-time Humanities and Healthcare Fellow

The University of Oxford is seeking to appoint a Humanities and Healthcare
Fellow. This position is offered as a part-time fellowship. It is open to
established researchers and is offered either as a part-time employment
contract on grade 8 of the University’s salary scale, or as an internal
secondment by agreement with the relevant department or college. The fellow
will be part of the TORCH (The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities)
research community. The position is funded for 2 years by the Wellcome Trust
Institutional Strategic Support Fund.



The fellow will develop multiple emerging partnerships between Humanities
researchers and healthcare institutions and work to address the strategic need
for interdepartmental collaboration on the theme of Humanities and Healthcare.
S/he will develop new research, policy, knowledge exchange, and educational
partnerships and initiatives to ensure that an ongoing Humanities and
Healthcare programme is self-sustaining and productive. The postholder will
engage in a range of activities including co-ordinating cross-divisional
academic interchange and enhancing research and policy collaboration; setting
new research agendas through publications and policy activities; presenting
his/her own original work at scholarly meetings and symposia; editing and peer
reviewing publications; mentoring ECR colleagues; undertaking a range of
public outreach activities; and promoting Knowledge Exchange/policy
partnerships with external partners.



This is a fixed-term post available from 1 October 2019 until 30 September
2020.



The successful candidate with have a relevant doctoral degree with post-
qualification teaching and research experience, and a strong publication
record. The ability to independently plan and manage research projects is
essential as is the ability to raise research funds and collaborate with
research colleagues. Experience of managing a research budget would be an
advantage as would experience of policy and impact work.



Applicants who wish to be considered on a secondment basis must confirm that
they have discussed the secondment with their line manager.



Applications should be made online and only those applications received by
12.00 noon on 17 October 20018 can be considered. Interviews will take place
on 1 November 2018.