Description The full-time starting salary is normally £42,860.00 per annum, with progression available in post to £46,586.00 per annum. Grade: UL Three-year full time, fixed term contract role. The partnership between the College of the Built Environment, Birmingham City University (BCU) and National Highways seeks to deliver impactful and applied research that makes a tangible contribution to the health, safety and welfare of highways workers. Moreover, this partnership seeks to educate future generations of graduates to ensure that the lessons learnt of effectively disseminated in both under- and postgraduate taught provisions. Consequently, the impact of research work emergent from the partnership is deliberately geared to engender transformational and systemic changes in the prevailing health and safety culture on highways projects for the better of all who work there. Our goal is to ensure that workers and members of the public return home safely each day. As part of this on-going work, the partnership is now looking to engage a post-doctoral Research Fellow for a three-year period to investigate the creation and application of predictive safety factors to reduce instances of industrial accidents. This role represents a significant investment in the existing research team and so we welcome vibrant and experienced researchers to apply for the position. The successful candidate will be leading research that will specifically examine prevailing data on incidents of accidents from a predictive safety perspective with a view to developing a learning organisation within National Highways and the partnership. Through effective and efficient management of the project, the successful candidate will: Be responsible for the leadership and management of team data accrual by establishing strong linkages with existing industry partners (and developing new industry partnerships); Lead team analysis of data and assist in the development of an innovative learning organisational culture with National Highways. Direct the dissemination of key emergent research findings via conference proceedings, journal publications and industry best practice guidance. Lead and oversee daily project management and periodic reporting of progress to colleagues within the partnership. Alongside the relevant university and National Highways teams, ensure all Health, Safety, Wellbeing and Environmental policies are in place and effective; and Work to generate new lines of research enquiry via applications to external funding bodies. We offer a generous pension and annual leave provision (40 days including statutory holidays), family-friendly policies and state-of-the-art campus facilities. Please click the below link to download the Job Description: Job Description - Research Fellow