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Salary: The starting salary will be from £42,632 on Grade F, depending on qualifications and experience.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Location: Exeter
Contractual Hours: 36.5
Package: Generous holiday allowances, flexible working, pension scheme and relocation package (if applicable).
Job Description
Faculty of Environment Science and Economy
The above full-time post is available immediately until 31st Dec 2026 in the Faculty of Environment Science and Economy.
The post:
The Faculty wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join a high impact project: ‘Health System Resilience to Climate-related Surges (HERCS)’. This project is funded by the International Development Research Centre (Canada). The successful applicant will be responsible for:
* Data Preparation: Collate, organise, and preprocess large, spatiotemporal datasets, including environmental, socio-economic, and health data.
* Model Development: Design and implement a probabilistic Bayesian hierarchical model to forecast health facility caseloads.
* Feature Analysis: Integrate insights from participatory mapping to identify and assess the importance of features driving health surges.
* Validation and Application: Test and validate the model using synthetic and real-world data, quantify uncertainties and adapt based on insights from resilience analysis.
* Collaboration and Dissemination: Work closely with stakeholders, including the Ministry of Health and NGOs, to demonstrate the model and co-develop actionable insights. Present findings through workshops, conferences and academic publications.
About you:
The successful applicant will be able to develop research objectives, projects and proposals; identify sources of research funding and contribute to the process of securing funds and make presentations at conferences and other events.
Applicants will possess a relevant PhD or equivalent qualification/experience in Machine Learning, Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field. The successful applicant will be a nationally recognised authority in the subject area and possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop research programmes and methodologies. The successful applicant will also be able to work collaboratively, supervise the work of others and act as team leader as required.
Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.
What we can offer you:
* Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research.
* Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly.
* An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development.
* Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career.
* A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a Fertility Treatment Policy.
* A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon.
The University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.
Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).
We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.
Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.
With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.
We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.
Further Information
For further information please contact Dr Tinkle Chugh, e-mail t.chugh@exeter.ac.uk.
The closing date for completed applications is Feb 27, 2025. Interviews are expected to take place in March.
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