Principal Researcher - Population Health

We are looking for a Principal Researcher to provide maternity cover between July 2024 and June 2025. This is a senior role within the Research Team, taking responsibility for our population health portfolio and a small team of analysts.

As part of this role you will provide programme management, shape and undertake research and insight, and help shape and evaluate policies and strategies to improve population health.

The successful candidate will work across the system and will engage with a wide range of key stakeholders including policymakers, analysts and academia.

You will have strong research skills with a good understanding of a range of research methods as well as a solid understanding of the population health challenges we face, and experience of previous research in this area.

This will be complemented by strong programme management capabilities and a desire to make a difference.

Through building relationships with key stakeholders in the system and use of good communication skills you will influence others to place good intelligence and research at the heart of decision making.

You will also have a passion for building analytical and research confidence and capability while simultaneously creating conditions for innovation and a culture of continual learning.

Applicants need to be flexible; they should be willing and confident in turning their hands to a wide variety of research tasks. The opportunity to work with a wide range of stakeholders across all GMCA policy areas will be offered.

If you are passionate about using data and intelligence to improve population health outcomes and transform the lives of local people in Greater Manchester then look no further!

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is a statutory body consisting of the ten local authorities of Greater Manchester and a directly elected Mayor. It has wide-ranging policy development, regeneration and transport functions and an ambitious agenda to make Greater Manchester a better place in which to grow up, live, work and invest.

We work jointly with NHS Greater Manchester to understand and jointly intervene to tackle the wider determinants of poor population health., As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.

Salary: £46,464 - £55,883 (depending on skills and experience), In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer that you can find out more about here