With apologies for the inevitable cross postings... This post will be advertised in the Guardian (UK) next week on Wednesday. Please copy or pass on to colleagues who you think may be interested, particularly in UK NHS Health Promotion Units. Thanks. ================================================== Department of Epidemiology & Public Health School of Health Sciences SENIOR RESEARCH ASSOCIATE/RESEARCH ASSOCIATE IN HEALTH PROMOTION Applications are invited from suitably qualified graduates with experience in health promotion research and practice for a post designed to underpin the implementation of the Newcastle Faculty of Medicine Health Policy Initiative - a novel health promotion strategy designed to create a "health promoting medical school". The post will be based in the Department of Epidemiology & Public Health and supervised by Dr Martin White, Senior Lecturer in Public Health. The initiative forms part of a growing programme of health promotion research within the University. You will have extensive practical experience of health promotion, and research training and experience in both qualitative and quantitative methods. A postgraduate degree or diploma is desirable. You will: * support the implementation of the Faculty of Medicine Health Policy Initiative with an academically sound approach, particularly in research-based policy development, implementation of effective interventions, and evaluation of the initiative; * achieve wide dissemination of the Health Policy Initiative through presentation and publication of the outcomes and principles derived; * develop applications for funding for both health policy interventions and original research in health promotion; * undertake original research in the field of health promotion; * contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes. In addition, you will support and contribute to the development of a multidisciplinary, cross-departmental Health Promotion Research Group. The post is tenable for three years and is offered full-time but part-time work or job-sharing may be possible. Newcastle University is an equal opportunities employer. Commencing salary will be up to stlg19,848 p.a. on either the Grade 1A salary scale (stlg13,417 to stlg21,519 p.a.) or the Grade II salary scale (stlg19,848 to stlg26,430 p.a.) depending upon qualifications and experience. Three copies of a letter of application and your CV giving full details of age, qualifications, experience and present salary, and the names and addresses of three referees should be sent to Mrs Lorna Hutchinson, Departmental Secretary, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, School of Health Sciences, The Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH (Tel: +44 (0)191 222 7446; Fax: +44 (0)191 222 8211; or e-mail: [log in to unmask]). An information pack about the post and the Health Policy Initiative is also available from this address. Further general information about the department is available on our world wide web site at: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~ndeph. Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to: Dr Martin White, Senior Lecturer in Public Health (Tel: +44 (0)191 222 6275; Fax: +44 (0)191 222 8211; or e-mail: [log in to unmask]). ========================================================