Job Description

About ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).

ARU's research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK's Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK's leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the Role:

Planetary Health and Population Health is an important area for development across the University. This role will develop the research group within the Health and Care Research Centre, engaging widely with researchers from across the Faculties and Campus' to enable a transdisciplinary research network.



The post doctoral post will support the network and undertake several transformational improvements to a) enable ethics for sustainability and b) design a knowledge repository for planetary health in the curriculum. The goal is to generate collaborative bids and trans-disciplinary research that recognises the interdependence between human health and wellbeing and the natural world.



With a first Degree plus, PhD or near completion OR other post-graduate research qualification (e.g. MRes, MPhil) You should be interested in Transdisciplinary research and particularly have an interest and or knowledge of planetary health and or population health research. The role will focus on bringing a network together, building a knowledge repository together for staff and students and supporting the development of proposals and organisational development activities aligned with climate change and sustainability practices.



Further researcher development including preparing research bids and co-authorship will be possible.



Informal enquiries can be made to Sally Fowler- Davis, Professor in Allied Health at Sally.Fowler-Davis@aru.ac.uk



Find out more about working with us and how we recruit.



We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.



We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

Guidance Notes:

For a list of key requirements, please download the and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.

Job Category Teaching, Research & Scholarship
Vacancy Type Fixed term contract
Fixed Term Duration 12 months
Employment Type Full time
Salary From 38,784
Salary To 44,746
Location Cambridge
Faculty/Prof Service Faculty of Health, Medicine & Social Care
Ref No 3643
Closing Date 04/09/2025