Internal Redeployment Only - Research Associate, CARE na Cardiff University
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Research Associate, CARE
School of Social Sciences
Cardiff University School of Social Sciences is seeking to recruit a Research Associate to work within the Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE) that is located within the School.
The role holder will be supporting a new study, ‘HIV, Ageing Futures and Care – a study of ageing with HIV in Wales and housing and social care arrangements’, funded by Health and Care Research Wales from 1st October 2025. This is a 24-month study and a new collaboration between the Centre for Trials Research and CARE. This study aims to identify the key issues of care, housing, and ageing for people living with HIV (PLWH) aged 50 and above in Wales, from the perspectives of those with lived experience and health and social care professionals providing direct support.
Our research questions are:
We are looking for a range of methodological skills – we are particularly interested in candidates with qualitative research skills and experience in community engagement in research.
Candidates with personal lived experience of social care and/ or accessing HIV services are especially welcome. Note that applicants will not be expected to disclose, evidence or demonstrate this either at application or if selected for interview.
This post is part-time (28 hours per week), is fixed term until 31st December 2027 and is immediately available.
Salary: £41,064 - £46,049 Grade 6 per annum, pro rata for part time hours (with annual increments up to final salary at top of grade) New appointments are usually made at the starting point of the salary scale.
Responsible to Professor Paul Willis
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Paul [email protected]
Cardiff University offers many excellent benefits, including 45 days annual leave, pro rata for part time workers
(including bank holidays), blended working (meaning you will be able to work from home for some of your time), a cycle to work scheme and other travel initiatives, annual increments up the pay scale, and more. It is an exciting and vibrant place to work, with many different challenges and is a proud Living Wage supporter.
As the biggest university in Wales – and a major employer, with more than 7,000 staff – we are an ambitious and innovative university located in a beautiful and thriving capital city. We can offer you the chance to work in a vibrant organisation, with great benefits and opportunities for progression.
Closing date: Monday, 20 October 2025
Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/cy/research/our-research-environment/integrity-and-ethics/responsible-research-assessment
Research Associate, CARE
School of Social Sciences
Cardiff University School of Social Sciences is seeking to recruit a Research Associate to work within the Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE) that is located within the School.
The role holder will be supporting a new study, ‘HIV, Ageing Futures and Care – a study of ageing with HIV in Wales and housing and social care arrangements’, funded by Health and Care Research Wales from 1st October 2025. This is a 24-month study and a new collaboration between the Centre for Trials Research and CARE. This study aims to identify the key issues of care, housing, and ageing for people living with HIV (PLWH) aged 50 and above in Wales, from the perspectives of those with lived experience and health and social care professionals providing direct support.
Our research questions are:
- What are the ageing experiences and concerns of PLWH aged 50 and above (50+)?
- What are the housing and social care needs and priorities for PLWH aged 50+?
- What are the priority areas for practice and future research?
- a scoping review and
- a three-stage DELPHI study including semi-structured interviews with people living with HIV to identify key issues and concerns attached to ageing.
We are looking for a range of methodological skills – we are particularly interested in candidates with qualitative research skills and experience in community engagement in research.
Candidates with personal lived experience of social care and/ or accessing HIV services are especially welcome. Note that applicants will not be expected to disclose, evidence or demonstrate this either at application or if selected for interview.
This post is part-time (28 hours per week), is fixed term until 31st December 2027 and is immediately available.
Salary: £41,064 - £46,049 Grade 6 per annum, pro rata for part time hours (with annual increments up to final salary at top of grade) New appointments are usually made at the starting point of the salary scale.
Responsible to Professor Paul Willis
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Paul [email protected]
Cardiff University offers many excellent benefits, including 45 days annual leave, pro rata for part time workers
(including bank holidays), blended working (meaning you will be able to work from home for some of your time), a cycle to work scheme and other travel initiatives, annual increments up the pay scale, and more. It is an exciting and vibrant place to work, with many different challenges and is a proud Living Wage supporter.
As the biggest university in Wales – and a major employer, with more than 7,000 staff – we are an ambitious and innovative university located in a beautiful and thriving capital city. We can offer you the chance to work in a vibrant organisation, with great benefits and opportunities for progression.
Closing date: Monday, 20 October 2025
Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/cy/research/our-research-environment/integrity-and-ethics/responsible-research-assessment
Job Description
- Lead the day-to-day coordination of study activities across all four work packages.
- Conduct, support and analyse qualitative interviews with people living with HIV and professionals in health, housing, and social care.
- Support recruitment and training of co-researchers with lived experience of HIV.
- Support the development and piloting of data collection tools (e.g., interview guides, surveys).
- Ensure rigorous data management and ethical compliance, including safeguarding and trauma-informed approaches.
- Assist in the design and delivery of stakeholder workshops and consensus meetings.
- Contribute to the development and dissemination of outputs including policy briefings, guidance documents, and a short film.
- To attend and or present at conferences/seminars at a local and national level as required
- To undertake administrative tasks associated with research projects, including the planning and organisation of the project and the implementation of procedures required to ensure accurate and timely reporting
- To prepare research ethics and research governance applications as appropriate
- To review and synthesise existing research literature within the field
- To participate in Centre and School research activities.
- To build and create networks both internally and externally to the university, to influence decisions, explore future research requirements, and share research ideas for the benefit of research projects]
- To engage effectively with industrial, commercial and public sector organisations, professional institutions, service user and carer groups and networks, other academic institutions etc., regionally and nationally, to raise awareness of the profile of the research centre and School, to cultivate strategically valuable alliances, and to pursue opportunities for collaboration across a range of activities. These activities are expected to contribute to the School and the enhancement of its regional and national profile.
- To undergo personal and professional development that is appropriate to and which will enhance performance.
- To participate in Centre and School administration and activities to promote Centre and School and their work to the wider University and the outside world
- Any other duties not included above, but consistent with the role.
Salary Range Max.
46,049
Grade
Grade 6
Salary Range Min.
41,064
Job Category
Academic - Research
Additional Information
The Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE) - www.careresearchwales.org
The Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE), funded by Health and Care Research Wales, is a recently established research centre formed in partnership with the Centre for Trials Research. It brings together multi-disciplinary expertise from across the university, and fosters collaboration with experts elsewhere in the UK, external organisations and community groups, to develop cutting-edge research on adult social care, underpinned by substantial UK-level research funding.
CARE aims to build on an existing track record of research on adult social care and the health-social care interface, from across Cardiff University. To ensure its work is relevant to the social care sector, CARE has a strategic advisory group of senior leaders and policy makers, and also has set up advisory panels of practitioners and people with lived experience of receiving social care services. The development of CARE is supported by the Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE), Exchange, and the Cardiff University schools of Social Sciences, Business, Healthcare Sciences, Law, Medicine, and Psychology. CARE also works with other research centres and groups across Cardiff University, and beyond.
CARE offices are located in the university’s new sbarc | spark building. Sbarc | spark is the first social science research park in the world. Part of the university’s £300m Innovation Campus, this purpose-built facility co-locates world-leading social science researchers with organisations and representatives from the public, third and private sectors - some of which are focused on social care - all working together to address the major complex challenges facing societies.
CARE’s home school is Cardiff University School of Social Sciences. The School is an inter-disciplinary centre of teaching and research. With strong links with the public and voluntary sectors, it seeks to lead on public and policy debates at international, national, and local levels and is renowned for its innovative scholarship across the social sciences and beyond. Further details of the School's activities may be found on our home page: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi
The School of Social Sciences holds an Athena SWAN Bronze Award that recognises good employment practice and a commitment to develop the careers of women working in academia. Cardiff University is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We actively encourage women to apply. We will also always consider proposals for flexible working or job share opportunities.
The Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE), funded by Health and Care Research Wales, is a recently established research centre formed in partnership with the Centre for Trials Research. It brings together multi-disciplinary expertise from across the university, and fosters collaboration with experts elsewhere in the UK, external organisations and community groups, to develop cutting-edge research on adult social care, underpinned by substantial UK-level research funding.
CARE aims to build on an existing track record of research on adult social care and the health-social care interface, from across Cardiff University. To ensure its work is relevant to the social care sector, CARE has a strategic advisory group of senior leaders and policy makers, and also has set up advisory panels of practitioners and people with lived experience of receiving social care services. The development of CARE is supported by the Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE), Exchange, and the Cardiff University schools of Social Sciences, Business, Healthcare Sciences, Law, Medicine, and Psychology. CARE also works with other research centres and groups across Cardiff University, and beyond.
CARE offices are located in the university’s new sbarc | spark building. Sbarc | spark is the first social science research park in the world. Part of the university’s £300m Innovation Campus, this purpose-built facility co-locates world-leading social science researchers with organisations and representatives from the public, third and private sectors - some of which are focused on social care - all working together to address the major complex challenges facing societies.
CARE’s home school is Cardiff University School of Social Sciences. The School is an inter-disciplinary centre of teaching and research. With strong links with the public and voluntary sectors, it seeks to lead on public and policy debates at international, national, and local levels and is renowned for its innovative scholarship across the social sciences and beyond. Further details of the School's activities may be found on our home page: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi
The School of Social Sciences holds an Athena SWAN Bronze Award that recognises good employment practice and a commitment to develop the careers of women working in academia. Cardiff University is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We actively encourage women to apply. We will also always consider proposals for flexible working or job share opportunities.
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Person Specification
Essential Criteria
It is Cardiff University's policy to use the person specification as a key tool for shortlisting. Therefore, candidates must evidence they meet ALL the essential criteria and, where relevant, the desirable.
As part of the application process, you are asked to provide this evidence via a supporting statement. Please ensure that the evidence you are providing corresponds with the numbered criteria outlined in the person specification. Your application will be considered based on the information you provide for each criterion.
When attaching the supporting statement to your application profile, please ensure you name it with the vacancy reference number: XXXXBR.
Your application will be at risk of not being progressed if you do not evidence you have met all essential criteria. The school welcomes the submission of CVs to accompany evidence of the job-based criteria.
Please note that these are also the criteria shortlisted applicants will be assessed against at interview and/or by other means (e.g. a skills test).
- Postgraduate degree at PhD level (or nearing completion / submission) in a related subject area or relevant research experience
- An established expertise and proven portfolio of research relevant to adult social care
- Knowledge and understanding of competitive research funding to be able to develop applications to funding bodies
- Experience conducting qualitative research with marginalised or vulnerable populations, including interviews and surveys
- Experience using NVivo or similar software for qualitative data analysis.
- Understanding of trauma-informed research practices and safeguarding procedures.
- Proven ability to publish in national/international journals and/or other research outputs
- Proven ability in effective and persuasive communication
- Ability to supervise the work of others to focus team efforts and motivate individuals
- Proven ability to work without close supervision
- Experience in developing public-facing outputs (e.g., policy briefings, films).
- Evidence of work collaboratively with relevant sectors, including patient, service user and carer groups and networks.
- Knowledge and understanding of the social stigma of HIV and the importance of anti-discriminatory approaches.
- Proven ability to adapt to the changing requirements of the Higher Education community.
It is Cardiff University's policy to use the person specification as a key tool for shortlisting. Therefore, candidates must evidence they meet ALL the essential criteria and, where relevant, the desirable.
As part of the application process, you are asked to provide this evidence via a supporting statement. Please ensure that the evidence you are providing corresponds with the numbered criteria outlined in the person specification. Your application will be considered based on the information you provide for each criterion.
When attaching the supporting statement to your application profile, please ensure you name it with the vacancy reference number: XXXXBR.
Your application will be at risk of not being progressed if you do not evidence you have met all essential criteria. The school welcomes the submission of CVs to accompany evidence of the job-based criteria.
Please note that these are also the criteria shortlisted applicants will be assessed against at interview and/or by other means (e.g. a skills test).
