Main Activities and Responsibilities
Knowledge Generation
To undertake high-quality research and scholarship, including contributing to drafting major grant proposals and/or leading on drafting small grant proposals, and evaluating teaching practice.
To contribute to peer-reviewed publications and other outputs, including as lead author.
To make a contribution to doctoral student supervision, as appropriate to qualifications and experience.
To manage small grants or elements of larger grants, ensuring compliance with good practice in relation to the conduct of research, the ethics policy, and other relevant LSHTM policies.
Work closely with Cummins and White and the wider Mandala team to coordinate and ensure delivery of the programme of work scientifically and operationally, against objectives, on time and within budget. This includes contributing to development of statistical analysis plans, technical protocols, workflows, and study data user guides; creating, linking, and integrating diverse datasets (using geographic identifiers) to create food environment exposures that will be linked to other consumer, administrative, and survey data held in a secure research environment; undertaking cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses and interpretation of data to describe and evaluate the impact of food system changes on food purchases, environmental, and health outcomes; writing up results in peer-reviewed publications as first author and contributing to other collaborative publications; and disseminating results to academic and non-academic audiences.
Education
Contribute to the delivery of high-quality, inclusive, research-informed teaching and assessment in relation to your specific subject and within the broader area covered by your department and disciplinary field.
Contribute to the improvement of the quality of LSHTM’s education by participating in the development of new and updated learning and teaching materials or approaches.
Provide ad-hoc methodological and analytical mentoring and support to colleagues in PHI-Lab and the wider Mandala consortium.
Internal Contribution
Undertake activities that support the Department, Faculty, MRC Unit, or LSHTM.
Reflect LSHTM’s EDI goals in your work and behaviour.
Participate in LSHTM’s PDR process.
External Contribution
Demonstrate good external citizenship by contributing to learned society and conference events, journal and grant reviews.
Professional Development and Training
Keep up to date with the latest research and thinking in your academic field and with changes to pedagogic practice within LSHTM and more generally.
Where the length and nature of the position permits, apply for and, if accepted, undertake a doctoral degree (if not already acquired).
Undertake and successfully complete the mandatory training required by LSHTM as appropriate to the role.
Acquire and update skills in epidemiological, statistical, evaluation, and data science methods as applied to population health research.
General
All academic staff are free within the law to question and test received wisdom and put forward new ideas and controversial or unpopular opinions to enable LSHTM to engage in research and promote learning to the highest possible standards.
All staff at LSHTM are expected to act at all times in LSHTM’s best interests, treat staff, students, and visitors with courtesy and respect, comply fully with LSHTM policies, procedures, and administrative processes relevant to the role, including when acting as Principal Investigator, uphold and support LSHTM’s values, and act as ambassadors for LSHTM when hosting visitors or attending external events.
Academic Expectations
All academic roles have a statement of academic expectations attached to each level. Role descriptions should be regularly reviewed to ensure they are an accurate representation of the role. The above list of duties is not exclusive or exhaustive, and the role holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the role.
Deadline: 20 Mar 2026
