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Attention of Fiona Stevenson

Please find below, advert in respect of Senior Research Specialist at the
HDA.

Could you please publish this advert on our behalf.  If you require any
further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Regards
Vivienne Rangecroft
HR Assistant
(020) 7061 3048

> Health Development Agency
> Senior Research Specialist (fixed term to end March 2005)
> Full time (however secondment and part time applications also welcome)
> Salary £33,298 on appointment plus London Weighting Allowance
> Ref: SRS 09
> 
> The Health Development Agency (HDA) was created to support and enhance
> efforts to improve health and reduce inequalities of people living in
> England. Working with a range of national and regional partners, we play
> an important role in assessing - and then disseminating - information to
> improve the public's health. We offer expert advice and guidance, support
> for the development of standards, and resources and training for those
> involved in improving public health. Our mission is to improve public
> health.
> The Evidence and Guidance Department's role within this context is:
> 
> 	* Maintain an up-to-date map of the evidence base across all the
> major public health topic and theme areas identified in the growing array
> of policy documents, strategies and initiatives.
> 	* Create more effective ways of making the evidence base accessible
> to a wider audience, particularly through the use of new and emerging
> technologies.
> 	* Build the methodological structures for the collation and
> interpretation of evidence for public health, which will encourage a
> pluralistic approach to understanding 'what works'.
> 	* Support the strengthening of this evidence base - by advocating
> the need to commission new research where gaps have been identified
> through the development of networks with a range of individuals and
> institutions.
> 
> Researchers at the HDA are responsible for the critical appraisal of the
> current literature summarising the state of the evidence in particular
> areas, its strengths and weaknesses and the gaps in the research base. The
> overall aim of these syntheses is to answer the 'what works to improve
> health and reduce health inequalities', and to support the future
> direction of policy, research and practice. In addition, researchers will
> also be responsible for working across the organisation to develop
> effective methods of getting this evidence into practice and the
> production of guidance.
> 
> Applicants interested in the Senior Research Specialist post must have a
> relevant postgraduate qualification (preferably in the field of Public
> Health or Social Science), plus a minimum of three years' working
> experience in either a public health related sector or relevant academic
> area. Secondment and part time working applications also welcome. 
> 
> Excellent written and communication skills are essential, as is the
> demonstrable ability to work in a team.
> 
> For an application pack, please telephone our 24-hour answer service on
> 020 7061 3049 or email: [log in to unmask] quoting the
> appropriate above references.
> 
> For an informal discussion regarding these positions, please contact
> Professor Mike Kelly: [log in to unmask] or 020 7061 3150 or Dr.
> Caroline Mulvihill [log in to unmask] or 020 7061 3174.
> 
> The closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm, Monday 27th September
> 2004 and interviews will take place on Friday 8th October 2004, PM.
> 
> The Health Development Agency is committed to the provision of equality of
> opportunity for all and continues to formulate and implement policies and
> practices to this end.
> 
> 

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