HDRC Research Data Scientist

Research Data Scientist for the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) Ealing

Ealing is a highly diverse and vibrant borough in West London. Home to around 386,000 people, it is the third largest borough by population in London and is an exciting place to live and work. There are stark and longstanding inequities in health determinants – the ‘building blocks’ of health – like education, social connection, housing, and good jobs. This leads to poorer health and shorter lives for disadvantaged communities.

To help address this, the council is one of four London boroughs to be awarded £5 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to create the NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration Ealing. This will enable us to have the capacity and infrastructure to do meaningful research on the health determinants in Ealing, learning together how to promote more healthy, thriving and equitable communities.

As a partnership with local community organisations, Golden Opportunities for Skills and Development, Ealing and Hounslow Community and Voluntary Service, and Southall Community Alliance, and research institutions London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Imperial College London, and the Institute of Development Studies, the HDRC Ealing will bring a new approach to collecting and learning from data and insights on the building blocks of health, with stronger community participation and involvement in research.

HDRC Ealing values and promotes diverse forms of knowledge, participatory and action-orientated approaches, systems thinking and pragmatic research that is responsive to the needs of staff and residents.

We are looking for an exceptional candidate who has the expertise and passion to drive forward this exciting programme of work.

This research data science role will be responsible for:

Leading research data analysis and data science work needed to enable the council to curate and manage timely and meaningful rigorous quantitative and mixed method research on the ‘building blocks of health’ (the conditions of life that impact how well and how long we live, for example, housing, employment, social connection, education, otherwise known as health determinants). You will work closely with council staff, academic and community partners.

Success would be:

• Successful delivery of high-quality statistical analysis of quantitative data as part of research and evaluation on the building blocks of health in Ealing
• Successful applications for further research funding
• Successful engagement and take up of statistical analysis and quantitative data interpretation and synthesis training and capacity building in the Council.
• Signs of culture change in Ealing Council towards greater and systematic use of research data to inform action.

Collaboration is at the heart of this programme and you will be working closely with council departments, academic and community partners, considering ways to promote knowledge and skills exchange. This role offers a great learning opportunity in organisational capacity development and influencing culture change across diverse sectors.

There has never been a better time to join the team at Ealing to work on health equity.

• The Council Plan has a strong focus on tackling inequalities and is supporting a vision of ‘connected communities’
• Our new Health & Wellbeing Strategy 2023-2028 is focused on tackling inequalities through the building blocks of health
• We are 1 of 30 NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaborations across the country, and 1 in 4 in London.

By joining Ealing, you will be part of a respected, innovative and diverse London borough, committed to promoting health equity through stronger evidence use and creation.

Currently, the majority of staff are hybrid working, with 2 days a week attendance required in Perceval House and 3 days virtually from home (this may change depending on the needs of the collaboration and council).

For a discussion in confidence, please contact Rosie Rowe HDRC@ealing.gov.uk using ‘HDRC Research Data Scientist’ in your email heading.

You must have the right to work in the UK.

It is an exciting time to join us, here at Ealing Council. If you would like to make a positive difference to our residents and borough, then we are looking forward to hearing from you.

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Ealing Council is committed to creating good jobs and delivering on its connected communities’ agenda. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive.

Please note all applications will be determined on merit.

This post is subject to Ealing’s enhanced vetting process.

Interview date: week commencing 3 November 2025

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