Data Analyst

UE07: £40,497 to £48,149
CMVM / MGPHS / USHER Institute
Contract type: Full time (35 hours per week)
Fixed Term available from 1st September 2025 until 31st August 2028
Location: Usher Institute, Usher Building, 5-7 Little France Road, Edinburgh BioQuarter - Gate 3, Edinburgh, EH16 4UX 

This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week), however, we will consider part-time or flexible working patterns (minimum of 20 hours/ week).  

We will also consider requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular (weekly) on-campus working.  The Usher Institute expects a minimum of 40% on campus working.

The Centre for Medical Informatics at the Usher Institute within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a Data Analyst.

The Opportunity:

This post offers the opportunity to work on an exciting new initiative using data driven research approaches to improve child health through housing interventions as part of a new 5 year Wellcome funded study, Homes, Heat and Healthy Kids.  

This study capitalises on the new ability to link healthcare and individual property-level data across Scotland for the first time, to create a rich retrospective birth cohort linking electronic health records with data on home energy efficiency and energy use, smart meters, high street banking, air pollution and climate.  

You will work in a fast-paced, agile and cross-sectoral research environment. Public and political consciousness of the link between health and housing is rising. The study already has over 50 organisations as stakeholders, including policy makers, public sector, third sector and industry partners. You will be collaborating with our stakeholders to develop novel methodology to:

i) Provide policy makers with estimates of how many preschool respiratory infections could be avoided if every home was adequately heated.
i) Explore how different ways of making homes warmer affect the risk of respiratory infection risk, in particular the balance between warmth and reduced indoor air quality.

This body of work has the potential to influence housing, health, energy and Net Zero policies. There will be significant opportunities to develop both public engagement and policy translation skills for the successful applicant.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr Olivia Swann, Senior Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Disease (Olivia.Swann@ed.ac.uk).

Your skills and attributes for success: 

•    A PhD in a scientific or numerate subject, or able to demonstrate relevant and equivalent experience.
•    Experience in writing complex queries to interrogate databases.
•    Experience in using statistical programming for data analysis and machine learning/deep learning, using python or R.
•    Ability to work well within a interdisciplinary team.
•    Commitment to contribute to positive research culture.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect: 

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. 
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Click to access our staff benefits page (opens new browser tab) for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT+ equality. 

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK.  Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab). 

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK. 

The closing date for applications is 16 July 2025.

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Work with us | Usher Institute- where inquiring minds work together to improve lives across the world.

Join our growing team of academics and professional services staff and work in a vibrant, multi-disciplinary environment. Our vision is to catalyse the transformation of health in society by working with people, populations and their data.

Our greatest asset is our people, working together to improve public health using evidence-based research.

We are a key applied and translational arm of the Edinburgh Medical School, within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at The University of Edinburgh.  Working with partners across UK and international universities, health and care providers, policymakers, industry and the public is central to our highly collaborative ethos.

As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.