Epidemiologist (Prevalence and Burden of Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse)
The University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh,
City of edinburgh,
United Kingdom
Research and Science
Skilled Worker
Job posted on July 15, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Description
Grade UE08: £49,559 to £60,907 per annum, pro-rata if part time
CAHSS / MHSES / Childlight
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed term: to 30 April 2027
Childlight, a global child safety institute, is looking for an Epidemiologist in the Prevalence and Burden of Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse to advance Childlight’s public health surveillance system around CSEA.
The Opportunity
You will have expertise of understanding and analysing data within a public health context, using it to develop strategies to improve health outcomes. You will have experience of using different forms of data to identify patterns, causes, distributions and control of health challenges within populations. Specifically, you will bring expertise in quantitative prevalence estimation and burden of violence calculations (including economic costing).
The post holder will work with the Childlight Global Director of Data to envisage and implement a world-leading public health surveillance system model on child sexual exploitation and abuse. This includes strategic thinking around enhancing the surveillance system, and data skills to analyse prevalence and other estimates to enhance the Childlight Into the Light global index.
This post is full-time (35 hours per week), and fixed term until 30 April 2027.
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
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)
The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 28 July 2025
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews are expected to be held approximately 2 weeks after closing date
About Us
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.
About The Team
Moray House School of Education and Sport (MHSES), University of Edinburgh, has been making a major contribution and impact to the fields of education and sport both in Scotland and worldwide for almost 200 years. In that time, our staff, students and alumni have influenced and transformed learning, teaching, and wider educational policy in the UK and beyond. We are the leading School of Education and Sport in Scotland – ranked first for research breadth and quality in Education and Sport, and third in the UK (REF 2021) . We consistently rank in the top tiers of global education and sport-related studies .
Our alumni include Great Britain’s most successful Olympic athlete, cyclist Sir Chris Hoy MBE, and trailblazing teacher and race relations pioneer, Saroj Lal.
We are deeply committed to social justice, inclusivity, diversity, and accessibility. Our aim in all our work is to significantly impact the education, wellbeing and development of children, young people and adults, through problem-solving in the fields of education and sport.
Study
Across undergraduate, postgraduate taught, research, and initial teacher education; our 3000 students study across 29 different programmes. These include a wide array of subjects across the broad areas of teacher education, language education, sport policy, sport science, outdoor education and community education.
Research
With Over 250 Research Staff And Students, We Have a Vibrant And Expanding Research Community With a Broad Portfolio Of Academic Disciplines Gathered Within Seven Broad Research Themes With Permeable Boundaries. Our Thematic Hubs Are
The REF 2021 results for both education and sport-related research place us as Scotland’s top-ranked institution for research breadth and quality (THE).
APPLY NOW
Grade UE08: £49,559 to £60,907 per annum, pro-rata if part time
CAHSS / MHSES / Childlight
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed term: to 30 April 2027
Childlight, a global child safety institute, is looking for an Epidemiologist in the Prevalence and Burden of Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse to advance Childlight’s public health surveillance system around CSEA.
The Opportunity
You will have expertise of understanding and analysing data within a public health context, using it to develop strategies to improve health outcomes. You will have experience of using different forms of data to identify patterns, causes, distributions and control of health challenges within populations. Specifically, you will bring expertise in quantitative prevalence estimation and burden of violence calculations (including economic costing).
The post holder will work with the Childlight Global Director of Data to envisage and implement a world-leading public health surveillance system model on child sexual exploitation and abuse. This includes strategic thinking around enhancing the surveillance system, and data skills to analyse prevalence and other estimates to enhance the Childlight Into the Light global index.
This post is full-time (35 hours per week), and fixed term until 30 April 2027.
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
- A growing academic profile, with a PhD in public health (or related field) with at least two years of work experience in public health epidemiology around CSEA or a similar topic.
- Experience of managing researchers in epidemiological data efforts.
- Experience of work in public health surveillance models.
- Methodological expertise in prevalence estimate, burden calculations and economic costing of public health conditions.
- Experience of knowledge exchange through effective public engagement.
- Growing portfolio of high-quality research publications in child protection or public health research
- A passion for making the world a better place and preventing CSEA, improving services and safeguarding children
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary of £49,559 to £60,907
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
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)
The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 28 July 2025
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews are expected to be held approximately 2 weeks after closing date
About Us
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.
About The Team
Moray House School of Education and Sport (MHSES), University of Edinburgh, has been making a major contribution and impact to the fields of education and sport both in Scotland and worldwide for almost 200 years. In that time, our staff, students and alumni have influenced and transformed learning, teaching, and wider educational policy in the UK and beyond. We are the leading School of Education and Sport in Scotland – ranked first for research breadth and quality in Education and Sport, and third in the UK (REF 2021) . We consistently rank in the top tiers of global education and sport-related studies .
Our alumni include Great Britain’s most successful Olympic athlete, cyclist Sir Chris Hoy MBE, and trailblazing teacher and race relations pioneer, Saroj Lal.
We are deeply committed to social justice, inclusivity, diversity, and accessibility. Our aim in all our work is to significantly impact the education, wellbeing and development of children, young people and adults, through problem-solving in the fields of education and sport.
Study
Across undergraduate, postgraduate taught, research, and initial teacher education; our 3000 students study across 29 different programmes. These include a wide array of subjects across the broad areas of teacher education, language education, sport policy, sport science, outdoor education and community education.
Research
With Over 250 Research Staff And Students, We Have a Vibrant And Expanding Research Community With a Broad Portfolio Of Academic Disciplines Gathered Within Seven Broad Research Themes With Permeable Boundaries. Our Thematic Hubs Are
- Advanced Quantitative Research in Education
- Children and Young People
- Digital Education
- Language, Interculturality and Literacies
- Social Justice and Inclusion
- Sport-related Research
- Teacher, Curriculum and Pedagogy
The REF 2021 results for both education and sport-related research place us as Scotland’s top-ranked institution for research breadth and quality (THE).