Anglia Ruskin University
KTP Associate - AI for Occupational Health Automation

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Job Category
Other
Vacancy Type
Fixed term contract
Fixed Term Duration
2 years
Employment Type
Full time
Salary
£36,000
Location
Portsmouth
Faculty/Prof Service
Faculty of Science & Engineering
Closing Date
04/10/2026
Ref No
4071
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This is an exciting opportunity to work full time on a 24-month collaborative partnership between Anglia Ruskin University and Cordell Health Ltd to develop the capability of automated and accurate real-time data insights using Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support accurate diagnosis and early interventions.
About Cordell Health Ltd
Cordell Health is a social enterprise delivering high quality, tailored occupational health and wellbeing services to clients across South of England and Wales. It partners with clients to ensure service delivery combining clinical expertise with the latest technology platforms. Its vision is to inspire and enable organisations support the health of their employees, making staff healthier and workplaces more productive. It seeks to support those with disabilities in work, moving the focus from disability to ability and in doing so “levelling the playing field”.
About The Role
This position offers an excellent opportunity to engage in cutting-edge research while working closely with an industry partner to drive innovation and commercial impact. The role is well-suited to a candidate with strong operational insight with ideally a PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Health Informatics or relevant field. The position will lead a complex project requiring analytical thinking, technical capability and confidence to engage a variety of stakeholders. The successful candidate will demonstrate key competencies in Data Analytics & Machine Learning, Programming Skills, and familiarity with data base design and AI/ML Model Development.
As part of this Knowledge Transfer Partnership, you will benefit from access to expertise and resources from both Anglia Ruskin University and Cordell Health Ltd working at the interface of academia and industry.
This is a rare opportunity to apply your scientific skills in a commercially focused environment, broaden your professional development, and make a tangible impact within a key industry sector.
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Although you’ll be employed by ARU, you’ll be based at Cordell Health Limited’s premises in Portsmouth.
Requirements
- Data Analytics & Machine Learning: including model development using Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, or TensorFlow
- Programming Skills: Python, experienced in writing clean, modular, and reproducible code.
- Familiarity with data pipeline development, data base design/querying/scripting, and API integration
- AI/ML Model Development: build, train, evaluate, and interpret predictive models,
- Data Management: CSV, SQL databases.
- Awareness/experience in occupational health, public health, or clinical decision support systems
- Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) for data storage or model deployment
- Experience with dashboards/data visualisation tools (Power BI, Tableau, or Plotly Dash)
- Software Engineering Practices: including agile project management.
- AI Ethics/Bias Awareness: Data governance and regulatory requirements working with clinical and patient data.
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Benefits for the Associate
- You’ll work in a cutting edge, industry leading, highly commercial, health-tech sector environment
- You’ll gain access to world-leading academics
- You’ll have the opportunity to gain further qualifications and certifications
- You’ll have your own dedicated training time and a generous training budget. £4,000
Take the Lead
- You’ll be the project lead, managing your own workload and ensuring outputs
- You’ll direct problem-solving activities and your own learning
- You’ll have creative freedom to suggest changes and develop the project plan
Interact
- You’ll have continuous support from your Academic and Business Supervisors
- You’ll work with innovative and ambitious staff, including regular contact with key senior management
- You’ll liaise with current and new Cordell Health Ltd clients and see the real-life impact of your work
About ARU
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU was recently awarded the Most Transformational KTP Award for 2025 and holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. Last year, ARU was awarded Innovate UK’s Best Transformational KTP Award


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About The KTP Programme
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) are unique, three-way collaborations powering innovation. For nearly 50 years, KTPs have been helping businesses innovate for growth. They do this by connecting businesses that have an innovative idea with academic expertise to help deliver it. There are over 870 businesses, 100 knowledge bases (universities and other research organisations) and over 800 graduates involved in KTPs.
For further information: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (ktp-uk.org)
For further information or enquiries about this role, please email lakshmi.babu-Saheer@aru.ac.uk
Interview date TBC.
Find out more about working with us and how we recruit
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.
We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK and will conduct Right to Work checks in line with UKVI’s Right to Work policy and our own institutional policy.
Candidates must have a current Right to Work in the UK covering the full duration of the project or apply for and have in place a Global Talent Visa in advance of project commencement again, covering the duration of the project. Any pending applications will be reviewed by ARU's HR Immigration Compliance Team prior to interview.
Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.
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For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.
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