KTP Associate: Behavioural Science/Digital Health

University of Bath; Bath; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal development budget

Residential training sessions

Mentoring from university and industry

Career progression potential

Travel & Subsistence budget

Innovation resources access

Job summary

University of Bath is hosting a Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate position in collaboration with HPO Technologies. You will translate behavioural science into practical, scalable digital tools for defence and high-performance settings, leading on project meetings and driving evaluation and design work.

The role offers exposure to both academic and industry environments, with mentoring from university staff and industry partners, plus development opportunities and potential career

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in health psychology, behavioural science, or related field.
• Strong knowledge of motivation, behaviour change, and digital health intervention design.
• Experience or interest in engagement strategies and adaptive interventions.
• Ability to analyse behavioural, health, or performance data with R or Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead on meetings and manage own workload to align with project goals.
• Translate behavioural science into practical, scalable digital solutions.
• Collaborate with software and analytics teams to implement interventions.
• Contribute to intervention design, evaluation, and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Motivation and behaviour change

Digital intervention design

User engagement strategies

Data analysis (R or Python)

Evaluation methods

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

MSc or PhD in Health Psychology or related

Tools

R

Python

Job description

Working within HPO Technologies to embed knowledge through this innovative Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), with academic support from the Department for Health at the University of Bath, to develop advanced digital interventions that optimise human performance for Defence and other uniformed service personnel.

This KTP combines HPO's cutting-edge software platform with the University of Bath's expertise in motivation, behaviour change, and digital health intervention design to develop adaptive, evidence-based digital tools that support sustained health, wellbeing and performance outcomes.

You will play a central role in translating behavioural science into practical, scalable digital solutions by contributing to intervention design, user engagement strategies, data analysis, evaluation, and collaboration with HPO's software and analytics teams.

This KTP offers an intellectually stimulating and interdisciplinary opportunity for an Associate interested in applying behavioural science and digital innovation within high-performance operational environments.

About KTPs

As a KTP Associate you will be the project lead, managing your own workload to ensure outputs align with project expectations, including leading on meetings. You will also acquire new skills in strategic leadership that can help to super‑charge your career.

Additional benefits of being a KTP Associate:

• All KTP Associates spend 10% of their time on Personal Development, making full use of a generous £2,000 annual personal development budget.
• Access to two 1-week residential training sessions at Ashorne Hill, aimed at developing project management skills.
• Opportunity to gain both industry management and academic experience with mentoring from the University of Bath and at HPO.
• Potential to fast-track a career into business, with an opportunity to gain a permanent job following the KTP.
• Access to a wealth of academic and industrial resources.
• Access to a Travel & Subsistence budget.
• Access to mentoring sessions through Innovate UK Business Connect.

It is essential that you understand how KTP works with business and the University, and the vital role you will play.

About HPO

HPO Technologies is a UK-based software company focused on developing evidence-based, integrated, digital solutions to assist strategic organisations optimise performance of personnel.

Working at the intersection of human performance, behavioural science, and digital innovation, HPO collaborates closely with academic, military, and operational partners to develop scalable technologies with measurable real-world impact.

About you

The ideal candidate will have:

• A MSc or PhD in Health Psychology, Behavioural Science, Digital Health, Public Health, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of motivation, behaviour change, and digital intervention design and theory.
• Experience or interest in user engagement strategies, adaptive interventions, and digital health technologies.
• Experience analysing behavioural, health, or performance-related data using tools such as R or Python.
• An understanding of evaluation methods for digital or behaviour change interventions.
• Ability to communicate effectively across multidisciplinary teams, including researchers, software developers, analysts, and commercial stakeholders.
• An interest in applying behavioural science within Defence, high-performance, tactical, or operational settings.
• Ability to work across academic and commercial environments, translating behavioural science into practical, scalable digital solutions with real-world impact.

Desirable:

• Experience working with UX/UI principles or user-centred design approaches.
• Experience with real-world implementation or evaluation of digital health or wellbeing interventions.
• Understanding of experimentation, feedback loops, or engagement analytics within digital products.

Further information

As a KTP Associate you can enjoy the benefits of being an employee at the University of Bath whilst working full-time at HPO Technologies.

HPO holiday entitlement and working hours:

This is a full-time position based in London. Working hours are 9:00 to 17:30 Monday to Fridays. You will be entitled to 25 days paid holiday annually, in addition to UK public holidays.

The role is fixed‑term for a period of 36 months.

A BPSS Security Clearance check is required for this position.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under‑represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant . an accredited Disability Confident Leader ; autism friendly university , committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff .

Be Well at Bath

We're committed to creating a health‑supporting working environment where everyone can thrive and be at their best. We offer a range of resources to enable you to do that from your first day here, including:

• Staff support groups and networks
• A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
• A suite of tools, resources and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive

Find out more about being at your best at Bath .

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