Research Assistant/ Associate- Ageing and Geroscience

Wage: 

Analysis Assistant: £31,396 to £32,982 each year

Analysis Affiliate:£33,966 to £44,263 each year

Newcastle College is a superb place to work, with glorious advantages . We now have a beneficiant vacation package deal; plus the chance to purchase extra, nice pension schemes and quite a few well being and wellbeing initiatives to help you.

Closing Date: 22 March 2024

The Function

We’re looking for to recruit an enthusiastic and extremely motivated researcher with a social sciences background (sociology, anthropology, geography or carefully associated self-discipline) and qualitative analysis to contribute to a big qualitative examine exploring variety within the dementia care experiences of South Asian communities. 

We’re searching for somebody with distinctive interpersonal expertise and a aptitude for speaking with a various vary of stakeholders, together with these whose first language will not be English. 

You’ll conduct ethnographic analysis in Newcastle with South Asian individuals dwelling at residence with dementia and their networks of care. The goal of the analysis is to offer an in-depth and ‘thick description’ of the contextual elements shaping South Asian peoples’ lived expertise of dementia care and to use this studying to discover how public coverage and care techniques may very well be tailored or improved to cut back well being and social inequalities. 

Funded by the Nationwide Institute of Well being and Care Analysis (NIHR), the ethnographic analysis is a component of a bigger qualitative examine led by Kate Gibson and a multi-disciplinary crew of researchers at Newcastle College, Nottingham College and Kings School London. Along with conducting the analysis, analysing findings, and authoring high-quality tutorial papers for peer evaluation, you’ll work with neighborhood companions to undertake the analysis and disseminate accessible outputs. Additionally, you will contribute to the event of labor packages in Nottingham, Birmingham and London.

That is an thrilling alternative to contribute to the event and supply of an essential piece of analysis. You can be a part of a progressive and impactful analysis atmosphere within the Inhabitants Well being Sciences Institute at Newcastle College which is very dedicated to analysis profession growth. You can be supported to develop your analysis profession inside the Institute, which is a recognised chief within the area of well being analysis.

Expertise of conducting analysis with individuals dwelling with dementia can be helpful however not important. 

The function is especially suited to people with an curiosity in dementia, care and addressing inequalities.

To use for the place, we are going to want your CV and a protecting letter outlining how you might be appropriate for the function, utilizing examples to spotlight the way you meet the important standards as listed within the job description.

This submit is fastened time period till 31 Might 2026.

For casual enquiries please attain out to [email protected] .

Discover out extra concerning the School of Medical Sciences right here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/

Discover out extra about our Analysis Institutes right here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/analysis/institutes/

As a part of our dedication to profession growth for analysis colleagues, the College has developed 3 ranges of analysis function profiles. These profiles set out firstly the generic competences and obligations anticipated of function holders at every stage and secondly the final {qualifications} and experiences wanted for entry at a selected stage.

Key Accountabilities

• Though working underneath the final steering of an instructional or Principal Investigator, the postholder will contribute concepts, together with enhancements to the technical or methodological facets of their research, thus offering substantial ‘added worth’ 
• Develop and perform the desired mission utilizing applicable strategies and gear as outlined within the private necessities 
• Decide applicable methodologies for analysis, with recommendation and help the place required
• Contribute to grant purposes submitted by others and in time develop personal analysis goals and proposals for funding 
• Start to put in writing, with applicable help, proposals for particular person analysis funding or, the place funders don’t allow this, contribute to the writing of collective bids
• Assess analysis findings for the necessity/scope for additional investigations
• Contribute to the writing up of their analysis for publication and dissemination, both by seminar and convention displays or by publications
• Current analysis findings, both at conferences or by publications in respected shops applicable to the self-discipline
• Could also be concerned within the supervision, with steering, of ultimate yr undergraduate analysis tasks and in offering help to postgraduate analysis college students or Analysis Assistants 
• Might want to work with the help employees and, on events, with undergraduate and postgraduate college students, and work together intellectually with different tutorial members of the Institute
• Might contribute to occasions celebrating the general public engagement of science/social sciences/humanities
• Develop an consciousness of College buildings, insurance policies and procedures and related points within the increased training, analysis, social and political atmosphere
• To have interaction and construct relations with related stakeholders, together with individuals dwelling with dementia, households, area people members and neighborhood and voluntary sector organisations

The Individual 

Information, Abilities and Expertise 

• Means to work effectively as a part of a multidisciplinary crew and quickly purchase new expertise
• Detailed topic information referring to both ageing, care, dementia or inequalities
• Expertise within the design, conduct and evaluation of qualitative analysis utilizing a variety of methodological and theoretical approaches
• Information of conducting and writing up ethnographic analysis
• Probability of superior expertise immediately associated to the analysis tasks 
• Excessive stage of analytical and problem-solving functionality 
• Means to speak complicated info with readability to tutorial and non tutorial audiences 
• Expertise of analysis with clear transferable expertise and a few expertise or consciousness of the proposed analysis atmosphere 
• Shows at conferences and/or high-quality publications 
• Wonderful interpersonal expertise
• Information and expertise of working with or conducting analysis with one of many following: marginalized communities, ethnically minoritized communities, or individuals dwelling with dementia
• Wonderful organisational, communication and interpersonal expertise
• Expertise of delivering analysis inside agreed timelines, assembly mission milestones and producing analysis to a excessive commonplace 

Fascinating

• Familiarity with the Psychological Capability Act and its utility to analysis
• Expertise of coordinating ethics and governance submissions

Attributes and Behaviour

• Means to fulfill deadlines and to handle conflicting priorities
• Means to work flexibly and co-operatively with others 
• Means to work independently
• Means to take care of confidentiality
• Progressive and versatile in method

Fascinating

• Useful however not necessary in case you can communicate one of many following languages: Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi or Bengali

{Qualifications}

• A PhD in a related social science self-discipline (for instance sociology, anthropology, geography) (for appointment at Affiliate stage
• Honors diploma in related topic (for appointment at Assistant stage)

 Newcastle College is a world College the place everyone seems to be handled with dignity and respect.  As a College of Sanctuary, we goal to offer a welcoming place of security for all, providing alternatives to individuals fleeing violence and persecution.

We’re dedicated to being a completely inclusive college which actively recruits, helps and retains colleagues from all sectors of society.  We worth variety in addition to rejoice, help and thrive on the contributions of all of our workers and the communities they signify.  We’re proud to be an equal alternatives employer and encourage purposes from people who can complement our current groups, we consider that success is constructed on having groups whose backgrounds and experiences mirror the variety of our college and scholar inhabitants.

At Newcastle College we maintain a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the development of gender equality.  We additionally maintain a Race Equality Constitution Bronze award in recognition of our work in direction of tackling race inequality in increased training REC.  We’re a Incapacity Assured employer and can provide an interview to disabled candidates who meet the important standards for the function as a part of the provide and interview scheme.

As well as, we’re a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe. 

Requisition ID: 26792

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