Research Assistant (PD-Care Programme)

Job title:

Research Assistant (PD-Care Programme)

Company

University College London

Job description

About usThe Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health (PCPH) is part of the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care and is headed by Professor Fiona Stevenson. The Department’s strategic aim is to deliver high-quality teaching in community-based primary care and public health and to undertake a programme of internationally competitive multi-disciplinary research addressing the management and prevention of disease in individuals and populations in areas that are of priority to the health of the public.About the roleThe post provides an exciting opportunity for a researcher who wants to apply and develop their analytic, interpretation and other research skills, while working on a topic of major relevance for health and social care policy.With the support of the Programme Manager, you will lead on the toolkit fidelity assessment i.e. the extent to which the toolkit was implemented as intended.You will also be involved in developing material suitable for dissemination to multiple stakeholders, including older people and policymakers.Application Process:

• A full job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
• Please use the personal statement section to explain how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria outlined in the person specification
• In the event we get a high number of applications, we may close the advert early before the published closing date. As a minimum we will keep all adverts open for 2 weeks.

Contact Details:

• If you have any queries about the role, please contact Kumud Kantilal at [email protected]
• If you have any enquiries about the application process or if you have any difficulties accessing the online recruitment system, please contact [email protected].

About youWe are looking for a candidate with a Master’s degree in a relevant subject such as health psychology, public health, neurology or applied health research and experience /interest in producing multimedia content for academic and non-academic audiences.Knowledge of some or all of the following would be advantageous: qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research methodology, primary care research, ageing/Parkinson’s research, behavioural science and developing videos or illustrations.The post is available until 28 Feb 2025. It can be offered as full-time or part-time (no less than 0.5 FTE).What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan and expenses
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze Award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/Available documents

Expected salary

Location

North West London

Job date

Sat, 29 Jun 2024 22:25:23 GMT

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