research assistant Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
Grade UOE6 (£16.78- £ 19.35 per hour, depending on experience)
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Fixed Term - Until 30th August 2024
Guaranteed Hours - Package of 192 hours over the contract period
1 Position Available
The Psychology department in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking to recruit a Guaranteed Hours, fixed term Research Assistant. This post is expected to commence in September 2023.
The Opportunity:
The Research Assistant will support a Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme (PTAS) project to develop general statistics teaching policy guidelines that aim to reduce students' statistics-related anxiety.
The post holder will assist in conducting a narrative review, organizing and facilitating focus groups with undergraduate and postgraduate students, coordinating and analysing data from a large-scale survey of students on statistics courses, and the creation and dissemination of outputs.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Degree in a discipline with statistical component (e.g. Psychology).
- Experience of conducting literature/narrative review
- Ability to communicate complex information clearly, orally and in writing
- Ability to work both independently under appropriate supervision and as part of a team
- Excellent interpersonal skills
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
PPLS welcomes applications from candidates belonging to groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in the department, including, but not limited to, non-males and ethnic minorities.
Interviews are expected to be held in August 2023, and we shall allow 2 weeks’ notice to shortlisted candidates ahead of the interview date.
Application information:
We ask you to include a current CV and cover letter with names of three referees who may be contacted at a later date (please note if you do not wish for anyone to be contacted until after an offer has been made).
We invite candidates to use their cover letter to highlight professional and personal experiences that maybe relevant to role. PPLS interview panels will take submitted documents into account when assessing applications in line with listed criteria, including acknowledging areas of potential impact such as caring responsibilities, family leave and health related matters.
More information on how to submit your application can be found here .
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
