Research Assistant United Kingdom
Job description
Department of Health Sciences
The Public Health and Society Research Group within the Department of Health Sciences is looking for an organised, motivated and enthusiastic research assistant to provide research and administrative support to mixed methods and participatory research projects focusing on healthy and sustainable livelihoods, led by Dr Maddy Power and Dr Amy Barnes:
- Food for Thought: Understanding ethnic variations in the prevalence and experience of food insecurity, and its interaction with mental health;
- Building an evidence base on community wealth building as a public health intervention and way to create a wellbeing economy
The University of York offers flexible working patterns and family friendly initiatives. As a Department we are proud to foster a supportive culture that helps staff and students contribute fully, flourish, and reach their full potential. We embrace equality, diversity and inclusion as well as the values of the Athena SWAN Charter in all our Departmental activities
Role
The purpose of the role is to provide administrative and research support to projects focusing on the importance of livelihoods for sustainable population health and wellbeing. The role will include: organising meetings; assisting with project set up, including recruiting and engaging with research participants; engaging with stakeholders (e.g. advisory group members, practice and policy partners); and project administration and research assistance (e.g. conducting qualitative data collection - under supervision of more senior members of the team, inputting and cleaning data, supporting the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data (with guidance), and contributing to the writing of reports and briefings).
Please note this is a fixed term role available until 31/08/2024.
Skills, Experience & Qualification needed
- Knowledge of wider determinants of health and/or food insecurity, poverty and the challenges of living on a low income
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop good working relationships with colleagues, different people in a community and external stakeholders
- Good planning, administrative and organisational skills, including the ability to meet deadlines
- Experience of engaging effectively with people from diverse backgrounds and/or with people with experience of living on a low income
- Willingness to learn new skills, work flexibly and to a high quality
Interview date: Monday 5 June 2023
For informal enquiries: Please contact Dr Maddy Power [email protected] or Dr Amy Barnes [email protected]
Condition of employment
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Consequently, all applicants will be asked to declare both unspent and spent convictions on their application form.
Appointment of the successful candidate will be conditional on a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
The University strives to be diverse and inclusive – a place where we can ALL be ourselves.
We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University.
We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork
