Research Fellow London
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ABOUT US
About IOE
IOE is UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society.
Founded in 1902, IOE has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years. We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just, and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
The Department of Psychology and Human Development brings together staff with research and teaching interests that encompass psychological approaches to learning, development and teaching from early childhood to adulthood.
Our psychology profile is distinctive, offering the largest coherent group of psychologists in the UK, working in the area of education and child and adolescent development. Our expertise in SEND informs both our teaching and our research. Further information about the Department can be found at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/departments/psychology-and-human-development
ABOUT THE ROLE
This is a key role in a new Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) grant project on parent-child processes in the context of mental health treatment to help the Investigators to effectively analyse, publish and disseminate the findings and other outcomes of the study as well as to help with the smooth day-to-day running of the project.
To support this project, we are looking to recruit a highly motivated and proactive psychological researcher with experience with longitudinal quantitative methods and analyses.
In this role you will produce and analyse high-quality data-files for the project and keep clear records of data cleaning, coding and analyses. You will co-author lay pieces, academic papers and reports as well as contribute to the delivery of impact workshops.
This is an ESRC-funded project for 24 months. The Principal Investigator of the project is Dr Emily Midouhas. You are welcome to contact her via email ([email protected]) if you would like further information or to discuss the post.
Project team members are Dr Bonamy Oliver, Dr Jane Gilmour and Dr John Heron.
This post is available from 2nd May 2023 to 1st May 2025 in the first instance.
ABOUT YOU
You will have a PhD degree in psychology with excellent academic record and sufficient breadth and depth of research methods and techniques related to longitudinal research and/or clinical research.
You will also have previous, demonstrable experience of writing clear, accurate and well-structured research papers (e.g., authoring reports and/or contributions to academic papers in peer-reviewed journals) and previous experience of longitudinal data analysis.
Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.
It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.
WHAT WE OFFER
As 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
- 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 EDI
As 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.
