Research Support Assistant Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
UE05: £24,285.00 - £27,929.00 Per Annum.
CMVM / CCBS.
Fixed Term Contract; Full Time - 35 Hours Per Week.
We are looking for someone to assist with the general administrative requirements associated with running study visits, study set up, running and closing of a research study and maintenance of essential documents.
The Opportunity:
The post holder will assist with the delivery of research within the Edinburgh Dementia Prevention (EDP) research group. The group focuses on delivering innovative and leading research into dementia prevention. The post holder will primarily support the delivery of the PREVENT dementia programme in Edinburgh.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- SCQF Level 7 education (or equivalent) in a healthcare or biology related subject E.g. SVQ3 in healthcare with at least 1-year relevant work experience.
- Or school education to standard grade with 3 years relevant work experience.
- Organisational and time management skills with attention to detail.
- High level of communication skills both written and verbal.
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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.
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
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 (opens new browser tab) .
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.
