Research Fellow (Process Evaluation)

About us

The Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences is a world-leading group that brings together expertise across the clinical and basic science spectrum of the physiology and pathology of human movement and movement disorders.

About the role

We are seeking an enthusiastic qualitative researcher with an interest in behaviour change and ageing research to join a team running the LiveWell with Parkinson’s - PD Care Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) based in the UCL Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health (PCPH). You will join a multidisciplinary team with expertise in ageing research, behaviour change, qualitative research and clinical trials and will work closely with the Chief Investigators, Trial Manager and PRIMENT Clinical Trials Unit.

You will lead on the delivery of the mixed methods process evaluation component of a high quality multisite clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the “Live Well with Parkinson’s” facilitated self-management toolkit. The process evaluation seeks to explore the factors promoting or inhibiting implementation, uptake, use, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the toolkit and sessions. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualitative researcher who is interested in health promotion and behaviour change interventions, particularly those targeted at an ageing population.

The post is available immediately and is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care for one year in the first instance.

If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact the Institute of Neurology HR Team ().

Informal enquiries regarding the role can be addressed to Chanel Francois (PD Care Trial Manager) on .

Application deadline: 20 December 2022.

For a full job description and to apply for this role please visit UCL’s online recruitment portal (

(https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs) and search using vacancy reference B02-04142.

We expect to hold interviews on 6 January 2023.

About you

You will have a PhD or equivalent research experience in a relevant social science subject and experience of leading a qualitative project to completion. Experience of qualitative data collection and analysis and of writing reports of papers for publication is essential, as is an interest in ageing research.

What we offer

Appointment as Research Fellow is dependent upon having been awarded a PhD; if this is not the case, initial appointment will be as Research Assistant (salary £34,502 - £36,348 per annum) with appointment as Research Fellow being backdated to the date of final submission of the PhD thesis.

The post is graded as UCL Grade 7 with a starting salary £38,808 per annum including London Allowance.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits.

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible, and job share basis wherever possible.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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. 12% of Institute staff are actively working on EDI initiatives; visit

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/equality-diversity-inclusion for more information about what we’re doing. 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.

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