Research Assistant/Postdoctoral Research Associate - Grade 6/7

You will work as part of a wider team within the PCMH Dementia team and work with Dr Clarissa Giebel (PI) and others. The project is funded by the University Policy Support Fund for seven months, and underpins a subsequent grant application to the NIHR. The project addresses inequalities in social care needs assessments for people with dementia and carers, and involves qualitative remote interviews and a policy conference. The project builds on a portfolio of research into inequalities in dementia care within the PCMH Dementia Team and the Liverpool Dementia & ageing Research forum and is a co-produced project involving the Alzheimer’s Society, the Brain Charity, and Lancashire City Council, as well as Lancaster University and the University of Hertfordshire.

This post is available on a fixed term basis, from January to 31^st July 2023. Initially, you will work 2 days a week from January to 31^st March 2023 and then 5 days a week from 1^st April until 31^st July 2023. Please note, this is a postdoctoral research position, but where the successful candidate has not been awarded their PhD yet, they will be employed on a Grade 6 research assistant grade until PhD award.

You will contribute to the ethics submission, recruit participants, collect qualitative interview data remotely, analyse transcripts, and contribute to the dissemination of the findings. You will co-facilitate discussions at the policy conference and work with lived experts and Charity team members to support the delivery of the project. You will attend monthly team meetings and attend in-between meetings with the PI and other team members where required, and actively engage with the Liverpool Dementia & Ageing Research Forum and associated events and activities.

For full details and to apply online, please visit: recruit.liverpool.ac.uk

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