Research Fellow - Trial Manager (Community Navigator study)

This is a part time position at 0.8 FTE (29.2 hours per week).

About us

The UCL Division of Psychiatry is within the Faculty of Brain Sciences and a centre of excellence in Mental Health research. The Director is Professor Glyn Lewis. Our aim is to contribute to the improvement of mental health through research and education. We address clinical problems in order to achieve benefits for patients and public health, using insights from basic science. We also deliver innovative teaching, relevant to clinical practice, which is informed by our research.

The Division has multi-disciplinary research and teaching staff based in the Bloomsbury Campus of UCL. The Division is one of the largest departments specialising in mental health in the UK with over 150 staff. It has an active research programme with funding from NIHR, MRC, ESRC and medical charities including the Wellcome Trust and Alzheimer’s UK. Our research programme is wide ranging and has strengths that include epidemiology, randomised controlled trials, health services research and molecular genetics and includes research into psychosis, depression and intellectual disability (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry). There is considerable potential within UCL to develop collaborations with outstanding scientists from other disciplines. We encourage joint projects within and outside our Faculty and this provides exciting opportunities for applying novel ideas and methods to psychiatric problems.

About the role

The Community Navigator trial is a research study funded by the NIHR HTA programme, it will evaluate the effectiveness of a programme to reduce depression and loneliness for people with treatment-resistant depression using secondary mental health services.

The Community Navigator trial started in September 2021 and will run until February 2025. We are seeking a new Trial Manager to start from April 2023. The 0.8 FTE Trial Manager post is funded at Grade 7 until the end of the project in February 2025 in the first instance.

The Trial Manager will provide day to day management and coordination of the study. They will work closely with the Chief Investigator, Prof. Lloyd-Evans, who will provide line management and supervision. The Trial Manager will be responsible for supporting the CI in managing and supporting study research assistants and an administrator.

About you

The Trial Manager must be able to work at UCL and travel to study sites as required. This post is suitable for a candidate with substantial previous research and trials experience and knowledge about mental health services, who wishes to contribute to top quality research. Previous experience of study management and supporting junior staff is essential.

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree (2:1 or above) in psychology or a relevant social science and a relevant Master’s Degree.


Appointment details:

• This is a part time post at 0.8 FTE (29.2 hours per week).
• This post is offered on Grade 7, the annual salary for which ranges from £38,308 to £46,155 per annum (including London Allowance). This will be pro rata.
• The appointment is available from April 2023 and is funded until February 2025 in the first instance.
• Any offer of employment will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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