Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Trial Manager

Hours: Full time or part time hours considered up to a maximum of 1 FTE

Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need).

Contract: fixed term until 31 August 2025

Applications must be received by midnight of the closing date.

Expected Interview date: TBC

Expected start date: 1^st July 2024

Brighton & Sussex Medical School is looking to recruit a Research Fellow/Trial Manager to co-ordinate an exciting new project focused on public health intervention for young women who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) living in coastal areas in the UK. The project aims to explore the feasibility, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of a hope-focused intervention. The intervention is based on the principles of hope theory & combines strengths-spotting, goal-setting, and creative arts elements. The intervention is designed to be supported using a novel youth-initiated mentor approach. The project will involve working with local & unitary authority and charity partners to identify these young women and involve them in the trial. The project has a geographic focus on deprived coastal regions in southern and eastern England. The trial involves a mixed-methods process evaluation.

The postholder will be supervised by the project lead, Dr Clio Berry. The postholder will oversee the day-to-day co-ordination of the trial. This involves academic and technical support to the project lead, oversight of trial progress, motivation & support to trial staff, oversight of participant recruitment & data management, liaison with groups involved within the trial and with partners and collaborators, and contribution to data analysis &  report writing. The trial is based within a small, friendly and research active department within Brighton and Sussex Medical School. The postholder will be supported with their professional development, including opportunities for training, publishing, conference, and event attendance. Additional opportunities, such as teaching and student supervision, may be possible depending on interest and capacity.

The successful candidate should have, or be near to completing, a PhD in a relevant discipline (such as Psychology, Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Epidemiology) and/or equivalent experience of managing large & complex health or educational research projects. The successful candidate will require excellent communication & presentation skills, together with the ability to organise & motivate others. They will demonstrate flair, enthusiasm, innovation, and leadership when faced with challenges. They will provide strategic, tactical, and operational management skills in the planning &  execution of the project. The successful candidate will understand the importance of upholding the scientific integrity of the randomised controlled trial approach. They candidate will have experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods.

The role is to be contracted for 14 months in the first instance as this covers the feasibility phase of the project.

Assuming feasibility, the role would be extended for another 2.5 to 3.5 years. Job-share can be considered.

A proportion of remote working can be considered.

Please contact Dr Clio Berry c.berry@bsms.ac.uk  for informal enquiries.

The University is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics (STEMM) at Sussex.

“Please note that this position may be subject to ATAS clearance if you require visa sponsorship.”

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