Research Assistant in Psychology

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, and including the option to work a 4 day week, but note that in-person testing during normal business hours will be required).

Contract: Fixed term for 1 year

Closing date: 6^th September 2024. Applications must be received by midnight of the closing date.

Expected interview date: Week beginning 23^rd September

Expected start date: From 14^th October 2024

This is an exciting opportunity to help conduct research on how a 4 day working week changes mind, brain, and body. You will coordinate and carry out data collection from employees switching to a 4 day working week, to support the investigation of how time spent at work influences brain function, mental health, and workplace performance. The research is part of the £1.6m Future Leaders Fellowship project led by Dr Charlotte Rae and funded by UK Research and Innovation.

You will join a group of researchers investigating how our working lives interact with wellbeing at the Adaptive Behavioural Control Lab at the University of Sussex (www.sussex.ac.uk/psychology/abc-lab). Your role will involve 1) project administration 2) collecting questionnaire, sleep watch, and MRI brain scan data from participants and 3) helping to write up the results for lay reports and for publication in peer-reviewed journals. You will be highly adept at working with participants to collect a range of quantitative data, including via online questionnaires and in-person testing. You will be experienced with project administration, and comfortable engaging in regular email contact with participants. You will be capable of statistically analysing quantitative data in R, and reporting on the findings. You will be a quick learner, have a friendly and amenable manner for working with participants and colleagues, and be well-organised and highly motivated.

At least a 2.1 undergraduate degree in Psychology or cognitive neuroscience is essential, or a degree in another relevant discipline with experience of working in experimental psychology research. You will have an excellent academic track record.

Experience of in-person behavioural testing and quantitative data analysis in R is essential.

Please contact Dr Charlotte Rae (c.rae@sussex.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.

For full details and how to apply see our vacancies page

Please note: The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed from the UK. 

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