Researcher (Service User/ Lived Experience/ Survivor Researcher)

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

Background

We are seeking to appoint a researcher who brings a lived experience perspective of mental distress and/or of using mental health services to their work, as part of a team, to support an NIHR-funded research programme called PEGASUS. The programme comprises interrelated studies, including coproduction of a peer supported intervention to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease for people with severe mental illness and a multisite randomised controlled trial. The post will be based in the Centre for Mental Health Research.

Responsibilities

The main responsibilities of the role are to undertake research and support the delivery of the PEGASUS research programme. This includes data collection, analysis, presenting and writing up findings for peer reviewed publication, as well as contributing to the co-production of an intervention and training/implementation tools.

Person Specification

The successful candidate will have experience of undertaking research from a lived experience perspective, of recruiting participants to research studies and of conducting high quality qualitative research with people with mental health problems, including qualitative interviewing and/or facilitating focus groups.

Additional Information

Closing date: 8th June 2025 at 11:59 pm.

The selection process will involve an interview. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage. Accommodation for any reasonable requests for candidates with a declared disability or who are making an application under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme will be made.

To apply and for more information about the post please use the links below.

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

Where a hybrid working arrangement can be accommodated, it is expected that colleagues will spend the majority (at least 60%) of their usual working time on campus each week. Specific details will be discussed and agreed with the successful candidate. A hybrid working arrangement will not detract from any comprehensive induction, that will include relevant on-site activities.

Regardless of where colleagues are working, City St George’s, University of London’s premises will be their primary and contractual place of work.

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