Research Assistant

The role

The post is part of the Wellcome Discovery Award research programme “Collective Action for Race Equity in Health and Social Care”, which aims to address and dismantle structural factors that perpetuate racial discrimination and harassment within care systems.

We are seeking an enthusiastic Research Assistant with a background in social science, participatory and creative methodologies, and an interest in social theory to join the workstream ‘Co-creating Concepts of Care.’

The expectation of the successful candidate is twofold:

1) To co-develop and conduct their own PhD project on how racialized inequalities shape carers’ lives using qualitative and creative methods (e.g. Theatre of the Oppressed, or others).

2) To support the co-production process across our team and partner organisations (e.g. Black Thrive Global); assist with literature reviews on racialized inequality in care; conduct qualitative research; support event coordination. 

This is a full-time, fixed-term post (35 hrs/week) from 1 August, 2025 until 31 July, 2030. It includes full PhD tuition funding for four years (UK rate), in addition to the Research Assistant salary for the full period. The candidate is expected to start their PhD at Kings College London, Global Health and Social Medicine, January 2026.

Research staff are entitled to 10 days per year for professional development.

About you

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience: 

Essential criteria

• Master's degree in a relevant social science (e.g. sociology, anthropology, global health & social medicine, social policy, health systems research, or global mental health), with an intent to pursue a PhD
• Practical experience with participatory methods in areas of health inequity 
• Strong qualitative research skills (e.g. interviews, ethnography, arts-based methods)  
• Excellent writing and communication skills, with experience assisting writing publications for academic, public and stakeholder audiences  
• Demonstrated interest and/or knowledge in social theory  
• Demonstrated experience working within interdisciplinary teams and with non-academic partners (e.g. public health and community organisations)  
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills  
• Experience working with peer-researchers/co-facilitators 

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of data confidentiality and data security  
• Experience working across policy, public health, voluntary sectors, or with people with lived experience. 
• Experience delivering seminars or training to diverse audiences. 

Downloading a copy of our Job Description 

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience can be found in the Job Description at the bottom of the page.

Further information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community. 

Through our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and this appointment process, we aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities and to foster a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit their CV, and a supporting statement detailing how they meet the essential criteria. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria for our final shortlist.

To find out how our managers will review your application, take a look at our ‘ How we Recruit’ pages.

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