Research Officer or Senior Research Officer

We are seeking to appoint two fixed-term postdoctoral research staff, to conduct research within the Essex ESNEFT Psychological Research Unit for Behaviour, Health and Wellbeing (EEPRU) located within the Department of Psychology. We are looking for ambitious, collaborative individuals who will enhance our international reputation and further our mission to enhance understanding of psychological processes that impact upon the development, prevention, early detection, management and progression of illness and promotion of health and wellbeing.

We are a large and vibrant Psychology Department guided by our university’s founding principles of breaking new ground, of challenging existing expectations, and of making a meaningful difference in the world. To achieve these goals, we organise our research and our teaching under the broader theme of ‘Understanding Our Place In The World’. We approach our work within this novel framework across three areas of concentration: Thinking about the world, Interacting with the world, and Experiencing the world. This allows our staff to pursue their intellectual ambitions and to achieve research excellence, all while fostering an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach that utilises multiple methodologies.

We occupy purpose-built facilities including state-of-the-art EEG/ERP, eye-tracking, psycho-physiology and computerised testing labs. Researchers also have access to the Centre for Brain Science, which includes TMS, tDCS, fNIRS, virtual reality, pain and human sexuality testing facilities. We are internationally known for excellence in research, having been ranked in the top 20 in the UK for research power in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework. We are proud to hold an Athena SWAN Silver Award (2020) for our work on promoting gender equality.

Duties of the Role
To deliver the research objectives of EEPRU for Behaviour, Health and Wellbeing. Functioning independently, you will help design, organize and conduct a series of experiments using established scientific protocols and procedures and, in some cases, designing new protocols under the direction of Professor Sheina Orbell and Associated Academic Staff.

Skills and qualifications required
The successful candidate for the Senior Research Officer post will possess a relevant doctoral level degree in psychology (thesis submitted prior to commencing employment) or equivalent professional experience or practice.

The successful candidate for the Research Officer post will possess a relevant Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in an appropriate subject and/or Professional experience and/or practice in the fields of health.

You will be able to demonstrate research skills commensurate with your career position in relation to design, protocol development, ethics, setting up and conducting experiments, management of recruitment and data collection, testing, statistical analysis and reporting via internationally excellent publications. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to work both independently and cooperatively as a part of a team are essential. You will also need to engage in outreach and impact activities to support the Department’s vision in producing research that is relevant to society.

Please use the 'Apply' button to read further information about this role including the full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role. You will also find details of how to make your application here.

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