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Graduate Research Assistant

University of Exeter - Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Location: Exeter, Hybrid
Salary: The starting salary will be from £33,482 per annum pro rata on Grade E, depending on qualifications and experience.
Hours: Part Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 8th July 2025
Closes: 15th July 2025
Job Ref: Q06519

This new part-time post (0.6 FTE) is immediately available until 31 March 2026 on a fixed-term basis.

This position could be an opportunity for an internal secondment, with approval from your current line manager.

This role may be subject to additional background screening.

The post
The Faculty wishes to recruit a 60% FTE Graduate Research Assistant to support the work of the Nurture-U university student mental health project led by Professor Edward Watkins. This Medical Research Council funded post is available immediately until the 31st of March 2026. The successful applicant will play a key role in ensuring student engagement in this MRC-funded project and in supporting external dissemination including via social media, newsletters and stakeholder events, and to be involved in supporting research within the overall project.

The post will include providing practical engaged research and public engagement contribution to data analysis and contribution to writing up reports and papers for publication; liaising with, and supporting a diverse representative group of student volunteers including a Student Advisory Board to expand reach, maintain connection with student body and assist with engagement tasks; supporting engagement and knowledge translation activities including development of online resources, social media production, organising and scheduling engagement events with and for stakeholders including student.

About you
The successful applicant will be able to present information on research progress and outcomes, communicate complex information, orally, in writing and electronically and prepare proposals and applications to external bodies.

Applicants will be educated to first degree level or possess an equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study or equivalent experience and be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge in the discipline and of research methods and techniques to work within established research programmes.

Applicants will be able to engage and motivate student partners, support external dissemination and communication and plan, conduct and evaluate public engagement events and research methods.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button) for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community.

Further information
For further information please contact Professor Edward Watkins, e-mail e.r.watkins@exeter.ac.uk.

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