Research Assistant

About us

Our mission is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. The 2024-29 GOS ICH strategy focuses on its five scientific programmes. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teachin g and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.

About the role

The RA will contribute to the ethics and data management protocol development, data management and governance on Data Safe Haven, keeping track of project timelines on Gantt chart, and overall project coordination by working closely with co-leads (Prof Lakhanpaul and Prof Svirydzenka) and other project collaborators at UK HEs, Institute of Health Visiting, third sector organisations, and participants in England. There will be a requirement for the individual to engage across the team and stakeholders, prepare presentation and communication materials, alert to upcoming deadlines, manage data in line with ethics and DPIA protocols, support analysis of data and prepare reports and articles for publication. They will also be responsible for working with the co leads to collate information and prepare the NIHR Program bid. The salary offered in this post is £39,257 per annum pro rata and is funded until28 February 2027 in the first instance.

About you

The successful candidate will hold a higher degree in a relevant subject matter with a research component (social sciences, housing, health) and some experience of working on the topic of homelessness, health inequalities, or migration to support the relevant sensitivity of approach required in this project. A high degree of cultural sensitivity is required for the post holder in line with the topic of research, exploring parenting needs of refugee and asylum-seeking families in the UK while living in temporary accommodation and experiencing homelessness. It is key that the successful candidate is self-motivating and proactive in setting objectives and engaging with the project team; able to reflect on feedback and implement changes in situ. We are looking for a person that will be committed to the project and subject matter, able to communicate across different stakeholders (academic, third sector, and families and children experiencing homelessness) in both writing and verbally. The project comprises several work packages, so the successful candidate must show excellent organizational track record, successful management of deadlines, and work planning. They will need to be skilled in qualitative and quantitative research methods to support project team in preparing research documents and contributing to relevant procedures and analyses.

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