Research Assistant

About the role

This post offers an excellent career development opportunity for a Researcher with experience in qualitative or mixed methods / co-development and co-production work, and an interest in conducting research to inform practice for children and young people with or at risk of disabling disorders. The post-holder will be joining the CHOIR (Childhood Ocular Inflammation Research, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/population-health-sciences/choir-lab) team. The CHOIR team conduct Wellcome Trust funded projects which share the primary aim of leveraging routinely collected clinical data, administrative datasets, patient generated data and imaging to improve our understanding of childhood onset blinding disorders and associated multi-system disease. The research assistant will coordinate patient and public involvement (PPI) across the CHOIR programme, co-developing inclusive engagement strategies and supporting children, families, clinical research collaborators and community partners in shaping and d elivering impactful research. They will support the development of a rare disease registry. This role will include general research support duties, such as research governance, communications, data management, and scientific dissemination. They will be expected to work independently and as part of a team, in a timely manner. Training will be provided to enable the post-holder to deliver study responsibilities. The post will require the post-holder to be on site for a minimum of two days a week. The post holder will report to the study CI and line manager (Dr Ameenat Lola Solebo, https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/5172-lola-solebo). Lola is a Wellcome funded Clinician Scientist within PPP, and a Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmic surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital. Her work investigates the determinants of outcome for children with eye disease, and how best to translate these findings into changes in practice and policy. The post is based within the Population Policy and Practice Programm e (PPP) at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) and is funded until Jan 2029 in the first instance.

About you

The post holder will • Be committed to excellence in research culture: equity, diversity and inclusion, and open science • Be committed to patient-centred research • Hold an undergraduate degree or equivalent relevant experience in epidemiology, public health, social sciences, education, community engagement or related field, and a graduate degree (MSc/MRes) in relevant health-related subject • Have experience of scientific writing and dissemination, including experience of scientific presentations • Have experience in use of statistical analysis software (e.g. STATA, SPSS or R) • Understand data security, governance and confidentiality • Be proficient in using digital platforms (e.g. Zoom, Teams) for communication and events • Have excellent administrative skills, and the ability to organise and prioritise workload • Have excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills • Be able to work independen tly and as part of a team to agreed deadlines • Be proficient in the use of common computer applications, such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases and presentation packages. Applicants will need to submit a cover letter

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