Research Assistant / Research Fellow

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. Please only attach relevant documents to your application (qualifications, cover letters, supporting statements) and avoid attaching large files e.g. research papers, thesis, publications etc.

About the role

We are seeking a collaborative and self-motivated research assistant/fellow for an exciting opportunity to coordinate an international innovative network of data linkers and analysts and support public engagement activities at ITALO. This work responds to NHS England’s recent 10-year health plans and the use of linked health data for health service delivery. The postholder will support public engagement activities with our public co-chairs, deliver public consultation and focus groups on the best ways to communicate the benefits and risks of using data linkage in clinical service. This role also includes maintaining ITALO network activities, including scheduling regular online seminars, in-person expert meetings, minute-taking, and producing regular network newsletters. The salary offered in this role is either at grade 6B (£39,148 - £41,833 per annum pro rata) or grade 7 (£45,103 - £52,586 per annum pro rata) and is funded until 31 October 2026 in the first instance.

About you

The successful candidate should have knowledge of public engagement approaches, and good organisation and communication skills, and able to liaise across internal and external collaborators and the members of the public.

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