Research Fellow (Trial Manager)

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution. The combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology.

The post is an exciting opportunity for a Research Fellow to work on the BOOST-3 trial. BOOST-3 is a randomised controlled trial aiming to evaluate the efficacy, mediators and targeting of the video feedback intervention for positive parenting, for mothers and birthing persons with moderate to severe non-psychotic perinatal mental health difficulties, and their babies. :

https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR162467

The post will commence in March 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The postholder will coordinate the trial across perinatal mental health and parent-infant services. They will be responsible for managing regulatory approvals, setting up the study at sites, managing a team of research assistants across the UK, recruiting service-users from participating services, and collecting outcome data. The post will involve office-based working alongside travel to clinical sites and participants’ homes. This will require flexible working, travel to sites in or near Greater London, and occasional work outside of office hours.

Background

The post is an exciting opportunity for a Research Fellow to work on the BOOST-3 trial. BOOST-3 is a randomised controlled trial aiming to evaluate the efficacy, mediators and targeting of the video feedback intervention for positive parenting, for mothers and birthing persons with moderate to severe non-psychotic perinatal mental health difficulties, and their babies. The project is funded by the National Institute for Health Research:

https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR162467

Responsibilities

The post will commence in March 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter. The postholder will coordinate the trial across perinatal mental health and parent-infant services. They will be responsible for managing regulatory approvals, setting up the study at sites, managing a team of research assistants across the UK, recruiting service-users from participating services, and collecting outcome data. The post will involve office-based working alongside travel to clinical sites and participants’ homes. This will require flexible working, travel to sites in or near Greater London, and occasional work outside of office hours.

Main Responsibilities - see on career site via link.

We welcome applications from candidates with lived experience.

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Kirsten Barnicot ().

Person Specification - see on career site via the link.

Additional Information

Closing date: 11th January 2026 at 11:59pm.

To apply and for more information about the post please use the links below.

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

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