Research Assistant (MTUS)
UCL - Institute of Education / Centre for Time Use Research (CTUR)
| Location: | London, Hybrid |
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| Salary: | £36,433 to £41,833 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part Time |
| Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
| Placed On: | 6th January 2026 |
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| Closes: | 23rd January 2026 |
| Job Ref: | B16-02000 |
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About UCL Institute of Education
Founded in 1902, UCL Institute of Education has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years. We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
About the Centre for Time Use Research (CTUR)
CTUR specialises in finding innovative applications for population time-use diary evidence in fields such as happiness, public health, transport, energy and environmental sustainability. It investigates social life, paid work patterns, work-life balance, family, gender and socio-economic structure. It contributes its expertise to a range of national and international agencies, currently including the UK Office of National Statistics, the UK Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence, the International Labour Organisation and the OECD.
About the role
The Research Assistant will be making contributions to the research programme of the ESRC-funded Next Steps in Time Use Research (NeSTUR) project; contributing to the development of a system of new time-allocation- based social and economic indicators under the direction of NeSTUR’s Principal Investigator, and assisting the manager of the MTUS in the incorporation of new time diary datasets, from Less Developed Countries and from the Pacific Rim.
An estimated two days per week will be dedicated to data harmonisation and three days focused on research and writing.
This project is suitable for part-time or job-share working arrangements and is available until 31 July 2027 in the first instance.
Please note that the interviews for this role are expected to be during week commencing 23rd February 2026 and/or during week commencing 2nd March 2026.
About you
You will have a Masters qualification or equivalent professional experience in a relevant discipline such as digital product development, human-computer interaction, UX-design, computer sciences, along with a knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methods appropriate to inform product development and conduct user testing.
Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.
It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.
Customer advert reference: B16-02000
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