Research Assistant

About the Role

The Research Assistant will support the Youth Resilience Unit, in delivering the ORChiD project on online risks and resilience in children’s daily lives. The role involves coordinating patient and public involvement, managing advisory group meetings, and conducting empirical research in schools and community settings. The post-holder will contribute to study design, data collection, analysis, and dissemination, ensuring all work aligns with research co-production principles and good clinical practice. Applicants should have experience working with young people and families, an interest in youth mental health and digital technology use, and strong organisational and communication skills. The team will provide mentorship and training to enhance methodological and analytical expertise while supporting impactful research that promotes youth wellbeing.

About You

Candidates must be educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant science discipline. The ideal candidate will have broad knowledge of clinical research, an understanding of the research process and co-creation with patient and public involvement, and familiarity with Good Clinical Practice and the regulatory requirements governing clinical research. Knowledge of youth mental health research and/or health interventions for this population, along with experience developing Standard Operating Procedures, conducting research in schools, carrying out qualitative interviews, focus groups and workshops would be highly desirable.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health (CPMH) is an internationally recognised hub for research, education and innovation focused on improving mental health across the life course, from early life to older age. Our interdisciplinary research advances understanding of the complex biopsychosocial causes of mental illness and develops effective approaches to prevention, early intervention and treatment.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

The post is based at the Whitechapel Campus in London. It is part time (15 hours per week), fixed term appointment for 9 months, with an expected start date of April 2026.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to (Jennifer Lau)  j.lau@qmul.ac.uk

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