Department: Wolfson Institute of Population Health
Salary: £42,405 per annum (pro-rata), inclusive of London Allowance (Grade 5)
Reference: 1872
Location: Whitechapel
Date posted: 8 April 2024
Closing date: 7 May 2024
Further details and apply
Overview
Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health
Postdoctoral Research Assistant (ESRC grant)
About the Role
The Postdoctoral Research Assistant will contribute to the intellectual life of the School / Institute and wider institution. They will be involved in an ESRC-funded study, CREATE (Cultivating REsilience in Adolescents with Trauma-related Emotions). The project aims to co-create a protocol for delivering arts-therapy based groups to children and young people who have experienced victimization through illegal employment and exploitation in Bangladesh, India and Nepal. The post holder will help to coordinate and manage data collection across the 3 international sites, facilitate data management and analysis, and plan dissemination events.
The post is based at Newham Academic Unit / Whitechapel Campus in London. It is a full time (35 hours per week), fixed term appointments for 30 months, with an expected start date of 20 May 2024. The starting salary will be Grade 5, Spinal Point 31 [£42,405 per annum (pro-rata)], inclusive of London Allowance. Interviews will be held in late April or early May.
About You
Candidate will have a PhD relevant to mental health. They will have a publication record appropriate to experience level. They will have experience and expertise in organizing and conducting recruitment and data collection, conducting quantitative data analysis, carrying out systematic reviews and mixed methods research. Candidate will have the ability to work with large teams and communicate complex information effectively, both verbally and in writing.
About the School/Department/Institute/Project
The Youth Resilience Unit, is a part of the Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health. It has a focus on academic discipline, research, the translation of research into public health strategies and their practical implementation – all dedicated to the reduction of disease and disability.
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.
Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.
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
In return, we offer 30 days’ leave per annum, access to a pension scheme, a season ticket loan scheme and competitive salaries. We also offer enhanced family friendly leave, and an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus. You will also work with a friendly team, with personal development opportunities.
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.
Further details and apply
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