Queens Communities and Place, in the School of Social Science, Education and Social Work (SSESW), are currently seeking to appoint an experienced candidate to the post of Research Fellow.
The post is located within the Belfast Youth Development Study and supervised by a multi-disciplinary team to support the roll out of a further sweep of the now 20+ years longitudinal study. The post holder will be responsible for the successful delivery of a, three-phase methodology inclusive of an online survey, Forensic tracing of cohort members, data linkage as well as a small qualitative component. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to avail of travel and training opportunities.
The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following criteria:
- Have or be about to obtain a relevant PhD in a social science health or other relevant discipline (e.g., psychology, allied health, health services research).
- Relevant research experience within the field of Mental Health/Public Health
- Experience of conducting and analysing longitudinal research
- Breadth and depth of experience of using statistical software (SPSS/STATA/SAS/R/Mplus)
- Experience of data handling/management/linkage
- Experience in qualitative analysis and of using packages such as NVIVO
Please note the above are not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria, clickon the 'Candidate Information' link below.
This post is available on a fixed term contract for 18 months. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.
At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.
We offer an excellent employment package that includes:
- Great terms & conditions
- Pension schemes
- Flexible working by enabling you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager through a blend of remote and office working
- Family-friendly initiatives
- Career development opportunities
- Support for health & mental wellbeing
- Generous holiday entitlement of 8.4 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)
Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.
We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit: www.qub.ac.uk/diversity ; www.qub.ac.uk/qgi and www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/ .
Informal enquiries may be directed to Niki McKnight [email protected] .
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