Research Assistant at UCL

About us

The mission of the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health is to improve the health and well-being of children, and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health.

About the role

This post offers an excellent career development opportunity for an early career researcher with experience in systematic reviewing and quantitative analysis techniques, who has an interest in obesity and in broader aspects of public health and policy. The post would be suitable for a researcher from any health-related field, particularly those with skills in health and social epidemiology relating to children and adolescents. The post holder will lead systematic reviews of relevant literature, co-ordinate projects on a day-to-day basis, including provision of research support, contribute to data analysis, evidence synthesis and interpretation, and contribute to communication, outputs and activities to maximise project impact. This post is funded for 5 months in the first instance, with a possibility of further funding. The salary offered on this role is £35,702 – £37,548 per annum.

About you

The successful candidate will have an MSc or equivalent in a topic relevant to public health science, experience of conducting systematic reviews of literature and evidence synthesis. They will also have a working knowledge of research methods in epidemiology and statistics, research experience of secondary data analysis and have an awareness of public health issues, particularly obesity.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: 41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan On-Site nursery On-site gym Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/