Research Assistant Full-time

Research Assistant

The UCL Institute for Global Health (IGH) is at the heart of UCL's Grand Challenge of Global Health. The Institute's vision is for a world where international policy on global health is informed by world class research. IGH aims to support the development of robust solutions to aspects of the world's major global health challenges through scholarly outputs, education, public engagement, translational research and ultimately by influencing public policy and professional practice.

We are seeking a collaborative and self-motivated Research Assistant for an exciting opportunity to contribute to the racism, intersectionality and discrimination workstream of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Inequalities Challenge: Maternity Disparities Consortium.

The research carried out by the Consortium will focus on inequalities before, during and after pregnancy. The programme is underpinned by an innovative and transformative capacity building programme of career development awards and opportunities, linked and embedded within the consortium's research areas to support the next generation of researchers working to address maternity inequalities.

In this research Consortium we aim to provide evidence to reduce these inequalities. We will work with colleagues across the Consortium and country to improve care before, during and after pregnancy. We aim to both support staff directly and to ensure accountability mechanisms are in place to encourage organisations to tackle discrimination.

About the role

The postholder will be linked primarily to the racism, intersectionality and discrimination work. This cross-cutting workstream will support each theme in three distinct ways:

1. systematic application of an intersectionality action matrix during study design and conduct to reach intended populations, alongside systematic application of anti-racism principles in intervention refinement/ implementation;

2. work collaboratively with themes to develop tailored educational resources to ensure anti-discrimination approaches are taken in intervention delivery for specific intervention components;

3. design an accountability framework that is comprehensive and adaptable between settings to reflect theme priorities for addressing racism, discrimination and intersectionality in intervention design and delivery.

The position is based in London at the Institute for Global Health, University College London (UCL), with opportunities for hybrid work in line with UCL policy. The role will also involve some travel to meet the needs of the project.

This is a full-time role (i.e. 36.5 hours per week) and it is available until 31 May 2028 in the first instance.

Salary range: £39,807 to £42,891 per annum (including London Allowance), depending on experience.

About you

The successful candidate must hold a BSc/BA or equivalent. They must also hold a MSc in anthropology, epidemiology, global health, medical science, public health, social science or statistics, or other relevant field.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Proven ability and commitment to carry out high quality original research, leading to publication in peer-reviewed journals.

• Quantitative and statistical software skills using standard statistical software (e.g. Stata, R)

• Qualitative skills using standard qualitative analysis software (e.g. Nvivo)

• Advanced organisational skills / project management and a methodical and accurate approach to work, with attention to detail and ensuring deadlines are met

• Excellent written and verbal communication, including documenting work and communicating technical and/ or scientific information to a wide range of scientific and lay audiences

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 (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)

• Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme

• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)

• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan

• Immigration loan • Relocation scheme for certain posts

• On-Site nursery

• On-site gym

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service

• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

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.

Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.