Research Assistant in Acceptability of Risk Stratified Bowel Cancer Screening Full-time

Research Assistant in Acceptability of Risk Stratified Bowel Cancer Screening

This role is part of the CRUK funded Bowel-Star project and offers the opportunity to work across a multi-method, interdisciplinary programme. You'll help shape the future of cancer screening by identifying acceptability of using a combination of individual factors determining bowel cancer risk and how these can be used to offer a more personalised cancer screening experience.

You will be a highly qualified Health Psychology researcher with an MSc in Health Psychology and extensive experience in the design, delivery, and evaluation of health research studies. Expertise in quantitative and qualitative methodologies, survey development (including Qualtrics), cognitive interviewing techniques, and living systematic reviews. Strong subject knowledge in cancer early detection, health inequalities, and bowel cancer screening, alongside experience working within large multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research collaborations. Enthusiastic educator with excellent communication, teamwork, and project coordination skills.

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 and expenses
• 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.

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 to advancing gender equality. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/