Autism@Manchester Research Associate / Co-Production Officer

Autism@Manchester is looking to appoint a Research Associate/Co-Production Officer. This is a full-time post for up to 1 year working on a project around autistic health inequalities.

The aim of this project is to co-design resources and projects to support a grant application to improve autistic health inequalities. This will be achieved through three work packages (WPs).

WP 1 will consist of establishing an interdisciplinary Knowledge Transfer and Exchange network of relevant stakeholders to support the translation of our research findings into practice.

WP2 will involve working with autistic people from marginalised backgrounds to optimise and pilot test the Autism@Manchester Research Involvement toolkit which supports autistic people to learn about and become involved in research.

WP3 a NIHR Programme Development Grant application will be written that develops research streams to tackle autistic health inequalities.

The Research Associate/Co-Production Officer will work closely with the two Principal Investigators (Emma Gowen and Kelly Birtwell) across the three work packages and will contribute to overall project management. You will be an integral part of the project, contributing to the design and ideas from both your professional and lived experience. 

You will have (or be about to submit) a PhD and also have experience of and an interest in autism research and/or health research.  You will have experience of working and communicating effectively in a team whilst also being able to work independently with support from the project team.

This is an unique opportunity for a person who has lived experience of autism, seeking a varied post-doc experience (e.g. project management, resource design, research co-production, paper and grant writing and knowledge transfer and exchange) with a direct practical application.

The School of Health Sciences is strongly committed to promoting equality and diversity, including registering for the Neurodiversity Employers Index. For further information, please visit: www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/about/equality.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status.  All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk. Any CVs submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Dr. Emma Gowen

Email: emma.gowen@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support: jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

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