Research Assistant in Digital Therapeutics

About Us

The School of Life Course & Population Sciences is one of six Schools that make up the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King’s College London. The School unites over 400 experts in women and children’s health, nutritional sciences, population health and the molecular genetics of human disease. Our research links the causes of common health problems to life’s landmark stages, treating life, disease and healthcare as a continuum. We are interdisciplinary by nature and this innovative approach works: 91 per cent of our research submitted to the Subjects Allied to Medicine (Pharmacy, Nutritional Sciences and Women's Health cluster) for REF was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. We use this expertise to teach the next generation of health professionals and research scientists. Based across King’s Denmark Hill, Guy’s, St Thomas’ and Waterloo campuses, our academic programme of teaching, research and clinical practice is embedded across five Departments. 

More information: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/slcps

About the role

We are seeking to appoint a Research Assistant to join the School of Population Health Sciences. As a Research Assistant, you will play a pivotal role in facilitating our research efforts to innovate and evaluate digital therapeutic interventions. Your contributions will support our research activities, spanning from participant recruitment to the management of our projects. You will collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team of researchers, clinicians, and research software engineers, ensuring the smooth progression of projects from inception to completion.

This is a full time post, and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 11 August 2026.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Master’s degree in public health, Psychology, Biostatistics, or a closely related discipline, ensuring a strong foundational knowledge in relevant subject areas
2. Knowledge of digital health technologies and their application in therapeutic contexts, highlighting an understanding of the research area’s focus
3. Strong organisational abilities, including the management of multiple tasks simultaneously, project scheduling, and resource allocation
4. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, for effective collaboration with team members, writing research findings, and presenting data
5. Experience in preparing and submitting ethics applications, with a strong understanding of ethical standards in research
6. Proficiency in participating in data collection processes and contributing to the analysis and interpretation of research data
7. Ability to assist in the preparation of research findings for publication in peer-reviewed journals and for presentation at national and international conferences
8. Capability to implement effective recruitment strategies to ensure diverse and representative sample sizes for research studies
9. Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, actively addressing areas of potential bias

Desirable criteria

1. Proficiency in data analysis software and tools is highly desirable, enhancing the ability to contribute to data analysis and interpretation tasks

Further information

Interviews are due to be held on late August/Early September.

We are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK. Please note this is dependent on the salary offered which is based on your experience and will be discussed at the offer stage.

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service.

Closing date: 6 August 2024

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