Senior Research Officer

We are a large and vibrant Psychology Department guided by our University’s founding principles of breaking new ground, of challenging existing expectations, and of making a meaningful difference in the world. To achieve these goals, we organise our research and our teaching under the broader theme of ‘Understanding Our Place In The World’. We approach our work within this novel framework across three areas of concentration: Thinking about the world, Interacting with the world, and Experiencing the world. This allows our staff to pursue their intellectual ambitions and to achieve research excellence, all while fostering an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach that utilises multiple methodologies.

We occupy purpose-built facilities including state-of-the-art EEG/ERP, eye-tracking, psychophysiology and computerised testing labs. Academics also have access to the Centre for Brain Science, which includes TMS, tDCS, fNIRS, virtual reality, pain and human sexuality testing facilities. We are internationally known for excellence in research, having been ranked in the top 20 in the UK for research power in the 2022 Research Excellence Framework. We also offer an excellent BPS-accredited education to our students, with undergraduate and post-graduate courses guided by the Department’s overarching ethos. We were recently ranked 21st in the UK for overall student satisfaction in Psychology. We are proud to hold an Athena SWAN Silver Award (2020) for our work on promoting gender equality.

Our department has seen significant growth over the past 5 years, and we will appoint several new positions at Lecturer and Senior Lecturer/Reader level to build on and complement our existing research and education strengths. We are looking for ambitious, collaborative individuals who will enhance our international reputation and further our mission of ‘Understanding Our Place In The World’.

Psychology at Essex: Is this your place in the world?

Duties of the Role

You will have an active role in successfully delivering the research objectives on an interdisciplinary project funded by the Wellcome Trust. You will work with researchers, lived experience experts and other stakeholders to measure, model and modify the links between mental health and circadian rhythms in sleep and heart rate in young adults.

A full list of duties and responsibilities can be found within the job pack.

Qualifications and Skills required

You should have completed, or be near to completing, a PhD in Psychology or related discipline (or show evidence of equivalent scholarly or relevant professional activity). You should be proficient in statistical methods and in handling complex (e.g., physiological, longitudinal) datasets, and you should be experienced in working with (ideally specialist populations of) human participants.

This is a research position, and no teaching duties are associated to this post. This is a fixed-term position until 30 June 2027 due to a temporary funding source.

Please use the 'Apply' button to read further information about this role including the full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role. You will also find details of how to make your application here. Our website http://www.essex.ac.uk contains more information about the University of Essex. If you have a disability and would like information in a different format, please email resourcing@essex.ac.uk. 

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